Ellen R. Wald, Ph.D.'s Comment & Analysis
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This week, the Biden administration announced the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The Biden administration began releasing oil from the SPR early...
Last week, OPEC+ agreed to a 2 million bpd cut in production quotas for the months of November and December. This cut is slightly larger than what producers discussed leading up to the meeting. The...
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its partners from the Declaration of Cooperation (known as OPEC+) are scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Oct. 5. According to OPEC delegates,...
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' third quarter energy survey was released yesterday (Sept. 28). It provides an interesting look at oil and gas production in the most productive onshore region in...
Concerns are growing over the state of US oil production, particularly as the fate nears for implementation of the US and EU sanctions against Russian oil. Unless the US and EU reverse their policies,...
Longtime readers of this column know that I do not put much faith in models or forecasts. Indeed, the more complicated the model and the longer term required by the prediction, the more inaccurate it...
OPEC+ tried to show its market muscle with its decision to cut production quotas by a negligible 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in October, moving the price of the Brent benchmark by almost 4% on...
Here are some key energy issues for traders to keep in mind as energy markets continue to show extreme volatility:1. Will skyrocketing European energy costs change Europe’s energy...
Saudi oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman shook oil markets on Monday with comments to Bloomberg News. His written comments, which are somewhat cryptic, can be found in their entirety on the...
As the summer comes to a close, oil traders should start paying close attention to the European energy situation. Even though most of the concern is with natural gas availability and price, the oil...