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OPEC 10 crude production and quotas during Covid
Posted on December 11, 2022 | No CommentsOPEC entered the 1st Covid year 2020 with reference production data and “voluntary adjustments” which were set by the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) on 18 Jan 2019. https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/press_room/5357.htm Fig […] -
China increased oil imports in Covid stricken 2020 by a lucky 8.8%
Posted on August 29, 2021 | No CommentsChina is the only country which increased oil imports in 2020. This post is using data from the new BP Statistical Review released on 8 July 2021. Fig 1: Wuhan […] -
Uncertainties following the Abqaiq attack have shrunk the world’s safe oil reserves by around half (part 1)
Posted on October 16, 2019 | No CommentsThe world has returned to business as usual after the Saudis assured oil markets that production will be back soon and as oil prices have returned to pre-attack levels and […] -
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century?
Posted on September 10, 2019 | No CommentsAsian oil production peaked above 8 mb/d for the period between 2008 and 2016 (with spikes in 2010 and 2015). The 2015 peak was mainly caused by peak oil in […] -
Persian Gulf oil export peak after tanker attacks?
Posted on June 21, 2019 | No CommentsTankers holed and burning in the Gulf of Oman are not a good sign for future oil exports from the Persian Gulf. Fig 1: Norway’s Front Altair burning with 75,000 […] -
Saudi Update October 2018
Posted on October 30, 2018 | No CommentsWe do not know where the Khashoggi case will go but what is happening in Saudi Arabia is important for the world. Jodi data up to Aug 2018, released 19/10/2018 […] -
What happened to crude oil production after the first peak in 2005?
Posted on September 18, 2018 | No CommentsThe IEA (in Paris) proudly announced in its latest September 2018 Monthly Oil Market Report that global supplies (of liquids) have reached 100 mb/d in August, an impressive figure. What […] -
Saudi Arabia was supposed to pump almost 14 mb/d in 2018
Posted on July 5, 2018 | No CommentsHere we go again. Another US President asks Saudi Arabia to pump more oil, despite the so-called US shale oil revolution. Fig 1: Is a tweet enough to make Saudi […] -
IEA: US$ 40 oil means 3 mb/d less tight oil by 2020
Posted on November 16, 2015 | No CommentsYou want $40 oil? Yes, please. But according to the World Energy Outlook 2015 of the International Energy Agency, recently released in London, that would mean 3 mb/d less US […] -
Saudi Arabia’s fiscal break-even oil price to be around $US 100 mark for the foreseeable future
Posted on October 18, 2015 | No CommentsThe latest IMF Article IV consultation report on Saudi Arabia was published on 9 September 2015. http://www.imf.org/external/country/sau/ Extract: Government spending has increased substantially in recent years. Consequently, the breakeven oil […]