Post Tagged with: "oil war"

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Trump tells CNBC he spoke to Putin, MBS and expects Saudis, Russia to announce 10 million barrel cut

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President Donald Trump expects Russian President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman to announce a deal on a production cut, the president said to CNBC.

The president is expecting a cut of 10 million …

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Trump to speak with Putin, criticizes Russian-Saudi oil price war as ‘crazy’

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Monday he planned to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin and said Saudi Arabia and Russia “both went crazy” in their oil-price war, a battle begun just as the spread of the …

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U.S. Halts Plan to Buy Crude Amid Uncertainty Over Funding

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The Trump administration halted plans to start buying oil to top up the nation’s emergency stockpile after failing to win funding from Congress, throwing a wrench in its most tangible efforts to help struggling drillers cope with the …

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Shell cuts 2020 spending by $5 billion, suspends share buyback

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LONDON – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) will lower spending by $5 billion and suspended its vast $25 billion share buyback plan in an effort to weather the recent collapse in oil prices, it said on Monday.

The …

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Hess, Concho, Callon join Exxon in tightening budget amid oil crash

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U.S. producers Hess Corp, Concho Resources Inc and Callon Petroleum Co on Tuesday followed oil major Exxon Mobil Corp in cutting their spending for the year, as oil prices continued to trade below $30 a barrel.

Oil producers are …

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As oil prices tank, BP CFO warns demand could be negative in 2020

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Demand for oil will likely be negative in 2020, adding further downward pressure to plummeting prices, according to BP CFO Brian Gilvary.

Around the time of its earnings report in early February, the energy giant anticipated that demand would …

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Russian producers are ready to survive flood of Saudi crude

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A flood of discounted Saudi crude is heading for Europe, but Russia might just have the only producers in the world equipped to compete with it.

With some of the world’s lowest production costs, a flexible tax system …

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Oil falls 6% after Trump surprises with travel ban

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LONDON – Oil prices fell more than 6% on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced restrictions on travel from Europe in an attempt to halt the spread of coronavirus after the World Health Organization described the outbreak …

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Saudi Arabia, Russia oil dispute is about the ‘restructuring of supply,’ says a strategist

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The oil price rout this week may be a chance for the industry to restructure and could ultimately be a positive for the market, a strategist said on Wednesday.

The oil markets tanked Monday, plunging over 20% following a …

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Energy Dept. says OPEC trying to ‘shock oil markets’

Houston Chronicle


A Department of Energy spokeswoman called out OPEC’s decision not to cut oil production as an attempt to “manipulate and shock oil markets,” after oil prices dropped close to $30 a barrel Monday.

“These attempts by state actors …