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US crude oil benchmark, WTI, rallies by 4.67% in the day, aiming to close above the USD 100 mark for the second day of the year as Wall Street closed, with US equities printing gains. The market sentiment is positive, though it would be subject to Ukraine-Russia tussles as it …

The United States is open to imposing sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas industry but going after its exports now could help Moscow, the White House said on Wednesday as oil prices touched eight-year highs and supply disruptions mounted.The White House is considering hitting Moscow’s vast energy sector over Russia’s …

OPEC+ has agreed to stick to its existing output plan which entails 400K barrel per day hikes to oil output quotas each month in April, Reuters reported citing sources. The meeting of OPEC+ member nation oil ministers has now ended, Reuters reported. OPEC+ did not discuss increasing output quotas at …

Officials said that the OPEC + bloc will likely adhere to modest oil production increases when it meets on Wednesday, with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two of the largest members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, complying with the agreement with Russia, despite the expansion …

Reuters calculations, based on a report by the Interfax news agency, showed that Russia’s production of oil and gas condensate rose in February to 11.06 million barrels per day, while trade in crude was hampered by the sanctions imposed due to developments in Ukraine. Production increased from 11 million barrels …

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, have been unwinding historic production cuts they instated in 2020 after the pandemic caused an unprecedented fall in global demand.Then, former US President Donald Trump intervened to encourage Riyadh and Moscow to end a …

The American WTI crude oil surged into the USD 104.00s on Tuesday, up sharply from Monday’s close in the USD 95.00 territories.The 2014 high in the USD 107.50 area has for now acted as a barrier to further upside. The historic intra-day rally has been driven by traders pricing in …

A statement by the Saudi Cabinet on Tuesday renewed the kingdom’s support for the OPEC + agreement, which provides for an increase in the supply of crude exporters from the Organization and allied producers by 400,000 barrels per day each month. And the official Saudi Press Agency quoted a statement …

Although oil prices retreated from earlier highs as markets await the outcome of Ukraine-Russia talks and traders hope that a ceasefire could materialize, front-month WTI futures remain well underpinned in the $95.00 territories. At current levels in the $96.00s, WTI is trading with on-the-day gains of over 4.0% or more …

Oil prices jumped on Monday as Western allies imposed more sanctions on Russia and cut off certain Russian banks from the global SWIFT system for interbank payments, potentially causing severe disruption to its oil exports. Brent crude rose $4.16, or 4.3 percent, to $102.09 at 0915 GMT, after hitting a …