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EIA: US crude oil production will increase to new records in 2023 and 2024

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In its January 2023 Short-Term Energy Outlook , the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that crude oil production in the United States will average 12.4 In 2022, US crude oil production averaged an estimated 11.9 The forecast of crude oil production in the Permian increases by 470,000 b/d to average 5.7

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US EIA: US crude oil production fell by 8% in 2020, the largest annual decrease on record

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US crude oil production averaged 11.3 The 2020 decrease in production was the largest annual decline in the EIA’s records. The production decline resulted from reduced drilling activity related to low oil prices in 2020. In January 2020, US crude oil production reached a peak of 12.8 million b/d.

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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Austria-based OMV, an international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company, announced its intention to become a net-zero (Scope 1, 2 and 3) company by no later than 2050. OMV’s plan foresees emission reduction targets of 30% in operations (Scope 1 & 2) and a 20% reduction target in the product portfolio (Scope 3) for 2030.

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Review of co-processing of biocrudes in oil refineries

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Liquid intermediates from pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can be co-processed in an oil refinery along with conventional crude oil. After pyrolysis, the vapors are condensed to give a dark brown fast pyrolysis bio-oil (FPBO). In fast pyrolysis, biomass is quickly heated to around 500 °C in the absence of oxygen.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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US Treasury allows Chevron to resume oil production in Venezuela, delivery to US only

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Purchase and importation into Venezuela of goods or inputs related to the activities described in this general license, including diluents, condensates, petroleum, or natural gas products. from receiving profits from the oil sales by Chevron. This authorization prevents PdVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.) Chevron currently holds a 39.2%

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Production of crude oil as a percentage of proved reserves: Recent worldwide and US trends

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In this analysis, I examined the relation between crude-oil production and crude-oil reserves in the world overall and in the United States alone. The variable of interest was the amount of crude oil produced as a percentage of proved reserves of crude oil. Production (billion barrels).

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