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10 Things You Never Knew About Oil

From OPEC to U.S. shale, from fracking to negative oil prices, from endless political debates to inventories, the fossil fuel industry is never short on headlines. But the industry has a few lesser-known tidbits that might come as a surprise to even the savviest oil industry connoisseur. That’s why we’ve prepared this article to give you some preview and facts about oil.

In no particular order, here is our top 10 list of things you never knew about oil.

Number 10 on our list was not inspired by DC Comics

Although it’s easy to see why one would think so. Superhero fans might be surprised–and perhaps giddy–to learn that there is a Batman refinery. It gets its name not from the DC comics, but because of its location in Batman, Turkey. Batman in Turkish means “sunken”, and the town was named that because it often floods. If you’re disappointed that the refinery is not really named after the Caped Crusader, you are not alone.

Number 9 If you are an oil industry aficionado.

You probably already knew that Venezuela is home to the biggest oil reserves of any country. But did you know that the Latin American country’s 304 billion barrels of oil are enough to supply the entire world with oil for 8.5 years? That’s over 18 quintillion liters of oil and enough to fill up the Baltic Sea more than two times over!

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Could This Be The Most Promising Oil Play Of The Decade?

No oil discovery narrative appears to have captured investor attention this year. The Reconnaissance Africa’s (TSXV:RECO, OTC:RECAF) acquisition of the rights to Namibia’s giant, 6.3-million-acre Kavango Basin. Following it with a short order by two confirmations of an active petroleum system.

It keeps on capturing our attention for several reasons. Not the least of which is that onshore discoveries are pretty much a thing of the past. This is except in the final frontier of Africa. Nambia has never produced a barrel in its history. Now, they are anxiously awaiting the possibility of its day in the energy spotlight.

It’s also capturing our attention because this is a junior explorer. It is sitting on what we think is a supermajor-size basin. Lastly it’s fully funded for its current 3-test well drill campaign.

But in recent weeks, our attention has been drawn by reports of surprise early results—twice. And now, there is a lot to potentially look forward to in the coming days and weeks.

On Monday last week, ReconAfrica announced that it had completed its second drill at its 6-1 stratigraphic test well. In a matter of days, we are expecting the results from that drill.

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Source: Oil Price

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Could Guyana Replace Venezuela As A Regional Oil Giant?

Guyana is continuing to build its reputation as the new oil hub of the Americas. There are more oil firms seeking a stake in the country’s oil fields. With that, it seems new discoveries are being made almost every month as exploration activities continue. Can they become the top Regional Oil Giant?

International oil giants Hess, CNOOC, and ExxonMobil all have a stake in Guyana’s Stabroek Block where the firms have made significant discoveries over the last five years. Exxon alone claims to have made 20 discoveries, expected to contain around nine billion barrels of recoverable oil equivalent resources.

Eco-Atlantic is the latest oil firm to join the major players, acquiring a stake in JHI Associates and taking its share in the Canje block off the coast of Guyana, where Exxon operates.

A 2021 multi-well exploration program will develop upon activities in the Canje Block to see how far the region’s hydrocarbon system extends. The low-risk drilling project could provide greater insight into the extent of Guyana’s oil reserves. This will surely impact them as a regional oil giant.

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Oil Has Become The Hottest Commodity On Wall Street

Crude oil has been having a great 2021 so far—a very different situation to last year’s when the pandemic devastated demand for all commodities fueling a price rout that lasted well into 2020. Now, commodities are back with a vengeance, and nowhere is this vengeance clearer than in oil. Crude has become the hottest commodity for traders in the past few weeks as surging demand has topped all expectations, sparking a run on oil futures. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, in mid-June, the ratio of bullish to bearish bets on oil in New York stood at a staggering 23 to 1. This compares with a ratio of 6 to 1 at the beginning of the year.

This is the speculative component of the price rally, and it is certainly a big component. But the fundamental component is a big one, too. OPEC+ stunned everyone earlier this month when it failed to reach an agreement on how to proceed with its production control beyond the current month. The UAE, a dissenter who had already criticized some aspects of the production cut deal, this time really dug its heels in and refused to make any concessions until concessions were made to it.

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The Dawn Of A New Era For U.S. Shale

Higher oil prices and capital expenditure discipline are setting the stage. This is for the highest free cash flow on record for the world’s exploration and production companies this year. And U.S. shale firms—set to generate $60 billion free cash flow—are primed for playing a key role. The record-breaking free cash flow from global upstream operations is the focus. The U.S. shale patch is expected to be the biggest beneficiary of CAPEX discipline and high oil prices. As well as the largest contributor to the highest-ever free cash flows from the upstream business globally. This is what the independent research firm Rystad Energy said in a new report. Let’s talk more about the US shale new era!

$70 oil can certainly help a lot, but it is also capital discipline at every single oil company—from supermajors to U.S. independents—that is contributing to record cash flows this year.

Free Cash Flow Set To Hit Record-Breaking $348 Billion in 2021

The world’s public oil firms are yet to see their combined free cash flow—all cash flows from upstream activity excluding such from financing or hedging effects—surge to a record-breaking $348 billion in 2021. According to estimates from Rystad Energy, this would be $37 billion higher than the previous all-time high of $311 billion. This was in 2008. Back then, just before the financial crisis, oil prices averaged $100 a barrel that year.

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Will There Be A Gasoline Shortage On July 4th?

