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Read More »Oil Prices Score Strong Gains as Winter Storm Impact Continues
Oil prices rose on Monday, reaching their highest level in about a year, with anticipation for the return of crude production and refining capacities in Texas, the United States, following the recent winter storms. Production recovery is reportedly expected to take a time longer than previously estimated. Brent crude futures …
Read More »Oil Prices Rise as Production Begins Slowly in The United States
Oil prices increased due to the slow resumption of US crude production after it was reduced by freezing weather conditions while demand recovered from its low levels during the Corona pandemic. Brent crude rose 55 cents, or 0.9%, to $63.46 a barrel, after increasing nearly 1% last week. U.S. crude …
Read More »Saudi Arabia And Russia Differ on Oil Strategy Ahead of OPEC+ Meeting
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Russia have all divided overviews on production strategy ahead of the upcoming OPEC+ meeting. Saudi Arabia sees a preference for keeping production steady, but Russia wants to increase supplies, Bloomberg reported. OPEC+, which includes members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) …
Read More »Oil Closes Lower to Reduce its Weekly Gains
Oil prices declined on Friday, amid expectations that major crude producers forming the OPEC+ alliance could decide to raise output next month. The fall in oil prices comes despite the continuity of cold weather conditions, due to a strong winter storm that led to the shutdown of major oil facilities, …
Read More »U.S. Oil Rigs Decline for First Time in 13 Weeks
The number of active oil rigs in the United States declined this week, seeing their first weekly decrease since November 2020, according to data by Baker Hughes. Oil rigs in the U.S. decreased by one to a total of 305 this week, while rigs drilling for natural gas increased by …
Read More »Oil Falling as Investors Evaluate The Impact of Severe Cold on US Refineries
Oil prices fell by more than 1% today, Friday, to continue declines recorded overnight, due to fears that refineries will take time to resume operations after a wave of freezing weather in the American South, causing a gap in demand, while OPEC+ supplies are expected to rise. Brent crude futures …
Read More »Oil Breaks Support
Oil, Crude, trading
Read More »Oil Prices Decline As OPEC+ Could Raise Output
Oil prices declined on Thursday, amid expectations that the OPEC+ alliance could raise production in March after the recent surges in crude prices. Crude prices recently not only recovered all of their losses since the beginning of the pandemic but reached their highest level since the beginning of 2020. It …
Read More »U.S. Oil Inventories Down 7.3 M Barrels in Week
Crude oil inventories in the United States declined by 7.3 million barrels last week, data by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed on Thursday. The EIA weekly report was delayed for a day as the beginning of the week marked the Presidents Day federal holiday. Gasoline inventories increased by …
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