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A VERY RARE SETUP: Who Will Win The Tug Of War In The Oil Market?
A VERY RARE SETUP: Who Will Win The Tug Of War In The Oil Market? There has been a tug of war in the oil price over the past two weeks. Due to a very rare setup in the market, the oil price has traded in a very narrow range as traders fight it out […]
OPEC Cuts Deep to Save Cartel
OPEC Cuts Deep to Save Cartel With oil prices in free fall and the dawning realization that Great Reflation trade of 2017 is over, OPEC needed to do something drastic to remind everyone how important they are. Moreover, with Qatar quitting the cartel last week it was then doubly necessary for OPEC to make the […]
Oil Price Slide Puts The Brakes On U.S. Shale Growth
Oil Price Slide Puts The Brakes On U.S. Shale Growth While U.S. President Donald Trump continues to call on OPEC to keep oil prices low, because “The World does not want to see, or need, higher oil prices!”, one corner of the world may need WTI prices higher than the current low $50s to keep […]
Oil Volatile As Iran Denies Reports It Agreed To Deal
Oil Volatile As Iran Denies Reports It Agreed To Deal Update (8:00 am ET): Oil prices spiked Friday morning before quickly fading after Reuters reported that Iran has agreed to the OPEC deal for 800,000 b/d of cuts – only for an Iranian delegate to swiftly deny that report, sending crude prices back from whence […]
U.S. Shale Struggles As Oil Prices Drop
U.S. Shale Struggles As Oil Prices Drop The explosive production growth in the U.S. shale patch has surprised even the most optimistic forecasters, but the huge jumps in output belies and obscures the financial state of the industry, which is a bit more complicated than the production figures might suggest. Shale companies scrambled to cut […]
World Bank Warns Of Extreme Volatility In Oil Markets
World Bank Warns Of Extreme Volatility In Oil Markets After several months of oil price rises and then a sharp reversal over the last few weeks, world oil markets are in for more heightened volatility next year because of scarce spare production capacity among OPEC members. This warning comes from the World Bank, which in […]
Oil Crashes After Saudis Propose Smaller Than Expected Production Cut
Oil Crashes After Saudis Propose Smaller Than Expected Production Cut As if plunging equity futures were not enough for traders to worry about this morning, in the past two hours oil, which had rebounded heading into this week’s 2-day OPEC meeting, tumbled sharply, dropping as much as 5%, with WTI sliding as low as $50.23 […]
Iran: Oil To Fall To $40 If OPEC Fails To Reach Deal
Iran: Oil To Fall To $40 If OPEC Fails To Reach Deal A fractured OPEC is meeting later this week to discuss a deal to cut oil production—yet again—to rebalance the market and lift oil prices that have recently slipped to below most of the cartel members’ budget-balance points. OPEC needs a unanimous vote to […]
What Crashing Refining Margins Mean For Oil Markets
What Crashing Refining Margins Mean For Oil Markets Oil prices have plunged to one-year lows, but refiners in certain parts of the U.S. are not benefitting from cheaper crude. According to new data from the EIA, refining margins for motor gasoline have fallen to five-year lows. “Flattening year-over-year growth in gasoline demand in the United […]
Alberta Orders “Unprecedented” Oil Output Cut To Combat Crashing Prices
Alberta Orders “Unprecedented” Oil Output Cut To Combat Crashing Prices While just a few hundred miles south, WTI is flirting with the one year low price of $50/barrel, Canada’s oil-producing hub, Alberta, would be ecstatic to have its oil trade at anything even remotely close to this level. As we reported recently, Canadian oil producers […]
Oil Prices Set To Book Worst Month In A Decade
Oil Prices Set To Book Worst Month In A Decade Oil prices dropped early on Friday, on course to finish their worst month since 2008, as fears of oversupply and slowing demand growth dragged oil down into a bear market in November with prices off by some 30 percent from four-year highs in early October. […]
Low Oil Prices: An Indication of Major Problems Ahead?
Low Oil Prices: An Indication of Major Problems Ahead? Many people, including most Peak Oilers, expect that oil prices will rise endlessly. They expect rising oil prices because, over time, companies find it necessary to access more difficult-to-extract oil. Accessing such oil tends to be increasingly expensive because it tends to require the use of greater […]
Oil Falls On Crude Inventory Build
Oil Falls On Crude Inventory Build Crude oil prices slipped further down today after the Energy Information Administration reported crude oil inventories for the week to November 23 had added 3.6 million barrels. That’s compared with a build of 4.9 million barrels a week earlier. The EIA figures came after yesterday the American Petroleum Institute reported an estimated inventory […]
