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Biden Arrives In Saudi On Quest For Oil: How Much Does The Kingdom Have In Reserve?
...pex (MEES, 26 March 2021). This was reflected in a steep drop in the number of completed wells in 2021 according to the Opec Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB). This report shows the number dropping from 580 in 2019 to just 314 for 2021. Not just was that the lowest number since 2011’s 312, it...
Volume: 65Issue: 28Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2022 -
GCC Rig Count Stuck At 10-Year Low Levels For 1H 2021
...e higher than the 9-year quarterly low seen in Q4 last year (see chart 1 and MEES, 18 December 2020). As such the average figure of 184 for 1H 2021 was the lowest half-year figure since 1H 2011. 1: THE GCC RIG COUNT AVERAGED JUST 184 FOR 1H 2021, THE LOWEST HALF-YEAR FIGURE IN 10 YEARS AND LI...
Volume: 64Issue: 27Published at Fri, 09 Jul 2021 -
Taiwan Crude Imports: Total & Mideast Volumes Stay Low
...y major importer, suggest the world is in for a long slog in terms of the rebound of oil demand from Covid-19. At an average of 790,000 b/d for the first half of 2020, volumes are down almost 14% year on year (see table), putting the country on pace for the lowest annual figure since 2011. And th...
Volume: 63Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2020 -
LNG Start-Ups To Peak, Then Slump
...nce. The IEA estimates that investment in liquefaction will be just $16bn this year, the lowest level since 2010. • And much of this represents the tail end of start-up investment in mega-projects approved in the 2011-14 boom years. Two key Australian projects, 8.9mn t/y Ichthys operated by Ja...
Volume: 61Issue: 30Published at Fri, 27 Jul 2018 -
US Output Growth: Records Tumble But Is A Slowdown On The Way?
...me high of 14.075mn b/d in May and rose further to 14.173mn b/d in June. Growing output means that domestic production is now equivalent to 70% of US domestic demand, up from 47% in 2011, and this despite US demand rising to a 9 1/2 –year high of 20.30mn b/d in June. Gasoline demand, at 9....
Volume: 60Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2017 -
Opec Winning Back Market Share in Key Asian Markets
...16. However, while the importance of the Asian market for Opec has been growing, Opec’s importance to the region has been falling. IGA and Opec data shows that in 2011, 65.5% of Asia’s oil imports came from Opec, but this fell to 61.2% in 2014 and just 60.1% last year. But Opec’s Saudi-driven strategy to...
Volume: 59Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2016 -
Saudi Gas Boost Cuts Oil Burn, Saving More For Export
...ile crude export volumes have been fairly static (give or take seasonal variations) averaging 7.4mn b/d since late 2011, the same cannot be said for product exports which have more than doubled to 1.4mn b/d over the same period, averaging 16% of total Saudi crude and products exports over the same pe...
Volume: 59Issue: 29Published at Fri, 22 Jul 2016 -
A Tale Of Two OPECs: GCC Drills For The Future, Periphery Slashes Spending
...ganization’s share of what Baker Hughes calls its ‘International’ rigcount (excluding North America, China, Russia and the Caspian) has actually risen from 39% to 45% over the same period (see charts 3 & 4). Opec’s share has risen further over a longer time horizon: it was 32% in 2011. ‘GCC Opec’s rig co...
Volume: 59Issue: 28Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2016 -
OPEC Drilling By The Numbers: ‘Annual Wells Drilled’ From OPEC’S 2016 Statistical Bulletin
...sewhere meant that Opec’s share of global drilling has risen from 4.1% in 2011 to 5.2% last year. The global total is boosted by shale developments in the US and Canada, where production in the 10s of thousands of barrels a day can involve 100s of wells....
Volume: 59Issue: 28Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2016 -
Opec Revenues Set To Fall Further In 2016
...gnificant damage has already been done. Libya’s chaos predates the oil price slump, with the country nowhere near to stabilizing since the ouster of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. But oil price falls have contributed to the maelstrom. Kuwait is also having a year to forget, with revenues on...
Volume: 59Issue: 26Published at Fri, 01 Jul 2016 -
US Oil Output Hits Record 13mn B/D, But Is This The Peak?
...mbers are up 1.15mn b/d, 1.54mn b/d and 1.56mn b/d respectively on year-ago levels. Since 2011, crude production is up by over 4mn b/d; including NGLs the gains are over 5mn b/d (see table p15 and graph). > But is this the peak? Weekly data for May and June indicate crude output of 9.6mn b/d for bo...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
US Petroleum 2Q 2015 Imports, Exports, Demand (‘000 B/D)
...15 4Q14 3Q14 2Q14 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 CRUDE OIL IMPORTS 7,020 6,...
Volume: 58Issue: 27Published at Fri, 03 Jul 2015 -
OPEC Output Up In June Despite Iraqi Outages
...vised 29.94mn b/d in May (see table). This pushed output above the group’s nominal 30mn b/d target, which has been in place since December 2011. At their latest meeting in Vienna last month, OPEC ministers decided to maintain this target for the remainder of the year. This is despite the fact that th...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014 -
OPEC Producers Adopt Higher Oil Price Assumptions For 2013 Budgets
...ograms put in place by a number of the regional governments, to appease the lingering unrest sparked by the Arab Spring more than two years ago. Higher oil prices too have also played their part, with the OPEC basket climbing to a yearly average of $109.45/B in 2012, relative to $107.46/B for 2011. Pr...
Volume: 56Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013 -
Riyadh, Baghdad Benefit As Turkey Weans Itself Off Iranian Crude
...15 July shows Iran slipped to third place in the line of countries supplying crude to Turkey in May, behind Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This comes just one month after losing its spot at the top of the pile to Iraq in April. Iran supplied over 50% of Turkey’s crude imports as recently as 2011...
Volume: 56Issue: 29Published at Fri, 19 Jul 2013 -
OPEC Sees Fall In 2014 Call on Its Crude
...30.38mn b/d, the producer group said – just 380,000 b/d off the 30mn b/d production ceiling in place since December 2011. OPEC’s figures based on secondary sources, highlighted Libya, Nigeria and Angola as the main culprits behind the drop, accounting for 339,000 b/d of the month-on-mo...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013