Mar 2019

The March 2019 issue of Petroleum Economist is out now!

The Middle Eastern NOC’s new trading venture adds to the oil market’s evolution, and potentially to the pressure on middlemen

As margins are squeezed, traders need to look at expanding their skillsets and geographical horizons

The trader is evolving its business model and seeing opportunities in the market’s challenges

Warlord Khalifa Haftar has captured the country's largest oil field, putting a new question mark over the fragile oil recovery

Enterprise Products Partners looks set to maintain its leading position in the expansion of US midstream logistics over the next two years

The oil and gas sector feels better able to survive oil price volatility, DNV GL’s boss tells Petroleum Economist, as long as spending is kept under control

Forget the sulphur cap—shipping industry’s biggest disruption will come from carbon rules

Spot rates should stay below 2018 peaks as more newbuilds come into service

Recent oil sales to Asia make for troubling reading for Iran's embattled government

West Africa's latest entrant to the hydrocarbons sector is expected to be producing oil and gas from 2022

A recent spike in rates has rescued tanker owners, but the reprieve could be short-lived

The quest for clean energy to fill the gap left by declining gas production could be tailor-made for oil firms

The natural gas sector needs to be prepared for declining demand after the mid-2020s—and there are doubts that it is

Kuwaiti energy officials are hoping that the recent wholesale shake-up of senior management will herald a calmer future

A backlash against single-use plastics is encouraging recycling into intermediate products and fuels, complicating world oil demand forecasts

The former “failed state” needs to deliver on its promises if the bidding process is to be a success

The Brazilian company will need to maintain momentum to meet its ambitious divestment objectives

Bidders are awaiting clarification on implementation of a new hydrocarbons code

Uganda hopes to see its first crude oil exports by 2022

Canada's native population, long marginalised from the oil and gas boom, is proposing to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline

Short-term expansion is baked in, but the new decade could pose challenges

The re-branded Norwegian state-owned firm needs to convince that its renewables sector can one day compete with its fossil-fuel based upstream revenues

Public enthusiasm for the oil and gas industry is on the wane, with potentially significant effects

US independent banks on cost control and optionality to fulfil its full value chain ambitions

The industry’s future hangs in the balance as the government considers a new energy transition strategy

Can the Gulf’s ruling families survive the post-oil era?

The Assad government is reasserting control over territory, but still faces huge problems sourcing sufficient volumes of oil and gas to meet domestic demand

A novel way of transporting bitumen could help overcome Canada’s export pipeline shortage

The Nigerian president is likely to remain a difficult partner for oil firms in his second term in office

The East Africa state is keen to conclude an agreement later this year.