Thursday, July 30, 2026

Crude Oil Inventories See Largest Draw since January 2014

The Energy Information Administration reported a draw of 7.525 million barrels in crude oil inventories in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the period ended July 11, 2014. The drop is the largest since a January 11, 2014 draw of 7.628 million barrels and far exceeded the estimates of ten economists polled by Bloomberg. The current reduction is more than

Oil Prices Mostly Ignoring Iraq Invasion

Yesterday energy analysts warned of a significant global price jump for oil if Iraq’s southern oil fields are captured and shut down, but commodity prices appear to be disconnected this week from the potentially serious threat to Iraq’s oil production, after posting a four percent gain during last week’s escalation of hostilities. Raymond James’ Managing Director Marshall Adkins said that