Oil

The United States have burgeoned as a key energy supplier amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, with petroleum product exports doubling from 2010-2022, and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is expecting this growth to continue.  In the past year of a major global energy reshuffling, average U.S. petroleum product exports grew 7% to 5.97 million b/d…

The largest U.S. refinery expansion in more than a decade has ramped up southeast of Houston at ExxonMobil’s Beaumont refining complex. The $2 billion project, considered one of the largest in the world, bumped up capacity for transportation fuels by 250,000 b/d, to total 630,000 b/d-plus. The last big refinery expansion was in 2012. “ExxonMobil…

American exploration and production firms’ (E&P) continued to drive oil output at strong levels over the last two weeks, though activity slipped from the highs of the year. E&Ps generated 12.2 million b/d for the week ended March 10, even with the prior week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Weekly Petroleum Status…

Natural gas production from seven key Lower 48 regions will continue rising in April, driven by incremental output gains from a variety of regions, led by the gassy Haynesville Shale, according to updated modeling from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA said in its latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), published Monday, that total natural gas…

Revived drilling contracts in 2022 plumped up the coffers of Ensign Energy Services Inc., a fixture of oilfield operations in Canada and the United States. Operating days were higher “as a result of supportive industry conditions driving activity improvements year/year,” executives said in the quarterly report. “The outlook for oilfield services continues to be positive…

Canada’s top natural gas producer, Tourmaline Oil Corp., is training its sights on the Montney Shale and revamping the marketing portfolio to fetch solid prices in North America and overseas. CEO Michael Rose led a conference call to discuss the Calgary-based exploration and production (E&P) company’s fourth quarter and full-year results. He also offered some…

Range Resources Corp.’s management team brushed aside questions about whether they’ve discussed the possibility of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. acquiring the company during a year-end earnings call.  CEO Jeff Ventura told analysts that a statement Pioneer recently issued downplaying the reports was “good news” for Range. He added that Range is “in a great position…

U.S. crude output last week held at robust levels as American exploration and production (E&P) companies remained active to bolster domestic supplies and help meet global demand. E&Ps generated 12.3 million b/d for the week ended Feb. 24. That was on par with the highest level since March 2020, when the pandemic was declared. U.S.…

California Resources Corp. (CRC) in 2023 is expecting to develop its highest-returning oil and natural gas projects with the permits it has in hand and a 1.5 rig program as it zeroes in on maintenance operations and builds its carbon management business.  “As any focused company should do, we continue to evolve. As we look…