Trafigura warns that misconduct in Mongolia could cost $1.1 billion
After an internal review, global commodity trader Trafigura said it expects to set aside $1.1 billion as a provision for misconduct by individuals within its Mongolian petroleum product supply business. Trafigura stated that an external investigation, which was conducted after the internal review, is still in progress but confirmed the significant exposure accumulated by the group over the past five years.
Hungary and Russia's Gazprom are in talks about extra gas for Budapest by 2025
Hungary and Russia’s Gazprom have begun negotiations for an agreement to supply additional gas next year to Budapest. Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, told the Russian news agency RIA in remarks published Tuesday. "We've already signed an additional agreement for the fourth quarter of this fiscal year. It covers additional volumes and is priced competitively. Szijjarto said to RIA that we are currently negotiating a contract for next year.
EIA: US oil demand for June was the lowest since 2020
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Friday that U.S. oil use in June was at its lowest levels for the season since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The EIA's proxy of demand, crude oil and petroleum product supply, dropped 2.7% from one month to the next, reaching 20,25 million barrels a day (bpd), in June. This is the lowest June level since 2020. The sharp drop comes after consumption reached a seasonally high of 20,80 million bpd during May.
How Much Oil Does the EU Import from Russia?
The European Union has agreed to ban the bulk of imports of Russian crude and oil products in its latest round of sanctions following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.The ban on seaborne crude imports will be phased in over six months and for seaborne refined products over eight months. It excludes deliveries via the Druzhba oil pipeline which supplies refineries in Eastern Europe and eastern Germany.Yet many…
U.S. Crude Oil Exports: When 'Less is More'
Longer sailing distances cushion fall in US crude oil exportsTon mile demand generated by US crude oil exports has fallen by 9.7% in the first two months of 2021 compared with the start of 2020. The fall could however have been much worse; In volume terms, seaborne crude oil exports have fallen by 18.8%, to 20.9m tonnes, a 4.8m tonnes decline compared with last year, according to data from the US Census Bureau.While seaborne crude oil exports to all regions have fallen…
Fuel Futures: Diesel Will Spike on IMO2020
New marine fuel rules to boost diesel prices for at least a year -analystsGlobal prices for diesel and marine fuels should rise by October ahead of a January switchover to new, very low-sulfur marine fuels, and remain higher for at least a year as refiners shift production to make more of the new fuels, analysts said.Marine fuels containing no more than 0.5% sulfur by weight, down from the 3.5% currently used, to power ocean-going vessels will be required for ships without exhaust scrubbers on Jan.
U.S. Energy Hits Records in 2018: EIA
U.S. energy consumption, production, and exports have reached record highs in 2018, said U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).The United States produced a record amount of energy from various sources in 2018, reaching 96 quadrillion British thermal units (quads), an 8% increase from 2017. This increase in production outpaced the 4% increase in U.S. energy consumption, which also reached a record high of 101 quads.At the same time, U.S.
Novatek Production Rose 6.9% in 2018
Russia's largest independent natural gas producer Novatek said that total hydrocarbon production during 2018 increased by 6.9%, and had increased sales of gas."In 2018, Novatek’s hydrocarbon production totaled 548.4 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 68.81 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 11,800 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in total hydrocarbons produced by 35.1 million boe…
Essar UK to Buy More US Crude in 2018
Essar UK, one of Britain's biggest oil refiners, will buy more U.S. crude this year after testing it last year, showing how rising output from the United States is squeezing out traditional European suppliers from the North Sea and Africa. Essar took at least three cargoes U.S. crude in 2017 for its 200,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Stanlow oil refinery. "We will continue to take U.S. cargoes because we find value in them…
UN: Fresh Oil Import Sanctions on North Korea
(Reuters) -- The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea following its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test, a move that analysts said could have a significant impact on the isolated country's struggling economy. The resolution seeks to ban nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum product exports to North Korea by capping them at 500,000 barrels a year and demands the repatriation of North Koreans working abroad within 12 months.
