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Oil Prices Slide on Global Oversupply

January 5, 2026 Energi Staff

Crude oil prices trended downward through 2025, driven by a global supply glut and slower demand growth, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In its Today in Energy report [Read more]

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Petroleum liquids supply growth driven by non-OPEC+ countries in 2025 and 2026

February 13, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 13, 2025. By Kenya Schott We forecast that worldwide production of petroleum and other liquids in 2025 and 2026 will grow more in non-OPEC+ countries [Read more]

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EIA forecasts lower oil price in 2025 amid significant market uncertainties

January 21, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 21, 2025. By Jeff Barron and Sean Hill We forecast benchmark Brent crude oil prices will fall from an average of $81 per [Read more]

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IEA 1, Alberta/Saudi Arabia 0 as OPEC cuts oil demand forecast

January 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7, 2025. By Mitchell Beer After deriding the last 3½ years of net-zero scenarios from the International Energy Agency, the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries [Read more]

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EIA increases oil price forecast following OPEC+ production cut extension

March 21, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 21, 2024. By Jeff Barron and Sean Hill We increased our forecast prices for crude oil and petroleum products for the remainder of [Read more]

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United Arab Emirates invests to meet 2027 crude oil production capacity goal

February 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 5, 2024. By Kimberly Peterson, Eric Han The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has invested heavily in increasing hydrocarbon production capacity and developing midstream [Read more]

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OPEC+ production cuts drive up sour crude oil price around the world

October 5, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 25, 2023. By Matthew French Crude oil production cuts among OPEC+ members are limiting the global supply of medium, sour and heavy, sour grades of [Read more]

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EIA forecasts crude oil prices will increase through 2024 as demand rises above supply

July 24, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 19, 2023. By Jeff Barron We forecast higher crude oil prices in the second half of 2023 and into 2024 in our latest Short-Term [Read more]

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EIA expects lower crude oil price for the second half of 2023 and for 2024

May 23, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 22, 2023. By Matthew French We lowered our crude oil price forecast for the rest of 2023 and for 2024 in our May Short-Term [Read more]

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What is OPEC+ and how is it different from OPEC?

May 9, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 9, 2023. By Sean Hill, Owen Comstock The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, also known as OPEC, was formed in 1960 by Iraq, Iran, [Read more]

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US crude oil imports from OPEC down, but imports from Canada remain high

May 6, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 5, 2021. By Jozef Lieskovsky, Matt French, Richard Yan Voluntary OPEC production cuts have been contributing to reduced US crude oil imports from OPEC [Read more]

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Low oil prices cut almost one million b/d of western Canadian oil supply by mid-May

June 24, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on June 24, 2020. To slow the spread of the COVID-19, countries around the world have imposed travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders. This has significantly reduced [Read more]

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Oil prices volatility at an all-time high

March 30, 2020 Energi Staff

By Jesse Barnett, Jeff Barron This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 27, 2020. Crude oil prices have fallen significantly since the beginning of 2020, largely driven by the economic [Read more]

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How 2020’s falling oil prices compare to other historic crude markets events

March 25, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 25, 2020. As of Friday 20 March 2020, the spot price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil decreased by 65 per cent from [Read more]

Opinion

IEA Oil Market Report: Taking a breather

September 12, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 12, 2019. The oil market focus recently has been on demand as growth weakens amidst uncertainty around the global economy, and particularly trade. In [Read more]

Financial

Oil prices fall on rising US crude stockpiles

March 6, 2019 Energi Staff

Oil prices slipped on Wednesday after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed a significant increase in US crude stocks, but a third draw down in gasoline inventories helped underpin crude prices.  Anadarko photo. [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: NOPEC bills provide useful leverage for the White House

March 1, 2019 Energi Staff

NOPEC bills were introduced into the House of Representatives (HR 948) and the Senate (S 370) early last month, where they were referred to the respective judiciary committees for detailed consideration.  Bloomberg photo. NOPEC bills [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Saudi Arabia resumes familiar role as swing producer

February 20, 2019 Energi Staff

Saudi Arabai has demonstrated, once again, that it can always tighten the physical market, boost prices and push the calendar spread into backwardation – if it is prepared to cut its own production enough.  Reuters [Read more]

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OPEC production sees largest monthly drop since Jan. 2017

January 31, 2019 Energi Staff

According to a survey by Reuters, OPEC production saw its largest monthly decline in two years this month.  The decline is due to the cartel’s most recent supply cut agreement.  Reuters photo. OPEC production down [Read more]

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Iraq oil production nearly doubled over the past decade

January 11, 2019 Energi Staff

Iraq oil production averaged 4.5 million b/d through Aug. 2018, up from 4.4 million b/d in 2017.  Iraq’s oil production has nearly doubled in the past decade.  Reuters photo. Iraq oil production, consumption on the [Read more] [Read more]

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“Cost and Carbon Competitiveness” was an Alberta rallying cry for years. What happened?

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Reducing methane emissions to zero is important for Canada’s competitiveness as global markets increasingly price carbon For all the noise surrounding climate policy, this is the rare file where ideology doesn’t change the physics, and [Read more]

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