crude oil News Updates

BusinessFuel

Matador Increases 2024 Oil Output Projection by 5%

Dallas-based Matador now plans to produce an average of 98,500 to 101,500 barrels of oil per day in 2024, a 5% increase from the companys previous projection.

October 23, 2024
BusinessFuel

Worlds Top Oil Traders See Boom Years Fade

The worlds top commodity merchants are grappling with a tougher environment for trading oil as seismic market events of the past few years start to lose their impact.

September 10, 2024
BusinessFuel

60 Seconds: US Oil Dominance Hinges on Quiet Corner in NM

About 100 miles east of UFO-capital Roswell, a dusty corner of New Mexico with more cattle than people is quietly buttressing the U.S.s world #oil dominance.

August 30, 2024
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Oil Refiners in US Slow Down, Stoking Global Glut Worries

Some of the top U.S. oil refiners are throttling back operations at their facilities this quarter, adding to concerns that a global glut of crude is forming.

August 12, 2024
BusinessFuel

Occidental Raises Production on CrownRock Acquisition

Occidental Petroleum Corp. raised its production and capital spending plans for this year after closing its $10.8 billion acquisition of CrownRock LP earlier this month.

August 8, 2024
BusinessFuel

Brent Oil Falls Below $80 a Barrel for First Time Since June

Brent crude slumped below $80 a barrel for the first time since June 10, driven by algorithmic trading and signs of poor demand from China, the worlds top oil importer.

July 29, 2024
BusinessFuel

Permian to Buy Occidental West Texas Assets for $817.5M

Permian Resources Corp. will buy some of Occidental Petroleum Corp.s West Texas assets for $817.5 million, it said in a statement.

July 29, 2024
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Global Oil Demand Growth Slows Further as China Cools

Global oil demand growth slowed to its weakest in more than a year last quarter as the post-pandemic rebound in China fades, the International Energy Agency said.

July 11, 2024
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Senators Urge Prosecution of Alleged Oil Industry Collusion

WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to use every tool at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry.

May 30, 2024
BusinessFuel

Worlds Most Important Oil Price Transformed

After years of skepticism, criticism and trader furore, the worlds most important oil price is working better than ever thanks to an infusion of crude from west Texas.

May 3, 2024