Oil

Alberta oilsands specialist Meg Energy Corp. reported that it has retained a 20,000 b/d oil shipping contract on the incomplete expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Management confirmed its plans for capacity on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX), whose estimated construction cost has ballooned 70%, while reporting fourth quarter and full-year 2021 earnings. TMX…

The United States must boost production and exports of oil and natural gas in order to reduce Russia’s leverage in the global energy markets while continuing to pursue decarbonization, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Thursday. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, oversaw a committee hearing on “the use of energy…

Even as sanctions mount against energy-rich Russia amid its war in Ukraine — intensifying concerns about global crude supplies — U.S. oil output is holding steady, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday. Production for the week ended March 4 held at 11.6 million b/d, EIA’s latest Weekly Petroleum Status Report showed. It hovered at…

Brent crude oil prices will average $116/bbl in the second quarter, and Henry Hub spot natural gas prices will average $3.83/MMBtu over the same period, though events in Ukraine have clouded the outlook, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in updated projections published Tuesday. In the March edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the…

Natural gas futures slipped lower for a second consecutive day, as traders continued to focus on bearish shifts in domestic weather outlooks even as war raged in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia threatened to send global commodity prices to record highs. The April Nymex natural gas futures contract settled at $4.527/MMBtu, down 30.6 cents…

Brent crude oil prices will average $116/bbl in the second quarter, and Henry Hub spot natural gas prices will average $3.83/MMBtu over the same period, though events in Ukraine have clouded the outlook, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in updated projections published Tuesday. In the March edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the…

After regaining financial strength thanks to improved oil and gas prices for growing production, Calgary-based Crescent Point Energy Corp. plans to increase stockholder loyalty rewards instead of accelerating field activity. Crescent Point operates primarily in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Williston Basin of North Dakota. Crescent Point, which reports in Canadian dollars (C$1.00/US 79 cents), expects…

Shell plc is withdrawing its involvement in “all Russian hydrocarbons,” it said Tuesday, including oil, petroleum products, natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). “As an immediate first step, the company will stop all spot purchases of Russian crude oil” and “shut its service stations, aviation fuels and lubricants operations in Russia.”  The phased approach…

President Biden faced increasing pressure on Monday to ban imports of oil from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine and the deepening turmoil in eastern Europe. The U.S. president is reportedly considering such a move but carefully weighing it against the likely impact it would have on global crude prices and, by extension, the cost…