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CIR Morning Brief — Tuesday, April 14, 2026
April 14, 2026 — Houston
Two EDGAR filings, one $3 billion deal close, and a multi-billion-dollar international contract win — Tuesday's upstream tape is loud before the market even opens. Diamondback Energy dropped Q1 2026 preliminary results late Monday, Ovintiv officially shut the books on its Anadarko exit,
CIR Afternoon Update — April 13, 2026
Crude oil prices surged Monday as a confluence of geopolitical supply disruptions and a major analyst price-target reaffirmation pushed WTI above $99/bbl — its strongest close in several months.
According to Reuters, Saudi Arabia announced Sunday that it has restored full oil pumping capacity through its East-West pipeline
Oxy's Bandit Discovery: Green Canyon's Infrastructure Map and What It Means for GoA Deepwater
CIR Morning Brief — Monday, April 13, 2026
Weekly Setup — Monday, April 13, 2026
Oil markets open this week with a stabilized but elevated price deck, a confirmed deepwater discovery in the Gulf of America, and shale drillers facing the key question of whether $95+ WTI is enough to break their hard-won capital discipline. Q1 2026 earnings
CIR Afternoon Update — April 10, 2026
Crude markets pulled back on Friday afternoon as traders weighed cautious optimism around the Strait of Hormuz against lingering supply disruptions, pushing WTI down more than $2 on the session.
Gulf Producers Signal First Steps Toward Hormuz Resumption
According to OilPrice.com citing Reuters, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq have
