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Venezuela’s oil industry spent more than a decade moving in the wrong direction, but 2026 has brought a notable change. Today, we look at the improvements in production and exports in light of Venezuela’s sweeping new deal with the U.S. and also address the prospects for the refining sector.
At the opening day of RBN and Novi's School of Energy in Houston, Robert Auers covered the Refined Products markets: what’s driving supply and demand, what’s impacting the prices, and what can we expect for the future.
Hydrogen Billboard tracks the latest developments in the domestic and global hydrogen markets, filtering through the noise with an unbiased lens to deliver impactful hydrogen infrastructure and market analysis.
Diesel is taking the wheel of the refining barrel. As discussed in today’s Tradeview Report, the benchmark 3-2-1 crack edged just $0.52/bbl higher last week to $66.36/bbl, but that modest headline move masks a much more dramatic shift underneath.
At the opening day of RBN and Novi's School of Energy in Houston, speakers examined the production gains shaping U.S. oil markets and today’s supply outlook.
E&Ps active in the San Juan Basin’s Mancos Shale think it has real potential, but acknowledge that regional natural gas prices would have to be higher to justify the investment. What Mancos producers need, they say, is better access to premium markets like Arizona and northwestern Mexico. A new pipeline might help.
U.S. LNG feedgas moved higher last week, with all terminals operating at or above full contracted utilization and some beginning to approach winter peak levels.
Over the past couple of years, the Permian has been dominated by one story: natural gas takeaway constraints and negative prices at the Waha Hub. That has changed recently, however, as more pipelines have entered service, and now plans for the Solitude Pipeline System have been unveiled.
The Future of Fuels bi-annual report by RBN's Refined Fuels Analytics provides an in-depth analysis of the U.S. and global refinery industries, focusing on crude oil and fuel market dynamics, supply and demand, alternative fuels, refinery capacities, and price forecasts to help stakeholders navigate the evolving energy landscape.
The oil pipelines from the Permian to Corpus Christi have been very crowded, but two recent expansion projects are adding nearly 200 Mb/d of capacity to Corpus Christi, providing a bit of breathing room. Gray Oak wrapped up a two-part 120 Mb/d expansion in May, and Plains All American completed its 75 Mb/d expansion of Cactus III (formerly EPIC), which just went into service in August.
U.S. oil and gas rig count was unchanged for the second consecutive week, holding at 588 for the week ending September 4 according to Baker Hughes data, as one-rig gains in the Permian and Niobrara were matched by one-rig declines in Appalachia and the Gulf of Mexico.
In Western Canada the gas-directed rig count dropped by one to 62 rigs, while the oil-directed rig count fell by four to 139 rigs, for the week ended September 4, according to Baker Hughes data.
