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U.S. crude oil production reached a record 13.6 million b/d in 2025 despite fewer rigs. Discover how Permian Basin efficiency is reshaping drilling activity.

At OTC Asia, drilling engineers focus on real questions about mud pump reliability: abrasive mud wear, warranty limits, and what components fail first.

Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline is approaching a major operational milestone.  For the month of April, the system is expected to run nearly at full capacity, marking the highest utilization since the pipeline expansion was completed in 2024.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently refined how it measures shale oil and shale gas production in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil region in the United States. These updates may sound technical, but they actually reveal important trends about how production is evolving across formations and why the Permian continues to dominate global energy supply.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has updated its short-term outlook for crude markets, projecting higher oil prices for the coming months and adjusting both supply and demand expectations through 2027.

Denmark is sending a signal that will resonate across the European energy market: it is studying the possibility of extending North Sea oil and gas production licenses beyond 2042, potentially to 2050,

U.S. natural gas production is heading toward a new peak.  According to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), marketed natural gas production is forecast to grow 2% in 2026, reaching an average of 120.8 Bcf/d, and then climb again to a record 122.3 Bcf/d in 2027.

That’s essentially what the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is suggesting: Venezuela could return to its pre-blockade oil production levels by mid-2026,  a dramatic turnaround from just months ago. In late 2025, a strict U.S. naval blockade had effectively cut Venezuela out of global crude markets, forcing state oil giant PDVSA to slash output. 

The approval of a new deepwater oil export port off the Texas coast is more than a permitting headline.  It marks a structural shift in how U.S. crude reaches global markets, faster, safer, and at larger scale.