Forecast

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December 01, 2016
OPEC’s decision to shrink oil production is both a blessing and a curse for natural gas markets.
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November 30, 2016
David Hunt, CEO of PGIM, Prudential Financial Inc.’s $1-trillion asset manager, cautioned against overreacting to the surge in oil prices as OPEC clinched a deal to curtail supply.
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November 28, 2016
The oilfield service companies that supply everything from sand to sophisticated robot rigs are seeking a new lease on life as America’s fracing fortunes begin to turn.
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November 18, 2016
The next global energy transition is already under way, posing risks for some of the world’s largest energy companies.
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October 31, 2016
OPEC’s most senior official said the organization and other major oil producers are “on course” to deliver a deal next month that will temper the global oversupply.
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October 28, 2016
Crude in New York is set for the first weekly drop since mid-September as an OPEC committee meets to discuss how deeply some of its members should cut production to comply with the group’s pledge to reduce supply.
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October 26, 2016
Mexico's wide-ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country's declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency.
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October 14, 2016
Increased drilling by shale producers buoyed by higher prices will slow the decline in U.S. crude production, a government forecast showed.
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October 05, 2016
Encana Corp., one of Canada’s largest energy explorers, is increasing capital spending by as much as 64% as it seeks to pull more crude out of America’s most prolific oil field.
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September 30, 2016
Russia is sticking with an assumption that oil will average $40/bbl in the next three years and won’t take a bait by revising its budget outlook after a preliminary agreement by OPEC on its first production cut in eight years, according to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
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September 21, 2016
The two-year downturn in the oil and gas industry may be coming to a close.
Article
September 2016
Is the Russian ruble more weakly linked to oil than before?
Article
September 2016
Go with the flow
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August 30, 2016
Oil dropped below $47/bbl before data forecast to show that gasoline stockpiles declined while crude inventories increased in the U.S., the world’s largest oil consumer.
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August 29, 2016
Reflecting very different angles and priorities for coping with the 22-month oil-and-gas downturn, top executives from Saudi Arabia, the U.S., Brazil, Mexico and France, along with one analyst, told ONS attendees on Monday afternoon how they will move forward, as the industry begins to recover.
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August 29, 2016
Oil declined amid doubts that producers will agree on a deal to stabilize the market when global suppliers meet next month for informal talks.
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August 26, 2016
Crude could return to $100/bbl because the two-year market downturn has curbed investment, according to Lukas Lundin, a member of Lundin Petroleum AB’s board and chairman of Lundin Mining Corp.
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August 19, 2016
Petroleos Mexicanos’ deteriorating finances are poised to get much worse, signaling no end in sight to years of declining oil production.
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August 19, 2016
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. expects lower LNG prices as it renegotiates short-term contracts and says buyers across Asia will increasingly resist deals that restrict the reselling of the super-cooled fuel.
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August 09, 2016
The worst may be yet to come for some strained oil services companies as $110 billion in debt, most of it junk rated, creeps closer to maturity.
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July 26, 2016
Oil dropped to a three-month low in New York amid speculation that U.S. fuel stockpiles increased, bolstering a glut in the world’s biggest crude-consuming nation.
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