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OPINION: Bottom has fallen out for WTI oil prices: close watch on Brent futures for Guyana

West Texas Intermediate crude turned negative today, reaching the lowest on record with its seventh consecutive decline and the biggest fall on record. Chevron and Exxon led losses in the blue-chip index as West Texas oil futures expiring Tuesday...

Forbes: Don’t panic…it is not oil price Armageddon

For perspective, it is not oil price Armageddon. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) May-dated futures contracts, which expire on Tuesday, require futures buyers to take delivery of the oil that is in Cushing, Oklahoma, the largest crude oil storage hub...

WTI Oil crashes 99% to 1 cent per barrel

U.S. oil prices plummeted in historic fashion Monday, hitting their lowest level on record as traders unloaded positions ahead of the May contract's Tuesday expiration, Yahoo Finance said in a report on Monday. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for...

Global shut-ins surge as Canada, Venezuela among those leading 2 million bpd drop off

After three consecutive months of Covid-19 demand destruction and gravity-defying oil prices, operators are finally being forced to shut-in considerable production volumes. Globally, at least 1.9 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil production have been booted offline in...

China: the only respite for crude sellers – S&P Global

As the world faces unprecedented destruction in oil demand brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, China has in recent weeks emerged to be the only respite for crude sellers seeking to offload their cargoes, market sources told S&P Global...

US oil prices drop to 21-year low as demand dries up

(BBC) The price of US oil has fallen to a level not seen since 1999, as demand dries up and storage runs out. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark for US oil, dropped 19.3%...

Moody’s downgrades Pemex; no new debt without sovereign guarantees

Rating agency Moody’s has downgraded Mexico’s debt=laden state oil company Pemex to ‘junk’ which will trigger forced bond sales and increase future financing costs. Pemex was downgraded two notches to Ba2 from Baa3, with a negative outlook. As a result,...

ConocoPhillips reduces 2020 cash uses by additional $3 Billion

ConocoPhillips announced on April 16, 2020 that it is taking further actions to respond to the oil market downturn. These actions include capital, operating cost and share repurchase reductions of $3 billion and follow initial actions announced on March...

Oil prices, OPEC and non-OPEC oil production: coordination for Guyana

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was established in Baghdad in 1960. The founding members were Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Later on, the following members joined the organization: Qatar, Indonesia, Libya, United Arab Emirates...

Transocean drill ship Discoverer India suffers contract termination

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean is reporting that it has received a contract termination for its drill ship Discoverer India which has been operating in Egypt. This is according to Transocean’s latest Quarterly Fleet Status Report dated April 16, 2020. The...

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Technip Energies highlights collaborative role in GranMorgu FPSO project

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME  - In an exclusive interview with OilNOW during the Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit (SEOGS) 2025,...