Forecast
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February 2023
Drilling activity increased 51.3% on an average yearly basis, driving U.S. crude production up to 11.9 MMbopd in 2022, a 6.4% increase compared to the 11.2 MMbopd averaged during 2021.
Article
February 2023
Worldwide E&P spending is set to increase in 2023, albeit slower than growth experienced in 2022. Spending deceleration in North America (NAM) follows a near-record NAM level in 2022. International spending’s growth will slip, due to declines in Russia.
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January 2023
Looking for continued improvement in 2023
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January 27, 2023
Rice University’s Mark Finley, Transocean’s Jeremy Thigpen, U.S. Congressman Wesley Hunt and World Oil’s Kurt Abraham took the stage to share one common theme: oil and gas isn’t going anywhere.
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December 08, 2022
Exxon will now repurchase $50 billion of stock through 2024, expanding its previous plan of $30 billion through 2023, the Irving, Texas-based company said in a statement. The buyback will now include $15 billion of share repurchases this year, which would be the highest annual total since 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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December 08, 2022
The US oil operator said Wednesday it will spend $17 billion in 2023 with the Permian Basin accounting for $4 billion of the total spend. This decision comes after U.S. President Joe Biden called on the US energy industry to reinvest more profits in production.
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December 06, 2022
The U.S. raised its forecast for oil production next year, reversing course after five straight months of cuts that stoked concern about a slowdown in output from shale fields.
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December 02, 2022
The short supply of labor in the US oil patch has plagued exploration and production companies all year, and the tightness continues.
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December 01, 2022
Eni SpA is considering a takeover of private equity-backed oil and gas explorer Neptune Energy Group Ltd., people familiar with the matter said, in what would be a rare upstream acquisition by a European major amid the broader industry shift to renewables.
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November 30, 2022
Offshore Energies UK, the leading trade body for the UK’s offshore energy industry, has launched a report pinpointing key skills shortages that could put the transition to cleaner energies at risk.
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November 30, 2022
Government and industry gathered on Nov. 30 to discuss energy security, the energy transition to net zero and challenges to maintaining investment in the North Sea during a forum hosted by industry regulator the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
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November 29, 2022
Exxon Mobil’s recent discovery in Block 15 off Angola in the Bavuca South prospect adds further credence to the notion that Africa is a significant contender in future energy markets, according to the African Energy Chamber.
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November 08, 2022
The United States cut its forecast for the nation’s oil production growth next year, predicting that output will fall short of an all-time high.
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November 07, 2022
Global oil demand in 2023 will grow a million barrels per day lower than organizations such as the International Energy Agency and OPEC have forecast, according to a new report from Enverus Intelligence Research.
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November 03, 2022
Republicans in Congress plan to increase domestic fossil fuel production by expanding federal oil and gas leasing and banning energy development moratoriums on federal lands.
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November 01, 2022
A new analysis of the American Petroleum Institute's (API) "10 in 2022" policy plan found that it could spur nearly $200 billion in direct investment, 225,000 jobs and production growth in natural gas, oil, carbon capture and hydrogen.
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October 31, 2022
An excess of supply in the oil market was the main reason for OPEC+ opting to cut production in October, according to the group’s secretary-general.
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May 09, 2022
Oil booms typically spark a chase for higher production -- but not this time. All five supermajors have kept their capital expenditure budgets firmly in check and pledged that this discipline will hold in future years.
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January 14, 2021
Over the long-term, the impacts of behavioral shifts due to COVID-19 are minor compared to “known” long-term shifts such as decreasing car ownership, growing fuel efficiencies and a trend towards electric vehicles, whose impact is estimated to be three-to-nine times higher than the pandemic’s by 2050.
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December 30, 2019
After an abysmal 2019 for U.S. energy mergers and acquisitions, investors are signaling to oil executives and investment bankers that the days of high-premium deals are over.
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December 30, 2019
Oil rose for a fifth session, the longest run of gains since July, as a bigger-than-forecast decline in U.S. crude stockpiles eased oversupply concerns.