Rising prices at the pump will not be the biggest problem for some drivers this holiday weekend. Their biggest problem will be empty pumps – the result of a shortage of tanker truck drivers. The question is, “Will there be a July 4th gasoline shortage?”

GasBuddy’s Patrick De Hann tweeted yesterday there were no issues with the production of fuels, but the shortage of tanker truck drivers was compromising supply in some parts of the United States.

The shortage is a national problem that emerged before the pandemic, but the pandemic made an already bad situation worse by shutting down tanker truck driving schools. As a result, CNN reports, about a quarter of U.S. tanker trucks are currently parked for lack of qualified drivers. This compares to 10 percent in 2019.

At the same time, demand for fuels is on the rise – and so are the prices. The national average hit the highest since October 2014, at $3.10 per gallon, and demand has returned to 2019 levels, based on Energy Information Administration data. This suggests the shortages may persist.

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It’s Too Late To Avoid A Major Oil Supply Crisis

Is it really too late to avoid a major oil supply crisis? There are a number of observable trends in oil supplies and by extension prices, presently. I am going to discuss one of them in this article. A lack of capital investment in finding new supplies of oil and gas. A favorite analogy of mine comes to mind, the ship is nearing the dock. In nautical parlance that means the time for course corrections is at an end. So we shall see if that is the case for oil.

The massive “ship” that is world oil demand is on an unalterable collision. It is with the supplies that have profound implications for consumers.

This key metric reveals what the future is likely to hold for our energy security. This will happen as the world continues to recover from the virus to those who will listen.

The level of drilling and by extension capital investment is insufficient. It has been for a number of years to sustain oil production at current levels. It’s no secret that even with the lower break-even costs for new projects thanks to cost-cutting.

This cover a lot of industry the last few years where oil extraction is a capital-intensive business.

The message to oil and gas companies has been pretty clear from the market, investment funds like Blackrock seeking green “purity” in the allocation of financing of new energy sources, and government edicts mandating carbon intensity reduction across the entire swath of society, and a transformation to renewable energy, that new supplies of oil and gas are not wanted.

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U.S. Shale Oil Output to Climb by 38,000 BPD in July: EIA

U.S. oil output from seven major shale formations is set to rise by about 38,000 barrels per day (BPD). This is set in July to about 7.8 million BPD. The highest since November, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a monthly forecast on Monday.

The biggest increase is set to come from the Permian. They are the top-producing basin in the country. The output will rise by 56,000 bpd to about 4.66 million bpd, the highest since March 2020.

The forecast increase in total output was attributable to the Permian and Appalachia basins. There are expectations for the other five basins to decline or remain flat.

Expectations are for it to register declines of 4,000 BPD. The Eagle Ford basin in South Texas and the Bakken basin in North Dakota and Montana.

Output in the Bakken will be sliding to about 1.1 million BPD, the lowest since July 2020.

U.S. producers have increased drilling activity as oil prices have rebounded to about $70 a barrel.

Natural gas production from the major shale basins will be increasing for the first time in four months. This is according to EIA’s drilling productivity report going back to 2007.

Total gas output will increase less than 0.1 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) to 84.3 bcfd in July. That compares with a monthly record high of 86.6 bcfd in December 2019.

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Source: Reuters

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$100 Oil Is Now A Distinct Possibility

Although oil may not be headed to a new supercycle, prices still have room to rise from current levels because of a strong demand rebound and expected tightness in supply, some of the world’s largest commodity trading groups say.

There is a chance for $100 oil, Jeremy Weir, chief executive officer at commodity trader Trafigura, told the FT Commodities Global Summit on Tuesday.

“You need higher prices to incentivize… and also maybe to build on the cost of carbon in the future as well. You also need to attract capital in the business,” Weir told the online debate.

The largest commodity traders are bullish on oil in the near term, too.

Brent Crude traded at over $73.50 a barrel early on Tuesday, but the top executives of the trading houses see further upsides.

“Higher from here” for the next six months, Glencore’s Head of Oil Marketing, Alex Sanna, told the same event today. According to Sanna, these are what will contribute to rising oil prices. Better news about vaccination programs, inflation bringing in investor cash, and the demand recovery

Russell Hardy, the chief executive officer of the world’s biggest independent oil trader Vitol, also said that $100 per barrel oil is “of course a possibility,” but warned the overenthusiastic bulls that “we’re in a slightly artificial market at the moment,” as the OPEC+ group still has around 5.5 million barrels per day (bpd) to bring back to the market, by April 2022 per current plans

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The Age Of Oil Isn’t Over

Growing demand in Asia means that the age of oil isn’t over yet, although consumption in developed western economies has trended lower over the past decade, according to Karin Kneissl, a newly appointed director on the board of Russia’s oil giant Rosneft.

“I’ve always underlined that it’s the East that plays the decisive role, not the West. And the energy market is more dynamically developing in the East. And you shouldn’t also discount the African continent,” said Kneissl, who was Austria’s foreign minister between 2017 and 2019.

Continued growth in oil demand in Asia, due to increased economic prosperity and rising population, will shape the global trend in oil demand, Kneissl said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, as quoted by Sputnik.

According to the new independent board member of Russia’s largest oil company, the current global push toward green energy and the stigmatization of fossil fuels and fossil fuel funding could result in a new supercycle for oil.

“Any type of energy has its implications for the environment. But political persecution of a certain industry leads to reduced investments. There will be a freeze of production, leading to the deficit. This marks the beginning of a new supercycle,” said Kneissl, as carried by Sputnik.

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