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AUG 2018The Permian Bottleneck
It’s only the dog days of summer, but the early candidate for story-of-the-year in the oil market might well be the Permian Basin bottleneck.
Quarterly earnings out this week renewed attention on the outsized role that a lack of pipeline capacity in West Texas and New Mexico has played on oil companies’ bottom line.
A discount for WTI crude in Midland, Texas versus Cushing, Oklahoma has meant different things for different companies.
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JUL 2018Libya: Force Majeure Moves West
Just days after Libya’s eastern ports reopened, the country’s oil exports were interrupted some 50 miles west of Tripoli.
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JUL 2018The Saudi Balancing Act
When Saudi Arabia boosted production in June, the message delivered to the global oil market was clear. The Saudis were willing and able to fill any supply gaps left by declines from Venezuela, Libya and Iran.
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JUL 2018Use Case: Forecasting Iranian Crude Production
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JUL 2018Cushing, Hardisty Drain After Syncrude Shuts Down
How could a faulty electrical transformer in the middle of Canada send global oil prices soaring?
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JUL 2018Crude Oil Inventories Following OPEC+ Conference
Several large oil producing nations having difficulties maintaining production levels.
