(By Oil & Gas 360) – The oil market is entering a new phase of uncertainty. After months dominated by headlines surrounding the Iran conflict, the Strait of Hormuz, and fears of supply disruption, attention is shifting back toward fundamentals. Those fundamentals are delivering mixed signals, creating a market caught between tightening inventories today and growing concerns about oversupply tomorrow.
(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – (Part 5 of 6)- Modern energy markets are not broken. They are optimized. Over the last decade, oil and gas have been reshaped by a single, dominant objective: capital efficiency. Excess capacity was punished. Idle inventory was criticized. Returns mattered more than buffers. The industry responded rationally by removing slack from
(Investing) – Brent crude prices are anticipated to hover in the $60 per barrel to $70 per barrel range in the near term, as traders weigh the trajectory for Russian oil exports over the coming months, according to analysts at UBS. In a note, the analysts including Giovanni Staunovo predicted that Brent crude would end the year at $62/bbl and retained
(Investing.com) – Natural gas prices could surge to $5 per million British thermal units in 2026 as demand rises and supply remains constrained, Morgan Stanley said in a new report assessing winter market scenarios. The bank forecast that U.S. gas storage levels will exit October at around 3.97 trillion cubic feet, roughly 5% above normal, but expects inventories to tighten sharply in the
Oil Price Global oil demand rose by more than 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December from November, for the eighth monthly record in 2023, the latest data by the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Tuesday. Rising demand in Asia more than offset declines in the United States and Europe in the last month of 2023, said JODI, which collects
Oil Price U.S. distillate stocks, which include diesel and heating oil, have slumped to their lowest level for this time of the year since 1951, just as the heating season starts and the EU embargo on Russian oil product imports kicks in in February. Despite a small build in America’s distillate inventories last week, the levels are still at
Oil and Gas 360 NEW YORK – U.S. gasoline prices hit a nine-month peak as drivers took to the roads on holiday travel, crude oil prices kept climbing and refiners further cut fuel production due to weak margins. Prices at the pump topped $2.25 a gallon this week, according to the American Automobile Association, the highest since March when COVID-19
Reuters LONDON – Oil prices steadied on Friday but were still set for weekly declines as inventories rose and record-breaking new coronavirus cases in the United States stoked concern about the pace of economic recovery and fuel demand. Brent crude was up by 1 cent, or 0.02%, at $42.36 a barrel by 1338 GMT, and U.S. oil was up 4
From Reuters U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell more than expected last week with supplies at the Cushing, Oklahoma hub dropping for a seventh week, while gasoline and distillate inventories rose, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 2.7 million barrels in the week to Aug. 16, compared with analysts’ expectations for a decrease of 1.9 million
From Reuters Pipeline operator Lotus Midstream LLC may reverse flows on a line now sending crude from West Texas to Cushing, Oklahoma, the main hub for pricing U.S. crude futures, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, an unusual move that could lift U.S. benchmark prices by draining supplies. Reversing the flow on a portion of Lotus’s Centurion
From Reuters Oil prices tumbled more than 4.5% on Wednesday to a seven-month low, extending recent heavy losses following a surprise build in U.S. crude stockpiles and fears that demand will shrink due to Washington’s escalating trade war with Beijing. Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled down $2.71, or 4.6%, at $56.23 a barrel, the lowest close since early January. Prices
From Reuters Oil prices gained about 3% on Friday a day after recording their biggest daily drop in several years on U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports. For the week, crude oil benchmarks recorded a loss. Washington’s new tariffs on China, due to take effect on Sept. 1, intensify the trade war between the
