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JPMorgan: G7's 100M Barrel Oil Release Is Mostly Old Barrels

JPMorgan says the G7's 100 million barrel release counts roughly 91 million barrels already committed in March. The only genuinely new element is the diesel tilt, and Europe's 377 million barrels of emergency diesel remain largely untouched.

5 min8h ago

Transocean Locks $1.1B Backlog as Equinor Deal Firms Up

Transocean just moved Equinor's $1.0 billion Norway contract from pending to firm backlog and stacked $62 million of Shell work on top. The quiet detail is how many of its harsh environment rigs are now tied up.

5 min1d ago

US Refiners Eye Record Q3 Profits as Diesel Crack Spreads Surge

Valero, Marathon and Phillips 66 are expected to beat near-record Q2 profits as diesel crack spreads hit record levels on war-driven fuel demand. The margin is a war premium — and that is the risk.

5 min1d ago

SolarMax Revenue Jumps 49% but $4.3M Judgment Swings Loss

SolarMax grew revenue 49% to $10.2M and gross profit 299% to $2.4M in Q2 2026, yet a single $4.3M China legal judgment turned the quarter into a $4.7M net loss. The EPC pivot is working — the question is whether the legal tail is closed.

5 min1d ago

Parex Resources Q3 Production Hits 83,259 boe/d, Reiterates Guidance

Parex Resources averaged 83,259 boe/d in Q3 2026, with September climbing to 84,500 boe/d on LLA-111 success. The H2 guidance range holds — but the biggest number, 7,000 bbl/d from Magdalena, has not landed yet.

5 min1d ago

Devon Energy Exits Eagle Ford in $4.2 Billion Cash Sale

Devon Energy is selling 90,000 Eagle Ford acres to Crescent Energy for $4.2 billion in cash — about 4% of its production. The proceeds are earmarked for buybacks and debt cuts, but Devon has not said how the money splits.

5 min2d ago

Oil Climbs as Iran Strike Readiness, Qatar Tanker Hit, Houthi Missile Raise Three Gulf Risks

The Pentagon was ordered to prepare for possible strikes on Iran, a tanker took multiple projectiles off Qatar and Houthis claimed a Riyadh airport missile hit — all in one session. Chevron shut nine Gulf facilities into the same bid.

5 min2d ago

ONEOK Closes $4.425B Brazos Midstream Permian Deal

ONEOK just closed a $4.425 billion cash purchase that more than doubles its Permian Midland Basin processing capacity to 2.3 Bcf/d. The fee-based structure behind those 600,000 acres is the part the headline leaves out.

5 min3d ago

SFL Sells Seven Tankers to Trafigura, Books $175M Gain

SFL agreed to sell seven tankers to Trafigura for roughly $275M in net proceeds and a $175M book gain. The charters die with the delivery, so the real test is what SFL buys with the cash.

5 min3d ago

Houthis Claim Riyadh Airport Strike, Brent Holds Near $100

The Houthis say they hit Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, but Saudi Arabia has confirmed nothing. Brent's $100 handle is pricing a claim, not a barrel — and the East-West Pipeline at 6 million barrels a day is the number that decides what happens next.

5 min3d ago

Gulf Hurricane Adds Third Risk to Oil Near $100 as Brent Holds

A Gulf of Mexico storm is forecast to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026, putting 15% of US crude output and six refineries at risk. The bigger move may land in diesel, where record prices meet a 100 million barrel emergency release.

5 min3d ago

US Crude Stocks Seen Up 2M Barrels Before EIA Report

Analysts expect US crude stocks rose 2 million barrels last week, but the API reported a 2 million-barrel draw instead. Wednesday's EIA report has to pick a side, and the distillate line matters more than the headline.

5 min3d ago

Terra Clean Energy Closes $2.43M Oversubscribed Uranium Raise

Terra Clean Energy pulled in $2,427,916 at $0.14 per unit with Centurion One Capital anchoring the book. Buried in the warrant terms is a $0.44 acceleration trigger that hands the company control over when its warrants convert.

4 min3d ago

KBR Wins Aramco Marjan Offshore Engineering Contract

KBR won an Aramco contract to engineer Marjan field upgrades, with work split between Houston and Al-Khobar. No contract value was disclosed, which leaves the award's weight on the post-spin order book unresolved.

5 min4d ago

Hormuz Crude Flows Hit 76% of Prewar, Diesel Stays Scarce

Hormuz crude flows are back to 76% of prewar levels at 10.3 million barrels a day, yet refined products are just 11% of cargo. The diesel drought has a refinery problem, not a shipping one.

