Oil rose for a second day after the US reported the biggest crude stockpile drop since September while the dollar slipped.Futures in New York gained 2.1% on Thursday in a thinly traded session as a weaker dollar helped bolster the appeal of commodities. The price of WTI crude rose by …
Read More »EIA Reports Decline In Natural Gas Supplies
The US Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday that domestic supplies of natural gas fell by 59 billion cubic feet for the week ended 3 December.That compared with the average decline of 55 billion cubic feet forecast by analysts polled by S&P Global Platts. Total stocks now stand at 3.505 …
Read More »Oil Surges, EIA Raises 2022 World Oil Demand Growth Forecast
In its monthly Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) report, the US Energy Information Administration has raised its forecast for 2022 world oil demand growth by 200000 barrels per day (BPD).This data was released on Tuesday, and now demand growing 3.55M BPD YoY next year. The EIA STEO cut its forecast …
Read More »Natural Gas Futures Lower Ahead of EIA Data
Continued weather-driven poor demand expectations keep pressuring natural gas futures in early trading Thursday as the market awaited the latest round of weekly government inventory data. The January Nymex contract was off 9.8 cents to $4.160/MMBtu.Estimates ahead of the latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) storage report, scheduled for today, point …
Read More »EIA Oil Stocks Fall Below Expected
A weekly report published by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed on Wednesday that crude oil inventories in the US fell by 0.910 million barrels in the week ending November 26.This was smaller than the expected draw of 1.273 million barrels. Distillate stocks saw a larger than expected build …
Read More »Oil Prices Are Falling After Statements From Moderna
Oil prices retreated, giving up gains on Tuesday, November 30, dropping by more than two dollars, as financial markets declined in general after an interview with the CEO of Moderna raised doubts about the effectiveness of anti-Corona vaccines against the new mutant Omicron. The president of Moderna Pharma told the …
Read More »Oil Prices Rose on Opec+
Oil prices rose on Monday, November 29, on speculation that OPEC + may halt the increase in oil production in light of the spread of the Omicron strain of the Coronavirus, but the atmosphere remains cautious in light of insufficient information about the new mutation. There is concern that the …
Read More »Oil Drops Below $80 Due to Fears of The New Corona Strain
Brent crude fell by about 4 percent, to less than $ 80 a barrel on Friday, after the discovery of a new strain of the Coronavirus worried investors, which reinforced fears of a ballooning global oversupply in the first quarter of next year after coordinated withdrawals from crude reserves of …
Read More »Oil Prices Vary as Markets Await “OPEC” Decisions
Oil prices varied during trading today, Thursday, in the Asian trading session, as investors awaited the reaction of “OPEC” to the release of crude oil from emergency reserves by major consuming countries to calm the market. Brent crude futures rose 0.07% to $82.31 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude …
Read More »EIA: US Weekly Crude Oil Stockpiles Rise
U.S. crude oil stocks rose last week but gasoline and distillate stocks fell even as refining activity increased on strong overall fuel demand, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.Crude inventories rose by 1 million barrels in the week to Nov. 19, compared with analysts’ expectations for a decrease of …
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