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Oil Traders Brace for 2026 Squeeze

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Wary of the ‘Hockey Stick’, Oil Traders Hedge Their 2025 Exposure - Open interest in WTI calendar spread options - contracts that see market participants bid on the future value of crude oil futures across different delivery months – has reached an all-time high as traders expect this year’s assumed oversupply to only materialize in 2026. -

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EIA Calls Peak Shale as Drilling Activity Declines

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crude oil production is now forecast to slip from a record 13.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in Q2 2025 to around 13.3 million bpd by the end of 2026, according to the U.S. Peak shale may already be behind us.

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US Crude Oil Output to Peak Sooner Than Expected

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crude oil supply will rise more slowly than expected for the rest of 2025 and in 2026 and peak as early as this year, as WTI benchmark prices below $60 per barrel are testing the breakeven point of shale production, energy flows intelligence firm Kpler said on Monday.

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Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports jumped by 400,000 bpd in April

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(Oil Price) – Saudi Arabia’s crude exports soared by 412,000 barrels per day (bpd) in April from March, the latest data by the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Tuesday. 3d render Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude exporter, saw its exports in April at an average of 6.17 million bpd.

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OPEC tensions build as Kazakhstan’s oil production hits all-time high

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(Oil Price) – Kazakhstan’s crude oil output jumped 7.5% million barrels per day (bpd), matching the country’s all-time high set in March, according to figures leaked to Reuters. In the first half of 2025, Kazakhstan’s crude oil production (excluding condensates) averaged 1.79 in June to 1.88

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U.S. production growth to slow amid drilling decline, says EIA

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(World Oil) – The U.S. sees domestic crude output growth slowing more than expected this year as choppy oil prices limit drilling activity. crude output is now expected to grow by 160,000 bpd this year to 13.37 The global benchmark is currently trading near $70 a barrel.

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EIA forecasts Alaska crude oil production will grow in 2026 for the first time since 2017

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(World Oil) – In its March 2025 Short-Term Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast crude oil production in Alaska will increase by 16,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2026 to 438,000 bpd after remaining relatively flat in 2025.

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