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World oil market may be tighter than it looks, IEA says

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million barrels per day this year, up 300,000 bpd from the previous forecast. On Monday, when traders reacted to OPEC+’s decision, oil rose nearly 2% towards $70 a barrel, despite the larger than expected output hike and concerns about the impact of U.S. World demand will rise by just 700,000 bpd, it said, implying a sizeable surplus.

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How Canada’s oil sands transformed into one of North America’s lowest-cost plays

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tariffs policy and OPEC+ pumping more barrels, Canada’s oil sands industry finds itself in a position of strength. That means oil sands producers have lowered their overall costs by approximately $10 a barrel in about seven years. shale producers had a break-even price of between $50 and $52 per barrel. shale costs up.

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Equinor Hits New Discovery in Johan Castberg

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The majority state-owned energy major put preliminary estimates for well 7720/7-DD-1H, or Drivis Tubaen, at 9-15 million barrels of oil. Drivis Tubaen is the 14th exploration well drilled in production license 532, awarded 2009, according to Equinor. feet) below the seabed. The well had a water depth of 345 meters, Equinor said.

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Oil Demand Growth Faces Significant Headwinds

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There were occasional exceptions, like the 2008-2009 recession and the demand slump from COVID-19, but global oil demand has increased at an average rate of about 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for nearly 60 years. But a recent forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggests that the world may

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Murphy Oil to acquire BW Pioneer FPSO in Gulf of America for $125 million

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The first FPSO approved for operations in the Gulf of America, the BW Pioneer has been in service since its conversion in 2009. The vessel has a storage capacity of approximately 600,000 barrels of oil and processing capacity of approximately 80,000 barrels of oil per day.

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Zephyr Energy plc announces successful initial results from State 36-2R well production test

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Initial production test observations include: A peak rate of 2,848 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“boepd”) (11.9 million standard cubic feet per day (“mmscf/d”) and 856 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”)) on a 18/64-inch choke setting, which was achieved with no material drop in bottom hole pressure.

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Energy Market Assessment: While recession worry is high, stock prices suggest it has happened

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7.895 million jobs were lost with Crash 2008, 145.908 million in May of 2008 (red dash) dropped to 138.013 million in December of 2009 (blue, dot-dot-dash). crude oil inventory declining to multi-year lows in January (Figure 5, red line) helped tug the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil above $80 per barrel (Figure 9).

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