(Investing) – HOUSTON -Oil prices edged lower on Monday as worries of an oversupply outweighed geopolitical tensions in Russia and the Middle East. Brent crude oil futures dipped 24 cents, or 0.4%, to $66.44 a barrel by 11.01 a.m. ET (15.01 GMT). Brent has traded between $65.50 and $69 a barrel since early August. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude contract for
(BOE Report)– Electricity imports from Canada into New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) and Independent System Operator New England (ISO-NE) have dropped due to drought conditions in Canada and lower U.S. Northeast electricity demand, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report on Friday. The EIA noted that from January to August 2025, imports into New England’s ISO-NE
(BOE Report)– Citi analysts on Friday forecast Brent crude oil prices would fall to $60 per barrel by year-end and average $62 per barrel between the second and fourth quarters of 2026, citing OPEC+ production increases and China’s stockpiling. The bank revised its global liquids balance outlook after OPEC+ announced plans to unwind an additional 1.6 million barrels per day
(Oil Price)– Sweden’s government will ask the Parliament to approve state loans worth $23.4 billion (220 billion Swedish crowns) to companies to build nuclear reactors in the Scandinavian country. Sweden plans to build two new nuclear reactors by 2035 in a hedge on low-carbon energy security, with 10 new reactors hoped for by 2045. The Swedish government moved to phase out
(World Oil)– Colombian oil producer Ecopetrol SA is pursuing oil and gas deals in Brazil that could include a cluster of onshore Petrobras fields in the northeastern state of Bahia. “We believe that Brazilian onshore has great potential, especially in natural gas,” Jorge Martínez, the head of Ecopetrol’s operations in Brazil, said in an interview from the company’s offices in
(Oil Price)-OPEC+’s decision last week to increase its collective oil production has surprised many, given the soft outlook for oil prices for the remainder of this year and into next. It is true that the 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) rise from October is much lower than the 411,000 bpd and 555,000 bpd respective increases for the June and July
(BOE Report) – Growing blind spots in the oil market driven by geopolitics are making it harder to determine the true supply-demand balance in the world’s largest and most important commodity market. That’s a recipe for volatility. Little is known about two of the major drivers of today’s global oil market: the flow of sanctioned oil and Chinese stockpiling. Add
(Investing) – NEW YORK – Oil prices eased on Wednesday after data showed an increase in U.S. diesel stockpiles, stoking worries about demand, as investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates. Brent crude futures lost 44 cents, or 0.64%, to $68.03 a barrel by 11:29 a.m. EDT (1529 GMT) while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were also down 44 cents,
(Investing) – The oil market is anticipated to a see a “big surplus” from the fourth quarter onwards, driven in large part by the return of OPEC+ producer group barrels over the next 12 months, according to analysts at HSBC. In a note to clients, the strategists led by Kim Fustier forecast a surplus growing from 600,000 barrels per day in
(Investing) – The European Union could phase out Russian gas within six to 12 months by replacing it with U.S. liquefied natural gas, and the United States communicated this position to EU officials this week, U.S. energy secretary Chris Wright told Reuters on Friday. Wright was speaking in Brussels, where he met EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen on Thursday as
(Oil Price)– Lately, Wall Street has been warning that oil markets could soon face a surplus, putting more pressure on already depressed oil prices. To wit, Goldman Sachs has predicted that oil markets could be oversupplied by 1.9 million b/d in 2026 amid OPEC+ unwinding production cuts and production in the Americas rising. Wall Street now sees oil prices sinking to the $50s
(Oil Price) – OPEC’s view of global oil demand growth was left unchanged as of today’s September Monthly Oil Market Report, at 1.3 million bpd for 2025, with non-OECD economies once again doing the heavy lifting. The OECD share of demand growth is negligible at 0.1 million bpd, while Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Latin America make up the
