With more supply set to hit the oil market this year, will demand be enough to absorb the excess? If not, crude inventories will rise, likely putting further downward pressure on prices.

A decline in oil prices would have significant implications, easing fuel costs for drivers and helping to curb inflationary pressures.

However, if prices fall too low, producers may cut output due to financial disincentives, potentially setting the stage for a sharp price rebound in the future.

How fast can US pipelines get built? That question has been asked this autumn at conferences around the world.

It’s no wonder. The Permian Basin has arguably become the global swing supplier. Production has soared, helping offset supply declines from OPEC.

Ursa's weekly crude inventory data for Cushing has a strong correlation to EIA's weekly data for this location. This complementary white paper demonstrates the correlation and reliability of Ursa's data, which comes out days ahead of EIA data.

The Ursa Team road trip continued this week. Fresh from the Platts North American Crude Export Conference, we flew to Geneva to attend the Argus Global Crude Summit.

We don’t just see earth from space. We like to hit the road, meet with clients and interact with folks in the industry which is exactly what we did this week.

Seven of us descended upon Houston to attend the S&P Global Platts North American Crude Oil Exports Summit, which was sponsored by Ursa.

Monitoring the global oil supply chain involves more than just analyzing weekly SAR images.

Our team also keeps tabs on important events that could impact the oil market, then we match that with our SAR data to deliver more impactful information to our users.

Follows CEO Adam Maher's 2011 SSPI Promise Award

You could be forgiven for missing this headline with all the attention placed on the meeting of oil ministers held September 23 in Algiers.

“Platts eyes changes in dated Brent crude price assessment,” Reuters reported.

The pipeline between the Cano Limon oil field in northeast Colombia and the Caribbean town of Covenas has been bombed repeatedly by leftist guerrillas for more than 30 years.

A fresh round of attacks that began last month blamed on the Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN) has occurred at a fragile moment in the country’s history.

Just days after Libya’s eastern ports reopened, the country’s oil exports were interrupted some 50 miles west of Tripoli.