Oil prices rose on Tuesday, recouping some of their losses on Monday as rising tension in Eastern Europe and the Middle East heightened fears of a supply shortage. Brent crude futures rose 60 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $86.87 a barrel, after falling 1.8 percent in the previous session. US …
Read More »Oil Prices Rise 1% Due to Fear of Supply Shortage
Oil prices jumped on Monday as geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East raised concerns about the outlook for oil supplies, while OPEC and its allies continued efforts to increase production. Brent crude futures rose 87 cents, or 1.0 percent, to $88.76 a barrel by 0100 GMT, ending …
Read More »Oil Falls With Profit-Taking After US Stockpiles Increase
Oil prices fell on Friday, January 21, after rising to a seven-year high this week, as an increase in US crude and fuel inventories prompted investors to cash in on the rally. Gasoline stocks rose in the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer, by 5.9 million barrels, to the …
Read More »Petroleum Institute: US Oil Stocks Rise by 1.4 Million Barrels in a Week
According to data from the American Petroleum Institute, crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 1.4 million barrels during the week ending on the fourteenth of January. In its weekly report, the American Institute indicated that gasoline stocks increased by 3.5 million barrels during the past week, while …
Read More »Oil Slips After API Reports Third Successive Gasoline Build
Operating on a one-day delay due to the U.S. holiday, the American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated the inventory build this week for crude oil to be 1.404 million barrels after analysts predicted a draw of 1.367 million barrels.U.S. crude inventories shed some 74 million barrels since the start of 2021, …
Read More »WTI Eases Back To $85.00 Level
After hitting multi-year highs near the $86.00 per barrel level, WTI has since backed off to trade around $85.00. Market commentators have attributed rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East as behind the latest push higher.After hitting multi-year highs early on during the European trading session near the $86.00 per …
Read More »WTI Driven By Geopolitical Tension To Test Fresh Highs
WTI crude oil is trading now at $81.73 per barrel after latest high recorded Friday at $83.14 per barrel. The benchmark American oil is probing its best levels since early November in the $73.00 as geopolitical tensions rise. Analysts as well as banks have been calling this week for WTI …
Read More »Crude Oil Edges Lower On Profit-Taking, Rate Hike Concerns
Crude oil prices edged lower on Thursday as investors took profits after two days of gains amid fears of aggressive US interest rate hikes.Losses were cushioned by expectations of a strong economic recovery that will boost demand in a tightly supplied market. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures settled down …
Read More »Is OPEC+ Near Pumping Its Full Quota?
The coming oil surplus could be much smaller than expected and could exert much less downward pressure on oil prices this year.Demand remains strong as signaled in the six-month futures spread in Brent which has more than doubled since hitting a low point in December.At the start of 2022, Omicron’s …
Read More »EIA: US Oil Production May Reach a New Record by 2023
The US Energy Information Administration expects US oil production to exceed pre-pandemic levels over the next year, supported by a jump in shale oil production, with high prices spurring producers to increase production. In its January Short-Term Energy Outlook, the administration said average US crude production could record 12.4 million …
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