(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
Oil Price Wall Street analysts at Citi have predicted that a deficit in the oil markets driven by OPEC’s recent decision to delay tapering in oil production cuts as well as the ongoing suspension of Libyan oil exports will temporarily offer support for Brent prices in the $70-$75/barrel range in Q4 2024, as reported by Reuters. However, Citi has warned of “renewed price
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Oil will need to be closely watched in the coming months to ensure “a sound and sustainable market balance” during an expected surge in demand, OPEC said in its monthly oil market report. The producers group maintained its bullish forecasts for global oil demand growth this year, predicting an annual increase of as much as 2.7
Nasdaq NEW YORK – Concern about the global economy dampened the oil market’s reaction to Saudi Arabia’s pledge to cut supplies and has capped prices this year, a Chevron CVX.N executive told Reuters on Thursday. Benchmark Brent LCOc1 crude prices were just below $76 a barrel on Thursday, little changed from where they were before Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday it would cut
Nasdaq LONDON – Portfolio investors continued heavy buying of crude oil futures and options for a second week after OPEC+ cut its production target more than expected. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 47 million barrels of petroleum-related futures and options in the week to Oct. 11. Purchases came after OPEC+ announced on Oct. 5
Nasdaq LONDON – OPEC+ sees this year’s oil market as slightly less supplied than previously thought, a day ahead of a meeting at which the producer group is set to decide on its production policy for next month. New data showed that the OPEC+ Joint Technical Committee (JTC), meeting on Tuesday, trimmed its forecast for a surplus in the
CNBC U.S. officials say they are still trying to determine exactly what’s happening, but numerous reports say there’s potentially one hijacked ship in the Gulf of Oman and the status of several others is unclear. The situation occurred as tensions between the West and Iran have been rising, and as the U.S. and other world powers have been trying to
Reuters LONDON – Hedge funds resuming buying petroleum last week, with a focus on Brent, as confidence steadied following the wave of selling and sharp drop in prices a month ago. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 19 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures and options contracts in the week to April 13.
Reuters Crude prices appear to have found a temporary equilibrium in recent weeks, with OPEC+ planning to add just enough extra production to prevent prices rising further and draw in more output from U.S. shale firms. Brent’s six-month calendar spread remains in a steep backwardation, implying traders expect the market to remain somewhat tight, with continued downward pressure on global
Reuters LONDON – The oil market is likely to be in balance in the second half of 2021, even though European coronavirus lockdowns and U.S. winter storms caused disruptions in March, crude and petroleum products market price structures showed. After sharp declines of oil inventories this year, the pace of destocking slowed in recent weeks, prompting OPEC and its allies,
CNBC OPEC and its allies need to find a balance between supporting oil prices and keeping U.S. crude production at bay, a strategist told CNBC this week as the oil-producing group starts to roll back supply cuts. The alliance’s historic production cuts of 9.7 million barrels per day expired on July 31 this year. From August, the cuts will be tapered to 7.7 million bpd.
Reuters LONDON/DUBAI – The oil market is getting closer to balance as demand gradually rises, OPEC’s secretary general said on Monday, two days before the group and ally Russia meet to decide whether to ease output curbs from August. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, known as OPEC+, have been cutting output since May by 9.7 million
