CNBC Oil prices sank more than 8% to multi-year lows on Friday as OPEC’s allies rejected additional production cuts proposed by OPEC on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude slid more than 8.8% to a session low of $41.77, its lowest level since August 2016. International benchmark Brent crude slid more than 8.5%, or $4.29, to trade at $45.70 per barrel. At its
Reuters LONDON – Brent oil prices rose on Wednesday on expectations that major producers have moved closer to an agreement to enact deeper output cuts aimed at offsetting the slump in demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Brent crude LCOc1 was up by 91 cents, or 1.7%, at $52.77 a barrel at 1442 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) CLc1
CNBC OPEC could deliver a larger-than-expected production cut at its meeting later this week, according to MUFG Bank. Oil prices have been under pressure since the outbreak of the coronavirus in January dampened the demand outlook for the year. Following the “massive sell-off” in recent weeks, Ehsan Khoman, head of MENA research at MUFG, said his “baseline scenario” is 1.2 million barrels a day
Houston Chronicle Oil rebounded from its worst week since 2008 as the world’s central banks sought to stabilize financial markets, while hopes grew that OPEC+ will deepen output cuts following the coronavirus outbreak. Futures rose as much as 4.4% in New York, after sinking 16% last week. Russia, which is due to meet other OPEC+ members in Vienna this week,
Reuters NEW YORK – Oil prices plunged more than 4% on Thursday, down for a fifth day to their lowest since January 2019 as more new coronavirus cases outside China fed fears of a pandemic that could slow the global economy and dent demand for crude. Brent crude LCOc1 was down $2.29, or 4.3%, at $51.14 a barrel at 10:31
Reuters NEW YORK – Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, as investors hoped the world’s biggest producers would cut output more, while they largely shrugged off forecasts of slumping demand due to the coronavirus outbreak in top oil importer China. Brent crude LCOc1 was up 58 cents, or 1.04%, at $56.37 a barrel by 12:20 p.m. ET, while U.S. West
Houston Chronicle Last month, two days before the latest government prediction that U.S. shale production would hit new heights, an oil industry conference in Houston opened with a clip of Eeyore making one of his bleak utterings: “End of the road, nothing to do and no hope of things getting better.” It made sense to kick things off with Winnie
Houston Chronicle Saudi Arabia’s state oil company made deep cuts to the price of crude it sells to Asia, where an outbreak of the coronavirus has caused a slump in demand. Saudi Aramco lowered most of its official selling price differentials for the crude varieties it sells in the world’s largest consuming region, effectively making them cheaper. One exception was
Reuters LONDON – Oil prices jumped by more than 4% on Wednesday after media reports that scientists had developed a drug against the fast-spreading coronavirus that continues to weigh heavily on global economic activity. The World Health Organization played down the media reports, saying there are “no known effective therapeutics” against the virus. Lending further support to oil was news
CNBC Energy giant BP reported better-than-expected full-year net profit on Tuesday, outperforming analyst expectations despite lower oil and gas prices. The U.K.-based oil and gas company posted full-year underlying replacement cost profit, used as a proxy for net profit, of $10 billion in 2019. That compared with $12.7 billion full-year net profit in 2018, reflecting a year-on-year fall of 21%. Analysts had
Reuters LONDON – Oil prices clawed back ground on Tuesday on hopes for additional production cuts from OPEC and its allies to offset any potential demand drop triggered by the coronavirus outbreak. Brent crude was up 93 cents, or 1.7%, at $55.38 a barrel by 1335 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude stood at $51.31 after a 2.4%
CNBC Oil prices fell more than 2% on Monday, dragged down by concern over demand in China after the coronavirus breakout, though the possibility of deeper crude output cuts by OPEC and its allies offered some price support. U.S. West Texas Intermediate fell $1.42, or 2.8%, to trade at $50.13, its lowest level since Jan. 2019. Earlier in the session WTI
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