The US dollar edged lower for most of Wednesday, but eventually received an unexpected boost from the US Federal Reserve’s Meeting Minutes. Fed policymakers noted that “In light of elevated inflation pressures and the strengthening labor market, participants judged that the increase in policy accommodation provided by the ongoing pace …
Read More »WTI Back Above USD 76.00 As Traders Eying Omicron Risk
WTI trades above USD 76.00, supported as Omicron pessimism is in focus during Tuesday’s US session and amid supply outages.WTI only trades about USD 2.0 below pre-Omicron levels above USD 78.00, suggesting fears of economic disruption have generally been assessed.Oil prices have trimmed earlier gains with front-month WTI futures currently …
Read More »China’s Oil Imports From Saudi Arabia Fell 13% YoY in November
Higher Saudi prices for January delivery, lower overall demand for crude amid the Omicron uncertainty, the Chinese crackdown on illicit practices at its independent refiners, and refinery maintenance season starting in late Q1 2022 have resulted in Asian refiners abstaining from extra Saudi crude supply for loading in January.Refiners in …
Read More »WTI Eases Back From Above USD 72.00
WTI crude oil briefly pushed back above USD 72.00 on Friday after not as high as feared US inflation triggered risk-on. Oil prices have since eased back but remained on course for their best week since August. Oil prices remained uneven on Friday, though have for the most part traded …
Read More »Oil Prices Are Falling, But They Are Heading For The Largest Weekly Gain Since Late August
Oil prices fell in trading on Friday, but they are still on track to achieve their biggest weekly gains since late August, as easing concerns about the Coronavirus variable “Omicron” on global growth and fuel demand affected market sentiment. Both Brent and West Texas Intermediate were on track to rise …
Read More »USD/CAD Moves Back On Oil’s Decline
The USD/CAD moved back above 1.2700 on Thursday as oil prices came under accelerating selling pressure.BoC’s Gravelle spoke and largely stuck to the bank’s script after it held policy settings/guidance as expected on Wednesday.USD/CAD has been on the front foot on Thursday, gaining about 0.4% to move back to the …
Read More »Asia Is Not Rushing To Buy Extra Crude Oil From KSA
Higher Saudi prices for January delivery, lower overall demand for crude amid the Omicron uncertainty, the Chinese crackdown on illicit practices at its independent refiners, and refinery maintenance season starting in late Q1 2022 have resulted in Asian refiners abstaining from extra Saudi crude supply for loading in January.Refiners in …
Read More »Reuters: OPEC+ May Discuss a 200K BPD Output Hike in January Versus Current 400K BPD Agreed
According to sources cited by Reuters, OPEC+ may as an option discuss hiking output by just 200K barrels per day (BPD) in January versus the current agreement which stipulates 400K BPD monthly output hikes into mid-2022. Moreover, a senior OPEC+ source reportedly said that sentiment at the moment is to …
Read More »OPEC+ Sees Larger Oil Supply Surpluses in January, Does it happen?
OPEC and its allies will start two days of meetings on Wednesday to decide whether to pump more oil into the market or curb supplies amid slumping oil prices and concerns that the mutated Omicron strain of the coronavirus could dampen global energy demand. According to a document cited by …
Read More »OPEC+ Meetings Postponed To Evaluate Omicron Impact
OPEC+ has postponed two meetings scheduled for the current week in order to avail more time to evaluate the implications of the latest coronavirus update about the emergence of a highly mutated variant.The group had moved the meeting of its joint technical committee to Wednesday from Monday, and the meeting …
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