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Venezuela Replaces U.S. Oil Giants with Chinese and Argentine Firms

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Venezuela hasn’t waited long to replace Western service providers in its oil industry after the U.S. sanctions, Western oil producers were given time until May to wrap up their operations in Venezuela, home to the world’s biggest crude oil reserves. Under the U.S.

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Kazakhstan Expects to Top Its Oil Output Plan in Defiance of OPEC+

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Kazakhstan is likely to top its oil production plan this year, due to the expansion of the Chevron-led Tengiz field, Kazakhstans Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov said on Friday, in yet another snub at OPEC+ quotas. million tons of crude oil and condensate in 2025, or about 2 million barrels per day (bpd), which would be 9.7%

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Oil Holds Strong on Supply Disruptions and Geopolitical Tensions

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Light crude oil futures rallied this week, closing Thursday at $63.37 per barrel—up approximately 4.2%—as as the market digested a cocktail of bullish catalysts. OPEC+ Holds Course as Saudi Arabia Defends Market Share OPEC+ stuck to its plan of a 411,000 barrel per day increase for July, reassuring traders who feared a steeper hike…

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Russia Hints at Changing Oil Price Level in Its Budget Rule

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Russia could consider adjusting the oil price level in its so-called budget rule amid falling oil prices, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday. Under the budget rule, Russia has a baseline price of $60 per barrel of oil, above which it funnels excess revenue to its National Wealth Fund, a rainy-day reserves fund.

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Guyana’s Oil Exports Skyrocket—And Europe’s Refiners Love It

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Five years after an Exxon-led consortium produced the first oil offshore Guyana, the country is pumping more than 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude and has become South Americas fifth-largest oil exporter. Guyana and ExxonMobil expect oil production to jump to 1.3

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Goldman Sachs Slashes Its Oil Price Forecast Yet Again

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Goldman Sachs has slashed its oil price forecast for a third time in one month after OPEC+ decided this weekend to hike production in June with a similar 410,000-bpd increase it is implementing in May. The move follows a similar surge announced for May and signals a sharp reversal from OPEC+ efforts to defend oil prices.

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Pakistan Upgrades Its Oil Reserves Estimate by 23%

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Pakistan has recorded the first substantial increase in its domestic oil reserves since 2020, with new discoveries and higher production leading to a 23% annual increase in reserves to 238 million barrels as of December 2024.

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