Commodities Slide as Investors Bet on Economic Slowdown
https://www.wsj.com/articles/commodities-slide-as-investors-bet-on-economic-slowdown-233a6d3
- if prices trend down to the $60s or $50s by October then Shale producers might curb production plans
Saudi Arabia Springs 1 Million b/d Cut in Opec Megadeal
https://www.energyintel.com/00000188-857f-d6e7-a9ba-efffca560000
- will Aramco take oil from storage if customers want more oil than they have available from production?
Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Output After OPEC Members Clash Over Quotas
- Angola vs. Saudi Arabia over a reduction in baseline quotas
- 2024 new baseline quotas that more accurately reflect capacity
What oil production cuts were agreed at OPEC+ meeting?
- Does OPEC know something about China's demand that the rest of the market doesn't?
China is drilling a 10,000-meter-deep hole into the Earth
https://www.mining.com/web/china-is-drilling-a-10000-meter-deep-hole-into-the-earth/
- "The project will provide data on the Earth’s internal structure, while also testing deep underground drilling technologies, according to China National Petroleum Corp., which is spearheading the project."
- Is this REALLY just a scientific and technical venture? Or is it cover for something military?
- How much oil and gas would they have to get out of 457 days of drilling?
- could it be for rare earths like lithium?
An Inflexible EPA Rule Will Hamper Goals to Reduce Methane Emissions
228 - OPEC cuts | China drills second deepest well