Coronavirus

The Texas oil and natural gas industry through July had seen a continued uptick in job growth, particularly in the Houston area, but the deadly Delta variant of Covid-19 poses near-term threats. An employment analysis of the upstream sector by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) showed a net increase of 1,500…

Domestic crude production held steady while demand for U.S. petroleum continued to rise last week, alongside increased summer travel and greater consumption of motor gasoline, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said. The fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus presents increasing risk to Americans’ mobility – risk that could once again diminish demand for travel…

The Covid-19 Delta variant could dampen global oil demand and threaten U.S. natural gas activity if the rapid spread of the virus continues into the fall. In the United States, overall case totals and hospitalizations remain lower than the highs reached last winter before vaccine campaigns were widespread. However, reported infections are on the rise…

The economic impact of the Covid-19 Delta variant already threatens demand for oil and could dampen consumption of U.S. natural gas, particularly exports to Asia, if new restrictions imposed to slow the virus’ spread in China drag deep into 2021. In the United States, overall case totals and hospitalizations remain lower than the highs reached…

The Covid-19 pandemic cut the volume and value of Canadian oil imports from the United States but did not stop the northbound flows, according to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) and IHS Markit. Canadian imports from the United States fell 20% year/year in 2020, to 550,000 b/d from 693,000 b/d in 2019 before global oil…

Global petroleum demand should reach pre-pandemic levels by early 2022, putting Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company in a sweet spot as it boosts production, executives said Monday.  Saudi Arabian Oil Co., aka Aramco, saw a 288% jump in profits from a year ago as oil prices jumped. Petroleum consumption is rising as vaccination rates improve…

A step down in production drove natural gas futures prices higher for a second day, with gains accelerating after the latest weather models turned even hotter for next week. The September Nymex gas futures contract settled Tuesday at $4.027, up 9.2 cents on the day. October climbed 9.4 cents to $4.032. At A Glance: TGP…

Ohio’s oil and natural gas production dropped last year as operators shut in volumes and curbed activity amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Ohio Oil and Gas Association’s (OOGA) annual Debrosse Memorial Report.   Natural gas production fell by 10% year/year to 2.4 Tcf in 2020, according to estimates included in the report. Oil production…

Even amid declines associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States maintained its status as the globe’s leading producer of petroleum and natural gas in 2020, a recent analysis from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows. Domestic petroleum and natural gas output fell year/year in 2020 after reaching record highs in 2019, EIA said in…