Oil productivity in the Permian Basin will hold steady this year, deal-making activity will lose some...
Oil productivity in the Permian Basin will hold steady this year, deal-making activity will lose some steam, and the Midland Basin's Barnett Shale will rise to prominence, Enverus predicted in its 2024 energy outlook. Enverus also named ExxonMobil, Chesapeake Energy and EOG Resources as the most productive public US oil and natural gas producers.
Houthi militants struck a US-owned cargo ship with an antiballistic missile off the coast of Yemen yesterday. The US said that it caused neither major damage nor injuries, and the ship, the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, kept on going. The attack came after the US and UK targeted the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen in response to their attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. The continued escalation has raised fears of a broader regional war, as the Houthis claim their actions are in support of Hamas in its war with Israel, and their attacks on ships have already begun to impact global supply chains.
Nearly 80% of the US is seeing bitter cold this week, with typically mild cities like Memphis, Dallas, and Nashville likely facing 72 hours of below-freezing temperatures. Other things to watch out for: canceled flights (there have been more than 2,100 nixed so far), dangerous road travel, and windchill as low as –30 degrees Fahrenheit in the Northern Rockies, Kansas, and Iowa
Kroger said its purchase of rival supermarket chain Albertsons will take longer to close than expected as regulators pry into the deal.
Boeing will add additional quality checks for its 737 Max aircraft and will step up inspections of parts made by the vendor whose door plug recently caused the Alaska Airlines incident (because nobody likes holes in their planes).
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital after being treated for complications from a prostate cancer surgery he didn’t tell the president about for three days.
iPhone 15s are on sale in China for ~$70 off as Apple tries to spur sales in the world’s biggest cell phone market.
Because of the Martin Luther King Junior federal holiday, no oil trading...
Because of the Martin Luther King Junior federal holiday, no oil trading closing prices were reported in the U.S. However, prices weakened slightly on Monday because of the impact of the Middle East conflict.
Global benchmark Brent crudewas traded and settled down 14 cents or about 0.2% at $78.15 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. While there was no settlement to report for West Texas Intermediate crudein the U.S. due to the holiday, the U.S. benchmark was still down 18 cents or about 0.3% at $72.50.
🇹🇼Tensions expected to rise following Taiwan’s election.
On Saturday, Taiwan ...
On Saturday, Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te as its president—the third consecutive victory for the Democratic Progressive Party and a decision that will rankle officials in Beijing, who have called Lai a “troublemaker.” In response to Lai’s election, China, which claims the self-governing island as its own territory, is likely to ramp up the military pressure and enact trade restrictions against Taiwan to get it to back off notions of independence, analysts told Axios. Taiwan ally President Biden appeared to attempt to placate China by telling reporters Saturday that the US does not support Taiwan’s independence. Though it’s a remote possibility (for now), a full-scale invasion of Taiwan by China would have a $10 trillion impact on global GDP, Bloomberg estimated.