International

Alberta To Join OPEC+ Call ‘With Open Mind’: Kenney

April 6, 2020, 7:50 AM MDT

Occidental Names New CFO In Latest Management Change

April 6, 2020, 7:45 AM MDT

Equinor Makes Oil Discovery In The U.S. Gulf Of Mexico

April 6, 2020, 7:36 AM MDT

Trump Says Expects Russia-Saudi Oil Deal Soon, Invites US Oil Chiefs To White House

April 2, 2020, 8:19 AM MDT

U.S.-Saudi Oil Alliance Idea Born At White House, Put On Back Burner For Now

April 1, 2020, 8:21 AM MDT

Oil Worker In BP’s Alaska Facility Tests Positive For Coronavirus

April 1, 2020, 7:47 AM MDT

BP Cuts Spending By Fifth, Lowers U.S. Shale Output

April 1, 2020, 8:07 AM MDT

China’s LNG Demand Makes Quiet Comeback to Aid Virus-Hit Market

April 1, 2020, 7:58 AM MDT

Analysis

2020 – A Lesson in Real Crises

Everybody in the world (this statement has meaning like it never did before) understands that humanity faces a real, immediate crisis — the COVID-19 pandemic. And world economies face another less deadly but still profound crisis caused by the pandemic and the Russia / OPEC price war that has upset global oil markets.

March 31, 2020, 12 AM MDT

Shell Slows Refining, Takes Up To $800 Million Hit After Oil Crash

March 31, 2020, 7:54 AM MDT

Analysis

Oil Price War 4.0 Series Part 4 – Canada As Collateral Damage

In the first two articles of this series I put forth the thesis that the current oil price war was instigated by Russian President Vladimir Putin with the goal of causing substantial permanent damage to the U.S. shale industry, and the third article discussed three possible wildcards related to my thesis.

March 30, 2020, 6:52 AM MDT

Alberta Premier Calls For Co-ordinated North American Action As OPEC Oil Floods The Market

Premier Jason Kenney says he is starting to discuss with United States officials the need for co-ordinated action, including potential tariffs on foreign oil imports, to protect the North American energy industry from the flood of OPEC oil coming into North America which jeopardizes both economies.

March 30, 2020, 7:02 AM MDT

Sinopec Expects Lower 2020 Refining Runs As Coronavirus Hits Demand

March 30, 2020, 7:42 AM MDT

Rosneft Sells Venezuelan Assets To Russia After U.S. Sanctions Ramp Up

March 30, 2020, 7:53 AM MDT

Equinor Says Sverdrup Oilfield Output To Beat Expectations

March 30, 2020, 8:17 AM MDT

Norway Offers Oil Firms 36 Blocks In Mature Areas, None In Barents Sea

March 30, 2020, 8:20 AM MDT

Capex Budget Cuts Continue With European Majors

Equinor, OMV and Eni joined the ranks of the world’s major producers this week to announce a cut in their capital spending budgets for 2020, in the wake of the oil price crash and the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 27, 2020, 9:26 AM MDT