Monday, October 27, 2025

Brent Price Slips Below $80 Two Weeks before OPEC Meeting, EIA Cuts Forecasts by 18%

On November 27, the nation’s attention will descend on the heart of Texas for another classic NFL Thanksgiving matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. Cheap seats on StubHub are currently selling for $150 and up. Also on Thanksgiving Day, but on the other side of the world, the oil industry’s attention will descend on Vienna, Italy, for the

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