NOVATEK Production Steady
PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) reported today preliminary operating data for the twelve months 2016. In 2016, NOVATEK’s marketable hydrocarbons production totaled 537.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 66.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 12,441 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in total hydrocarbons production by 16.3 million boe…
US Set to Become Energy Exporter by 2026 -EIA
The United States is projected to become a net energy exporter over the next decade due to rising natural gas exports and falling petroleum product imports, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Thursday. While the United States has been a net energy importer since 1953, declining energy imports and growing exports that started over the past year will allow that trend to switch by 2026, the EIA said. In late 2015, the U.S. government lifted a decades-old ban on U.S.
Buckeye to Acquire 50% of VTTI Marine Terminal
Buckeye Partners LP, which operates pipelines and other transportation and storage assets for liquid petroleum products, said it bought a 50 percent stake in the marine terminal company VTTI BV for $1.15 billion. VTTI is a unit of Vitol Group. The deal is expected to close in early January 2017. VTTI will be 50% indirectly owned by Buckeye and 50% indirectly owned by Vitol. It is intended that the joint…
MPA Revokes Bunker Supplier Licences of AC Oil
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker supplier and bunker craft operator licences of AC Oil Pte Ltd with effect from 29 July 2016. AC Oil Pte Ltd will no longer be allowed to operate as a bunker supplier or bunker craft operator in the Port of Singapore. As part of MPA’s on-going regulatory efforts to ensure the safety, reliability and quality of bunker supplies in Singapore, checks were conducted on AC Oil Pte Ltd in May and June 2016.
Higher Gasoline Production, Inventories are Reducing Refinery Margins - EIA
EIA recently released the 'What Drives Petroleum Product Prices' website that identifies and tracks several fundamental and financial market factors that influence petroleum product spot and futures prices. This tool offers charts that highlight changes in consumption, production, inventories, and trade, mostly related to the U.S. domestic market along with some charts that include global indicators. The charts…
NOVATEK's 1H Preliminary Operating Data
OAO NOVATEK reported today preliminary operating data for the first half 2016. NOVATEK’s marketable production totaled 33.76 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 6,327 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in natural gas production by 0.72 bcm, or by 2.2%, and an increase in combined liquids production by 2,138 thousand tons, or by 51.0% as compared with the first half 2015.
ExxonMobil 1Q Profits Plunge 63%
* Earnings of $1.8 billion decreased 63 percent from the first quarter of 2015. * Earnings per share were $0.43 assuming dilution. * Cash flow from operations and asset sales was $5 billion, including proceeds associated with asset sales of $177 million. * Capital and exploration expenditures were $5.1 billion, down 33 percent from the first quarter of 2015. * Oil equivalent production increased 1.8 percent from the first quarter of 2015, with liquids up 11.5 percent and gas down 9.3 percent.
NOVATEK's 1Q Production Zooms
OAO NOVATEreported today preliminary operating data for the first quarter 2016. NOVATEK’s marketable production totaled 17.24 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 3,208 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in natural gas production by 1.09 bcm, or by 6.7%, and an increase in combined liquids production by 1,217 thousand tons, or by 61.1% as compared with the first quarter 2015.
U.S. Petro Exports Continue to Grow
Total U.S. petroleum product exports continued to increase in 2015, up 467,000 barrels per day (b/d) from 2014 to 4.3 million b/d, driven by increased exports of distillate fuel, motor gasoline, and propane, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Mexico and the region encompassing both Central and South America continued to be major recipients of U.S. petroleum product exports…
Should We Worry as Oil Stocks Hit 3 Billion Barrels?
Nearly 3 billion barrels of crude petroleum and refined products are being stored by oil firms in the advanced economies according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Commentators have seized on the 3 billion figure as a shorthand way to convey how oversupplied the oil market has become. Large round numbers exert a powerful pull on the imagination but shorn of context they are meaningless and apt to confuse rather than illuminate.
