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Next Stage of Pressure on Iran – Lower Oil Prices
Next Stage of Pressure on Iran – Lower Oil Prices President Trump is stepping up his attack on Iran. He’s now planning the long-game for maximum pressure. The news that Trump quietly asked Saudi Arabia to ramp up output by 1 million barrels a day is the key. From the analysis at Oilprice.com: Saudi Arabia and […]
OPEC’s Dilemma: Demand Destruction Or Production Boost
OPEC’s Dilemma: Demand Destruction Or Production Boost The early signs of discontent and demand destruction could be forcing OPEC’s hand, but increasing production carries its own risks. OPEC and Russia are considering raising oil production in a few weeks’ time, and while much of the focus has (rightly) been on the supply outages in Venezuela […]
Trump Asked Saudi Arabia To Boost Oil Production By 1 Million Barrels Per Day
Trump Asked Saudi Arabia To Boost Oil Production By 1 Million Barrels Per Day It all started on April 20, when having tweeted at and about virtually everything else, President Trump realized that surging oil and gasoline prices are wreaking havoc on his economic agenda and eating away at the benefits from his tax cuts, […]
OPEC And Russia Prepare For Long-Term Control Over Oil Market
OPEC And Russia Prepare For Long-Term Control Over Oil Market In a tight oil market reacting with price gains to concerns about supply shortages, the leaders of the OPEC and non-OPEC nations part of the production cut deal—Saudi Arabia and Russia—hinted last week that easing the cuts was an option that they had discussed and […]
Don’t Take Higher Oil Prices For Granted
Don’t Take Higher Oil Prices For Granted Oil prices collapsed at the start of this week, with WTI and Brent dropping 5.5 percent and 7.5 percent respectively from their three and a half year peaks. This recent price slump serves as a timely reminder for market observers and players alike that, while a heightened geopolitical […]
Art Berman: Think Oil Is Getting Expensive? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
Art Berman: Think Oil Is Getting Expensive? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet. A global supply crunch approaches… After issuing clear warnings on this program that sub-$50 oil prices were going to be short-lived, oil expert and geological consultant Art Berman returns to the podcast this week to explain why today’s $70 oil prices will go […]
Reuters: OPEC Production Falls To 13-Month Low
Reuters: OPEC Production Falls To 13-Month Low OPEC’s oil production dropped in May by 70,000 bpd to 32.00 million bpd on the back of outages in Nigeria and a continuous decline in Venezuela that dragged the cartel’s total production to the lowest level since April 2017, according to the monthly Reuters survey. The largest fall […]
IEA Cuts 2018 Oil Demand Forecast On Soaring Oil Prices
IEA Cuts 2018 Oil Demand Forecast On Soaring Oil Prices Yesterday, we observed that in logical consequence to sharply higher interest rates, US consumer loan demand had slumped in recent weeks, despite increasingly easy credit conditions: an outcome which for many economists is a harbinger to an upcoming recession, as households hunker down and begin […]
OPEC: The Oil Glut Is Gone
OPEC: The Oil Glut Is Gone OPEC said that the global oil supply surplus has nearly been eliminated, although the group is shifting its sights on lack of investment in upstream supply. In OPEC’s May Oil Market Report, the group noted that non-OPEC supply continues to grow at a rapid rate, adding 0.87 million barrels […]
Never Trust A Banker About Oil Prices
Never Trust A Banker About Oil Prices In recent weeks I’ve commented on the powerful bullish forces that have combined in oil and oil stocks and your need to increase your exposure to them. So, before going on to other topics, this has to be the start of any column until further notice, despite the […]
Will Higher Oil Prices Destroy Demand?
Will Higher Oil Prices Destroy Demand? Oil prices have dipped a bit this week, but still remain at their highest levels in nearly three and a half years. The reasons are by now familiar to most readers who pay attention to the daily whims of the oil market: OPEC cuts, falling inventories, geopolitical unrest and […]
Expect Much Tighter Oil Markets
Expect Much Tighter Oil Markets As oil prices hover close to multi-year highs, Saudi’s Oil Minister has hit the wires saying that OPEC ‘shouldn’t be complacent and listen to some of the noise such as mission accomplished‘ . Just as we learned earlier in this economic cycle via ‘don’t fight the Fed’, we too should […]
Goldman: Oil Demand Will Continue To Soar
Goldman: Oil Demand Will Continue To Soar Oil demand is growing, and production is falling. This is the message we have been receiving for a few weeks now with increasingly frequency, especially after OPEC’s leader Saudi Arabia admitted it would like oil prices even higher than US$70. Like a genie from a lamp, the market […]
