IOCs Face Mixed Picture In The Mena Upstream

...e region looks set to slide further. Meanwhile, its overall Mena liquids output fell, ExxonMobil is pressing ahead with expansion work in Abu Dhabi. After its stake at the Adco (now Adnoc Onshore) concession expired in 2014, ExxonMobil’s Abu Dhabi output collapsed from 306,000 b/d to just 16...

Tamar Shutdown Highlights Israel Upstream Risk

...3 May during a protest against the continued blockade of Gaza, the worst violence the region has seen since July and August 2014, when Israel launched a ground offensive on Gaza. Whilst Israel’s defense ministry says some 90% of rockets were intercepted by Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ defenses, four Is...

Iran Threat To Nuke Deal As Exports, Revenues Face Collapse

...uters ship-tracking indicates a record 800,000 b/d. If correct this would be an all-time high, eclipsing the previous record of 798,000 b/d set in April 2014 and the more recent July-August 2018 highs of 770-775,000 b/d. That said, more generally Chinese imports from Iran are down: 475,000 b/d for 1Q...

Iraq Rig Count Hits 73 For April, Highest Since 2014 Oil Price Slump