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Oil prices rose on Tuesday after rising 5 percent in the previous session as concerns eased about the impact of the mutated Omicron strain of the Coronavirus on global fuel demand, while nuclear talks with Iran faltered, delaying the return of Iranian crude supplies to the market. Brent crude futures …

WTI has recovered some of last week’s losses and reclaimed $67.50 amid a positive market mood. Saudi Arabia increased the crude-oil barrel to a median of $0.50 to different customers, and oil rose on the news.As the New York session begins, the US crude oil benchmark, Western Texas Intermediate, also …

Crude oil prices edged higher on Friday following statements by OPEC+ that the group could review its policy to hike output if a rising number of pandemic lockdowns obstructs off demand.Brent futures rose 90 cents, 1.3%, to $70.57 a barrel, while US WTI rose 55 cents, 0.8%, to $67.05. Losses …

Thursday has been a uneven day for crude oil prices, as traders eye OPEC+ decision to hike concerning January production.The big news of the day was OPEC+’s decision to surprise markets by not choosing to halt output hikes in January but to press ahead with another incremental 400000 barrel per …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Oil prices rose more than 3 percent on Wednesday, offsetting some sharp losses incurred during the previous session, as major producers prepare to discuss how to deal with the threat to fuel demand from the mutated Omicron. Brent crude futures rose $2.46, or 3.6 percent, to $71.69 a barrel by …

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 …

Oil prices have continued to press higher, with front-month WTI crude futures now up more than USD 4.0 on the day and back in the USD 72.00s, nearly 50% of Friday’s steep decline over news on Omicron variant concerns has now been unwound.To get above the 50% Fibonacci retracement of …