Total issued a warning the world will face a shortage of oil

September 21 in Paris, Europe, France's No. 3 largest oil company Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie told reporters today said that due to inadequate investment worldwide may face severe shortage of oil supply. As the economic crisis, many oil companies can only try to use fewer investments in the development of new oil reserves.

He said: "If we do not take measures, then the world will be 2 to 3 years to face a serious shortage of oil supplies." He also said he believes oil prices per barrel from the current level of about 70 U.S. dollars once again climbed to more than 100 U.S. dollars a barrel.

Sep. 22, 2009

China plans to invest in oil projects in Venezuela's 16 billion U.S. dollars

Venezuela and China's increasingly close cooperation in the oil field. Reporter yesterday that China has signed an investment agreement with Venezuela, China will in the next three years to invest in oil projects in Venezuela, a 16 billion U.S. dollars, the project's oil output would be raised to per day 0.9 million barrels.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a televised speech, disclosed that China has agreed to the next three years to an oil project in eastern Venezuela, invest 16 billion U.S. dollars. Chavez did not disclose details, saying only that the contract is Venezuela's state oil company and a Chinese state-owned oil company, signed Tuesday.

Because it is heavy oil project, so this investment in China involved in Venezuela's oil locked in oil, between Sinopec. CNPC overseas department stakeholders yesterday told reporters that there had been no receipt in the oil and Venezuela signed message. The office who Sinopec noncommittal on this news.

China and Venezuela in the oil sector this year has started in-depth cooperation. In February this year, China and Venezuela signed four billion U.S. dollars loan-for-oil deal. This year in August, Venezuela, committed to the next three years, almost all fuel oil output will be exported to China, will pay 8 billion U.S. dollars advance payment.

Sep. 19, 2009

OPEC increase world oil demand forecast this year and next

VIENNA, September 15, due to the global economy is expected to resume growth, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has raised its global oil demand this year and next year's forecast. Is responsible for 40% of the world's supply of OPEC oil next year its forecast for global oil demand increased by 150,000 barrels a day, and this year its forecast for global oil demand increased by 140,000 barrels, respectively, reached 84.56 million barrels and 84.05 million barrels.

OPEC Secretariat, in its monthly report today, said that around 70 U.S. dollars a barrel oil prices "is likely to continue." The International Energy Agency (IEA) has three times this year raised its forecast for global oil demand next year. According to OPEC Secretariat, the OPEC's output quota by 11 member countries (excluding Iraq) in August of the oil production increased to 26.334 million barrels, OPEC cut production targets to complete the proportion has now dropped to 65%.

Sep. 16, 2009

EIA forecasts oil prices remain at end of next year about 70 U.S. dollars

Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its monthly outlook report released Wednesday predicted the end of 2010, crude oil prices will fluctuate around 70 U.S. dollars. EIA said that in 2010 the average West Texas Intermediate crude oil price will be 72.42 U.S. dollars a barrel, with forecasts unchanged from August. The agency will forecast for the fourth quarter of this year from the previous 70 U.S. dollars down to 69.67 U.S. dollars. Is expected in the third quarter average price of 68.41 U.S. dollars, after predictive value of 67.38 U.S. dollars.

EIA said that if crude oil prices higher again, then the gasoline prices may again rise to June 22 hit a high of 2.69 U.S. dollars per gallon. 2010 average price of regular gasoline was 2.7 U.S. dollars, before the predictive value of 2.66 U.S. dollars, 2.34 U.S. dollars is expected in 2009.

Sep. 13, 2009

BP: Arctic Ocean may have a 200 billion barrels of oil and gas resources

September 2 in London, Europe's No. 2 oil company British Petroleum, said here today that the company estimates that the Arctic Ocean may have about 200 billion barrels of oil equivalent of oil and gas resources, this figure accounts for the global oil and gas reserves to be found in 25% to 50%.

British Petroleum is responsible for exploration operations director Mike Daly, September 2 In an interview with Horizon's in-house magazine interview, said that this is a huge unexplored areas. British Petroleum nowadays are Russia, Canada and the United States outside of Alaska at the Arctic Sea oil and gas exploration operations.

According to Daley said, the British Petroleum nowadays with the Russian oil giant Rosneft's cooperation in the Russian Far East and Arctic exploration for oil and natural gas. In January of this year, British Petroleum employs the world's largest seismic company CGGVeritas in Canada, outside of the northern coast of the Beaufort Sea exploration operations.

British Petroleum recently constructed in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Tiber has discovered an estimated 3 billion barrels of oil reserves, oil fields. It is reported that British Petroleum is currently the amount of exploration work in 40% of the Gulf of Mexico, Angola and Egypt.

Sep. 4, 2009