Oil prices drift lower as traders await OPEC+ decision on production curbs

Oil futures edged lower Wednesday, with traders awaiting a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on whether to relax existing curbs on crude output next month. Click here to read more from Marketwatch.

Peak oil is suddenly upon us

A year ago, if anyone in the petroleum business had suggested that the moment of Peak Oil  had already passed, they would have been laughed right off the drilling rig. Then 2020 happened. Click here to read more from Bloomberg.

“Zombie” tankers triple Venezuela’s oil exports to China despite U.S. sanctions

Venezuela almost tripled its crude oil exports even as the U.S. continues to tighten sanctions against companies seeking to do business with its ruling regime. Exports of oil surged to more than half a million barrels a day in November, with nearly all of it heading to China, according to shipping reports and data from vessel monitoring compiled by Bloomberg. Click here to read more from World Oil.

Why an air travel recovery won’t spark an oil rally

Oil demand isn’t going to see a bump from air travel demand anytime soon, or so the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a recent press release. And when it says anytime soon, the industry body means that air travel won’t return to normal for years—for years, to be exact. Click here to read more from Oilprice.com.