Saudi Arabia keeps pumping at near-record levels to defend sales in Asia, its biggest market, amid an increase in global supply. In addition, Saudi Aramco, the state-run oil giant, said that both its drilling and IPO ...
Production of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) was disrupted in July by militant attacks in Nigeria and political unrest in Libya, according to Bloomberg.
According to the President of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, Eulogio del Pino, who is also Venezuela’s Oil Minister, the company is currently in talks with other oil services companies to turn unpaid bills i ...
Nigeria's oil production increased from 1.6m b/d to about 1.9m b/d after a week had passed since pipeline attack had taken place and repairs were made.
The Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum and Mining, Eulogio del Pino, has declared that the daily production of crude oil from Orinoco Oil Belt has increased from 20,000 to 30,000 b/d, thus benefiting the whole region.
OPEC's second-largest producer, Iraq, increased daily oil production to an all-time high of 4.5mb/d, according to estimates by the research firm, JBC Energy.
The failure of the deal to freeze oil production, which could have hastened a recovery in oil prices, puts Nigeria and other cash-strapped oil producers in more trouble.
The Nigerian Association of Energy Economics (NAEE) said the country's currently fluctuating oil production level of 2.4mb/d may not be enough to guarantee any sustainable economic development.