5 min4d ago

Trump Waives Red Diesel Tax Rule as US Pump Price Hits $6.30

Trump waived the off-road rule for red-dyed diesel, a saving of about 24 cents against a $6.30 national average. The order adds no barrels, so the real question is whether it changes buying behaviour in an already tight distillate market.

5 min4d ago

Trump Red Diesel Order Won't Cut Pump Prices, GasBuddy Says

Trump's order waives about 24 cents a gallon on red diesel, yet GasBuddy's De Haan says state bans and a deferred tax bill mean most drivers see little change. The supply story still sets the price.

5 min4d ago

Aramco CEO: Oil Inventories 'Scarily Thin', 2 Years to Rebuild

Aramco CEO Amin Nasser says less than 10% of world oil stocks are practically available and rebuilding takes two years. Crude dipped anyway — the real squeeze is hiding in refined fuels, where refinery damage and halted Chinese exports keep cracks bid.

5 min4d ago

Gran Tierra Gains 4.7% as Azerbaijan Ratifies Guba-Khazaryani EDPSA

Gran Tierra's Azerbaijan EDPSA cleared parliament on 5 Oct, and GTE jumped 4.70% to $10.48 on the news. The legal layer is now settled — the geological one is entirely unproven.

5 min4d ago

TurboGen Signs EU Manufacturer for 20kW Serial Production

TurboGen locked in a five-year deal with an unnamed EU manufacturer to serial-produce its 20kW microturbines for defense and civilian buyers. No contract value, no volumes, no dates — and that silence is the story.

4 min5d ago

Baker Hughes Signs PDVSA Gas Deal, BKR Climbs 2% to $56

Baker Hughes signed a PDVSA gas alliance and a New Stratus MOU, sending BKR up 2.00% to $56.00. The frameworks carry no disclosed value — and every project still needs OFAC clearance before a single molecule moves.

5 min5d ago

Cenovus to Buy Athabasca Oil for $5.7B, CVE Jumps 4.25%

Cenovus is buying Athabasca Oil for $5.7 billion, adding 45 MBOE/d and 75 years of reserves to its oil sands core. CVE shares jumped 4.25% to $32.40, but the pro-ration mechanics on the cash-stock split could decide who gets what.

5 min5d ago

Cenovus to Buy Athabasca Oil for $12.00 a Share in $5.8B Deal

Cenovus will pay $12.00 a share for Athabasca Oil, a 14% premium that values the company at about $5.8 billion. The election mechanic is where it gets interesting — cash caps mean some shareholders may not get what they pick.

5 min5d ago

IPC Repurchases 98,397 Shares as NCIB Hits 18.5% Used

IPC repurchased 98,397 shares last week, pushing its NCIB to 18.5% utilization with 5.27 million shares still available before December 4. The split between Stockholm and Toronto reveals where the liquidity actually sits.

5 min5d ago

Pulsar Helium Signs Xcalibur Survey for Falcon Project, Michigan

Pulsar Helium signed Xcalibur for a 14,727 line-kilometre FALCON survey over its 488,090-acre Michigan option, starting mid-Q4 2026. The free USGS Earth MRI dataset sitting underneath it is the part most readers will miss.

5 min5d ago

Saudi Aramco Cuts Arab Light Price to Asia by $3, Widest Since 2020

Aramco set November Arab Light for Asia at a $5 discount to Oman/Dubai, a $3 cut that traders had expected to be a hike. The $5 cuts to medium and heavy grades reveal which barrels Riyadh is most eager to place.

5 min5d ago

Oil Slips to $102 as G7 Releases 100M Barrels, Aramco Cuts Asia Prices

Brent slipped to $102 as the G7 released 100 million barrels and Aramco cut Asia prices to six-year lows. The barrels are winning the tug of war with the missiles — for now.

5 min5d ago

OPEC+ Holds November Output as Gulf Exports Run 60% of Normal

OPEC+ held November targets steady, but the group's core seven are pumping 5 million bpd below prewar levels. The quota table is not what is keeping Brent above $100.

5 min5d ago

US Presses Europe for 120M Barrels as Diesel Crisis Deepens

Washington wants 120 million barrels of diesel out of European reserves within six months, and it is threatening to curb US exports if allies refuse. The real constraint is refining, not crude — and the ECB is already watching the inflation spillover.

5 min8d ago

US Threatens Diesel Export Ban as EU Weighs 120M Barrel Release

Washington told Germany and France to release emergency diesel stocks or face a US export ban, asking for 120 million barrels over six months. The squeeze is in refined products, not crude.

5 min8d ago
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