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Offshore Drilling in The Gulf of Mexico: US and Pemex Activity
When the Obama administration announced its new five-year leasing plans for US waters on January 27, the inclusion of a portion of the Atlantic garnered most of the headlines. However, arguably the...
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Saudi Arabia and Oil: What You Need to Know
Saudi Arabia is all over the news. Every time a minister speaks, headlines reverberate through all of the O&G industry sites, and even Harold Hamm’s recent Cowboyistan manifesto points to the...
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The Royal Dutch Shell – BG Energy Merger: Is it All about Asia?
Royal Dutch Shell’s recent announcement of its intent to purchase BG Group for $69.6 billion dollars resounded through the oil and gas press. Initially there was a round of excitement that the deal...
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Mexican Oil, Asia, and the WTI: Latin American Crude Exports in a Good Spot
Although some Mexican crude oil exports may have been delivered with quality problems, Asian efforts to diversify sources of hydrocarbons away from the Middle East now benefit Latin American...
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Russian Oil Sanctions Resonate Around the Globe
Despite recent visits by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State John Kerry to Russia, the international community appears unlikely to soon lift sanctions imposed on Russia after its...
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Chinese Oil Imports: the New Bull in the Oil Shop
Although data opacity makes objective analysis difficult, market observers reported in April that China has surpassed the United States as the world’s largest oil importer. This statistical inflection...
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Quebec: New Oil Discoveries from North of the Border
In today’s climate of low commodity prices, massive layoffs and precipitously declining rig counts, one positive bit of industry news relatively close to home has gone largely under the radar. Quebec,...
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Salman Says: Updated Saudi Strategy and The Global Market
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia exerts more influence on the global price of crude oil than any other nation state. Oil analysts study Saudi policy and politics with as much attention to detail as...
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Southeast Asia Crude: Will the Kra Canal Ease the Flow?
By the end of 2013 around 17% of the world’s daily oil production was transported through the Strait of Malacca each day. Most comes from the Middle East and is transported to China, Japan, and South...
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Gulf Coast LNG is Ready for the World
Even as natural gas overtakes coal as the biggest U. S. electricity source, the U. S. Gulf Coast is set to become a major export hub for the international Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) business. A quick...
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European Union Energy Imports: Greek and Iranian Impact
The outcome of ongoing Greek and Iranian negotiations will affect the future of European Union (EU) and its Eurozone subset hydrocarbon consumption as well as the national origin of imported raw and...
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Chinese Currency Devaluation and Strategic Petroleum Reserves
China’s decision to devalue the Renminbi after filling its crude oil reserves earlier this year has effectively provided it a hedge against any short-term supply disruption. Because China depends...
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5 Ways Drillinginfo Makes International Drilling a Less Risky Business
Drilling or investing abroad is a big undertaking. No matter how successful you are at home, working internationally is still filled with risk and uncertainty. Each country has a different data room...
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Crude Swap with Mexico – The Heavy and The Light
On August 14 the Obama Administration announced that the Commerce Department would approve applications to export up to 100,000 barrels of light crude per day to Mexico in a swap arrangement for an...
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Iran Oil and and the New Accord: Overview and Analysis
Despite last minute efforts to derail the agreement, the nuclear accord with Iran is a done deal. While generally agreeing that lifting Iranian sanctions will bring more Iran oil to market, analysts...
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China Oil & Gas Demand, Supply, and the Road Ahead
China China China. Like Jan Brady clamoring for attention, all solutions to the current soft oil and gas market eventually intersect with the energy consuming Marsha that is China. (Take that Tortoise...
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How Much Oil Can Iraq Produce?
Although the International Energy Agency reports that Iraq has produced record amounts of crude from its southern fields in recent months, a number of security, economic, and political obstacles stand...
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Gasoline: U.S. And China Still Driving Demand Higher
Despite prognostications otherwise, gasoline demand in the United States and globally continues to grow. Lower gasoline prices combined with net additions to the global fleet of vehicles powered by...
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China Crude Imports, Currency, and Future Demand
Contrary to its rapid decrease in imports of coal, iron ore, and other commodities, China continues to import record amounts of crude oil. China is likely using current low oil price to fill its...
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COP 21 Compliance Requires Favorable Natural Gas Policies
From our perspective, the declarations made and the agreements reached at The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris made little or no reference to the future role of natural...
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