Houston Chronicle (Bloomberg) — Oil tumbled to the lowest in more than three months on fears China’s deadly coronavirus will hit demand in a market that already has plentiful supply. Futures plunged more than 3% as China reported an increase in fatalities and infections. While the country extended the Lunar New Year holiday to control the outbreak, more cases have
CNBC Oil is on track for its worst week since May as the coronavirus outbreak continues to pressure prices. A slowdown in China’s economy would impact demand because China is the world’s largest crude oil importer, after importing a record 10.12 million barrels per day in 2019, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. China is also the second-largest oil
Reuters LONDON – Oil extended losses on Friday to trade below $61 a barrel, heading for a weekly decline as concern that the coronavirus in China may spread, curbing travel and oil demand, outweighed the impact of cuts to supply. The virus has prompted the suspension of public transport in 10 Chinese cities. Health authorities fear the infection rate
CNBC Chevron CEO Michael Wirth told CNBC on Thursday that oil prices may not reach $100 for a “long time” thanks to the boom in U.S. shale production. “Oil markets have really changed over the last decade or so,” Wirth said on “Squawk Box” from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We’ve moved from a period of time where there was a
Reuters NEW YORK – UPDATED– Oil prices fell 3% on Thursday on concern that the spread of a virus from China could lower fuel demand if it stunts economic growth, but losses were limited by a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories. Brent crude LCOc1 futures fell $1.70, or 2.7%, to $61.51 a barrel by 1:03 p.m. EST (1803 GMT). The
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 2% on Wednesday as a market surplus forecast by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and demand worries outweighed concern over disruptions to Libya’s crude output. Brent crude LCOc1 was down $1.39, or 2.2%, at $63.20 a barrel by 11:09 a.m. ET (1609 GMT). West Texas Intermediate CLc1 fell $1.46, or
Houston Chronicle Oil erased most of its loss for the week, as the price gain after the signing of the U.S.-China trade agreement offset signs that supplies remain plentiful. The phase-one deal committed Beijing to $52.4 billion in additional purchases of American energy in the next two years. The easing of trade hostilities, combined with a solid start to
Reuters LONDON/TOKYO – Oil rose on Thursday as the long-awaited Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China brought some relief to markets, but the gains were capped after the International Energy Agency said it expected oil production to outpace demand. Brent LCOc1 was up 50 cents, or 0.8%, to $64.50 a barrel by 1449 GMT, and West
Houston Chronicle Oil headed for its biggest weekly loss since July as the prospect of an immediate confrontation between the U.S. and Iran abated, allaying fears of disruption to Middle East energy supplies. Futures initially soared to an eight-month high above $65 a barrel in New York on Jan. 8 as Washington and Tehran faced-off after the killing of a
Reuters NEW YORK – Investors are worrying that rising energy costs due to an escalating conflict between the United States and Iran that has caused a spike in oil prices will hurt U.S. corporate earnings. Oil prices briefly jumped to four-month highs overnight after Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq, but retreated after signs that further military action
CNBC The biggest black swan event in the oil market is a disruption to the most critical chokepoint in the Middle East, according to an analyst from S&P Global Platts. “The market is extremely exposed to any disruption to vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” Dave Ernsberger, the firm’s global head of commodities pricing, told CNBC’s “Capital Connection” Thursday. The Strait of Hormuz is a
CNBC Oil prices would skyrocket if Iran moved to completely cut off the Strait of Hormuz, energy analysts told CNBC on Wednesday. Elevated geopolitical tensions have sparked fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East, with energy market participants increasingly concerned that the fallout could soon disrupt regional crude supplies. It has thrust the world’s most important oil chokepoint back
