Oil Price Crude oil prices have been stuck between bearish and bullish news this week, booking a modest decline over the four days to Thursday. This could yet change later today, resulting in another week of gains for benchmarks. On the other hand, the bearish sentiment may prevail. On that side, the focus has been on Chinese demand, which CNPC said this
Yahoo Finance BENGALURU – Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel on Wednesday as investors focused their attention on expectations of fresh supply cuts from OPEC+ and looked past a jump in U.S. crude, gasoline and distillate stockpiles. Brent crude futures advanced by $1.42, or 1.7%, to settle at $83.10 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude
Nasdaq HOUSTON – Oil majors are targeting new oilfields that can be profitable even if oil prices fall to about $30 per barrel, using a third year of rising demand to reshape portfolios amid uncertainty over the industry’s future. Investors have not returned to oil stocks despite recent high earnings. Even the world’s lowest-cost oil producer, Saudi Aramco 2223.SE, has joined the
Oil Now Oil prices were steady on Monday, as investor bets that global supply will remain tight amid restraint by major producers were offset by a rise in Libyan output. Brent crude was down 4 cents, or 0.1%, to $86.02 a barrel by 0953 GMT. Earlier in the session, the contract touched its highest since Oct. 3, 2018, at
Reuters LONDON – Oil prices rose by about 2% on Monday, extending gains as an energy crisis grips major economies amid a pick-up in economic activity and restrained supplies from major producers. Brent crude was up $1.45, or 1.8%, at $83.84 a barrel by 1336 GMT, its highest since October 2018. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $1.71, or
Reuters LONDON – Oil prices rose on Tuesday, extending sharp gains on a bullish demand outlook as U.S. regulators issued their first full approval for a COVID-19 vaccine and Mexico suffered a large production outage. Brent crude oil futures were up $1.50, or 2.2%, at $70.25 a barrel by 13442 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained $1.34, or
Reuters HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp is using the coronavirus to increase its leverage in labor and real estate negotiations by alternately doomsaying and dismissing the pandemic’s consequences, labor sources and lawyers dealing with the company said. The largest U.S. oil and gas producer this month told workers in Texas and New Jersey to accept contract offers because they would
Reuters The rapid collapse of U.S. oil futures this year caused crude’s premium over natural gas to drop to near parity on an energy equivalent basis for the first time since 2008. That could prompt producers to search for more gas in coming months if demand recovers as expected when the economy snaps back after governments loosen travel and work
Reuters LONDON – OPEC on Thursday again cut its forecast for 2020 global oil demand due to the “historic shock” delivered by the coronavirus outbreak, and said the reduction may not be the last. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries now expects global demand to contract by 6.9 million barrels per day, or 6.9%, in 2020, it said in
Reuters Natural gas forwards for 2021 at the Waha hub in the Permian basin in West Texas traded at their highest in years, up from below zero now, on expectations gas supplies from oil drilling will drop as low crude prices cause energy firms to cut rigs. At the same time, demand for gas is expected to jump next year
CNBC Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, supported by hopes that a meeting between OPEC members and allied producers on Thursday will trigger output cuts to shore up prices that have collapsed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thursday’s videoconference meeting between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies including Russia is expected to be more successful than their gathering in March, which
Reuters DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW – OPEC and its allies are working on a deal for an unprecedented oil production cut equivalent to around 10% of global supply, an OPEC source said after the U.S. president called on producers to stop the market rout caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The meeting of OPEC and allies such as Russia has been scheduled for Monday,
