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When traders boosted their long holdings in response to the recent dip, WTI oil regained ground around the $77 mark. The American crude closed Friday’s trading at $76.68 per barrel.Brent oil’s price increased and got close to $83 per barrel. If the right catalysts manifest, the momentum may still grow …

Executives of major US oil companies held private meetings with top OPEC officials on Monday on the sidelines of a conference in Houston to discuss energy matters, people familiar with the matter said, continuing a tradition that began nearly five years ago when the two sides were fierce rivals. Both …

Oil prices stabilized today, Friday, on their way to recording weekly gains, as renewed optimism about the recovery of demand from China offset the impact of growing recession fears due to the increase in US crude inventories and tightening monetary policy in Europe. And by 0936 GMT, Brent crude futures …

Wednesday saw a modest increase in oil prices as evidence of sufficient supply, notably rising U.S. crude stocks, outweighed rising expectations for higher demand following an increase in manufacturing in the world’s biggest petroleum importer China.Brent crude futures ended the day at $84.31 per barrel, up 86 cents or 1%. …

A Reuters survey showed on Tuesday, February 28, that OPEC’s oil production rose this month by about 150,000 barrels per day, compared to January levels. According to the survey, oil production within OPEC recorded levels of 28.97 million barrels per day, supported by the recovery of oil supplies in Nigeria …

Goldman Sachs said it now expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates 3 times this year, by a quarter of a percentage point each time, after data this week indicated rising inflation and a strong labor market. A report on Thursday showed that producer prices in January accelerated by …

Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported an inventory build of 16.3 million barrels for the week to February 10.This compared with a build of 2.4 million barrels for the previous week, extending a string of weekly builds, some of them quite sizeable, which …

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said in a monthly report on Tuesday that global oil demand will rise this year by 2.32 million barrels per day, or 2.3 percent. And increased expectations by one hundred thousand barrels per day compared to the expectations of the organization last …

Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday, February 10, but are heading towards recording political gains, as the market continues to oscillate between fears of a recession in the United States and hopes for a recovery in strong demand for fuel in China, the largest global importer. By 01:17 …

The US Energy Information Administration’s February short-term energy expectations are indicating a decline of oil pricing over the next two years as well as a 50% drop in natural gas prices. In addition, the production of global liquid fuels is expected to get lower in 2023. Russia and China still …