Oil production trends shouldn’t be terribly surprising if you are watching the right metrics. In this update we talk about the metrics and quantify them monthly y/y as well as discuss structural changes in shale that are driving tight oil resiliency. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »U.S. Oil Prices Just Did Something They’ve Only Done 3 Times Since The 1980s [Charts Of The Day]
Although the mainstream press will focus on the massive spot oil price spike (shock and awe of $130/bbl post Biden’s Russian oil embargo today), it’s important to keep in mind the context of the… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »Flat As A Pancake… [Chart Of The Day]
A wellness check this week on on the key economic engines of the oilfield industry reveals some interesting trends… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new …
Read More »There Is A Bright Spot In The Gloomy Lower 48 Oilpatch [Chart Of The Day + Macro Thesis Highlights]
“Give me some good news for a change,” you say? Our pleasure! Here is a chart you cannot miss because it’s all anyone’s going to be talking about as tight oil gets shut in. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »On The Oilfield’s Second Black Monday This Spring… One Word Comes To Mind: TEMPORARY
We know you know the logic, but on days like today, it’s good to read and re-read the crude oil cyclical rationale in it’s simplest form, which is as follows: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »A Deep Dive (& Some Fun) With The Historic Hearing On Texas Oil Cuts [Summary Of 9-Hour Testimony]
The Texas Railroad Commission (and a whole bunch of oilfield folks) had a very busy Tuesday. The three Commissioners hosted a nearly 9-hour long virtual open hearing on Tuesday, taking petitions for and against prorating Texas oil production. 20,000 viewers tuned in to watch the webcast. A whopping 53 industry …
Read More »5 Things To Think About For The 2019 US Oilfield Service Outlook [Macro Musings]
WTI at $42 on Christmas Eve was something that that almost no one expected on Halloween. The chief debate that oilfield suppliers are grappling with in early-January is how macro volatility will impact 2019 E&P capex spending, and as such, jolt the addressable US onshore market. We provide analysis in …
Read More »Making A Mountain Out Of A Molehill? Permian Producers Downplay Pipeline Impact On Their Completion Programs
With the Midland crude basis differential widening to as much as $15/bbl, we’ve received inbound questions from quite a few supply chain subscribers (and Bloomberg News too) asking about the impact on oilfield service activity and logistics. Here is an executive summary of the Permian producers’ view, our view, and …
Read More »Will The Change In The NYMEX WTI Spec Shut In Canadian Crude? [New Post In Our Thinking Aloud Forum]
Just a heads up that a new thread has been started by William Edwards over in the Infill Thinking discussion forum. In the thread, William thinks about how a recent change in the Cushing WTI specs will impact Canadian prices and ultimately world crude oil prices. Spoiler alert – it’s not …
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