(Oil Price) – OPEC+ did what everyone expected it to do last weekend, announcing another production ramp-up. Prices, however, did something that not everyone expected them to do: they went up. All eyes are now on demand—and the disruption of supply. The eight members of OPEC+ that were keeping their production of crude oil under restraints agreed on Saturday to add
(Investing) – Crude futures tumbled 1.4% today as market participants reacted to a report by Bloomberg indicating that Saudi Arabia is advocating for more aggressive oil supply increases by OPEC+. The kingdom’s push for regaining market share is driving its desire to accelerate production hikes in the upcoming months. According to sources familiar with the matter, Saudi Arabia, which exerts
(Oil Price) – It is highly unlikely that anyone with even a modicum of intelligence has lost money in the past ten years or so by trading against the predictable thinking of those in charge of Saudi Arabia’s oil policy. Quite the reverse, in fact, with enormous profits available from the failures of the enormously well-flagged and exceptionally predictable strategy of
(Investing) – NEW YORK -Oil prices climbed about 2% on Tuesday to a two-week high, as persistent geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the U.S. and Iran looked set to keep sanctions on both Russia and Iran in place for longer. Brent crude futures rose $1.11, or 1.7%, to $65.74 a barrel at 11:21 a.m. EDT (1521 GMT), while U.S. West
(Oil Price) – Crude oil prices were trading up nearly 4% on Monday afternoon, with analysts attributing the spike to escalating geopolitical tensions, and the aftermath of a massive Ukrainian drone strike on four Russian military airports overnight. Overnight, Ukrainian drone attacks targeted Russia’s Kursk and Voronezh regions, igniting fires in residential buildings, causing significant disruptions to highway traffic and reportedly
(Investing) – LONDON -Oil prices jumped by about 4% on Monday after producer group OPEC+ kept output increases in July at the same level as the previous two months. Brent crude futures climbed by $2.28, or 3.6%, to $65.06 a barrel by 1335 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $2.99, or 4.9%, at $63.78. Both contracts lost more than 1%
(Investing) – HOUSTON – Oil prices fell on Friday and headed for a second consecutive weekly loss, as investors weigh a potentially larger OPEC+ output hike for July, and uncertainty spreads around U.S. tariff policy after the latest courtroom twist. Brent crude futures fell by 21 cents, or 0.33%, to $63.94 a barrel by 1451 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell
(Oil Price) – Kazakhstan cannot reduce its oil production as it has no right to impose output reductions on international firms that are operating more than 70% of Kazakhstan’s oilfields, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said on Thursday. “The republic has no right to enforce production cuts” on the three large international consortiums, Bloomberg quoted Akkenzhenov as saying. Earlier this month, Chevron’s chief executive,
(BOE Report) – LONDON, May 29 – Oil drillers in the U.S. shale heartland are slowing down operations, a sign that OPEC’s high-stakes price war is starting to pay off, but Saudi Arabia will need to exert a lot more pain to make a lasting impact on market share. U.S. oil producers upended the global market in the early 2010s, as
(Investing) – LONDON/MOSCOW -OPEC+ agreed on Wednesday to establish a mechanism for setting baselines for its 2027 oil production, while OPEC+ sources said that separate talks on Saturday could agree a further accelerated oil output hike for July. The group, which includes the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies such as Russia, has been discussing new baselines – production
(Investing) – LONDON/DUBAI – OPEC+ is likely to agree to a further accelerated oil output hike for July this week, three delegates from the group told Reuters, in the latest stage of a plan to meet rising demand and increase market share. When the 22-member group meets on Wednesday to review the market, it is not expected to change policy, the
(Investing) – LONDON – OPEC on Wednesday trimmed its forecast for growth in oil supply from the United States and other producers outside the wider OPEC+ group this year and said it expected lower capital spending following a decline in oil prices. Supply from countries outside the Declaration of Cooperation – the formal name for OPEC+ – will rise by about
