Entries by Ranger Land and Minerals

Oil and Gas Companies Increase Production Plans for Permian Basin

Oil and gas companies in the Permian Basin are planning to ramp up production of fossil fuels. This is despite a slight dip in crude oil production expected this month. Chevron reported record Permian Basin production during the second quarter of 2023. It has an 11% increase compared to the same period last year. The […]

U.S. Crude Gains Weight Against Global Oil Benchmarks

A surge in United States crude gains made oil exports change the face of the global market and how oil is priced. This is with the price of U.S. crude gaining weight against other benchmarks. This is what traders and analysts have observed this year. Now, as Europe became a major destination for U.S. oil […]

Why Oil Prices Strongest Run Since Before Russia Invaded Ukraine

Global oil prices strongest run have gained more than 16% since late June. Moreover, it is heading for their fifth-straight week of gains. It is the longest rally since before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine upended energy markets. The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark, ticked down 0.1% to $84 a barrel in Friday. […]

Oil on Track for Fifth Week of Gains

Oil prices were steady on Friday but on track for a fifth straight week of gains. This is with investors optimistic healthy demand and supply cuts will keep prices buoyant. Risk appetite in wider financial markets has been fuelled by growing expectations. The expectation is that central banks are nearing the end of policy tightening […]

Oil Bulls Are Cautiously Optimistic As Brent Holds Above $82

Oil prices have been slowly but surely edging higher in July as rising optimism around Chinese demand combines with supply concerns to boost bullish sentiment. Oil bulls are optimistic now? Chinese authorities have reformed natural gas pricing in the country, linking retail residential gas prices to distributors’ purchasing costs to avoid squeezing the margin of […]

Oil Price Expections | Will Rise to $100 per Barrel by Late 2023

Experts’ oil price expectations are that it could rise to $100 per barrel by the fourth quarter. The price per barrel currently sits at $74. The demand for oil is high right now and more production is needed to meet it. This is according to Judy Stark, the president of Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners […]

Oil Prices Gain More Than 1% as Investors Eye U.S. Crude Supplies

Oil prices gain on Tuesday as investors weighed a possible tightening of U.S. crude supplies against weaker-than-expected Chinese economic growth. Both benchmark contracts had fallen more than 1.5% on Monday following lackluster economic data from China, the world’s largest oil importer, as well as the partial restart of some Libyan oilfields. Brent crude was up […]

Oil And Gas Well Intervention Spending Set To Skyrocket

As oil and gas production companies look for efficient and cost-effective methods of increasing their output. With that, the well-intervention market is set to get a healthy boost. Spending on interventions is a way to extract additional resources from an existing well. This is instead of drilling a new one. The projection is for it […]

Oil Giants Invest in Exploration as Profits Trump Climate

Oil and gas companies are reinvesting record profits from the fossil fuel price surge driven by the Ukraine war to intensify the hunt for new deposits despite repeated calls by the United Nations to phase out hydrocarbons to avoid a climate crisis. What will these oil giants do? Data and industry executives found the exploration […]