Home » Posts tagged 'crude'
Tag Archives: crude
Why the Saudi Princes are Panicked
Why the Saudi Princes are Panicked The Saudi deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, recently pulled the plug on an output freeze deal that was scheduled to have been signed by oil producers in Doha, Qatar. Since then, the press has been filled with the same story: Prince Mohammed was offended because Iran was a […]
“China Is Hoarding Crude At The Fastest Pace On Record”
“China Is Hoarding Crude At The Fastest Pace On Record” In the aftermath of China’s gargantuan, record new loan injection in Q1, which saw a whopping $1 trillion in new bank and shadow loans created in the first three months of the year, many were wondering where much of this newly created cash was ending up. We […]
“We Haven’t Seen This Is In Our Lifetimes” – CEO Says “Alberta Is In A Depression”
“We Haven’t Seen This Is In Our Lifetimes” – CEO Says “Alberta Is In A Depression” Regular readers know that we’ve covered Alberta’s decline at length (refresher here), so there is no need to give much of a backstory other than to say that the situation seems to get worse for the Canadian province as each […]
“China Is Hoarding Crude At The Fastest Pace On Record”
“China Is Hoarding Crude At The Fastest Pace On Record” We now know where most of it went: soaring imports of crude oil. We know this because as the chart below shows, Chinese crude imports via Qingdao port in Shandong province surged to record 9.86 million metric tons last month based on data from General Administration of Customs. As […]
Stunning Photos Of Huge Oil Supertanker Lines Forming “World’s Biggest Traffic Jam”
Stunning Photos Of Huge Oil Supertanker Lines Forming “World’s Biggest Traffic Jam” “It may be the world’s biggest traffic jam.” – Reuters Last week we revealed what we thought was a “shocking photo” of nearly 30 oil tankers caught in a traffic jam off the Iraqi coast, an indication of just how […]
Saudis Retaliate To “Oil Freeze” Fallout: Ban Transport Of Iranian Crude In Territorial Waters
Saudis Retaliate To “Oil Freeze” Fallout: Ban Transport Of Iranian Crude In Territorial Waters At first, when it announced the terms of its “oil freeze” agreement with Russia one month ago, Saudi Arabia seemed willing to grant Iran a temporary exemption from the supply freeze, at least until it recovers its pre-embargo production levels. That […]
Iran Oil Minister Rejects Saudi Demand To Freeze Crude Production
Iran Oil Minister Rejects Saudi Demand To Freeze Crude Production In the aftermath of Bloomberg’s surprising Friday report, according to which Saudi Arabia flipflopped on its previous promise that it would freeze its oil output while allowing Iran to grow supply until it hit its pre-embargo peak, instead saying that it would only join the […]
“Production Freeze” Narrative Collapses In Two Days: Russian Oil Output Hits New Post-Soviet Record
“Production Freeze” Narrative Collapses In Two Days: Russian Oil Output Hits New Post-Soviet Record How quickly the oil production freeze narrative has fallen apart. Source: stockboardasset Indeed, it’s been a tough two days for oil bulls holding on to hope that excess oil production will normalize in the near term and that the world’s oil suppliers […]
Presenting, “The Company That Bribed The World”
Presenting, “The Company That Bribed The World” This won’t exactly come as a surprise: the global oil industry is corrupt. We are, after all, talking about the most financialized commodity in the history of the world, and up until a few years ago, it was controlled by a cartel comprised entirely of nations run by caricatures […]
WTI Crude Slides Back Into Red For 2016 As The Fed And Oil Remain On Unsustainable Paths
WTI Crude Slides Back Into Red For 2016 As The Fed And Oil Remain On Unsustainable Paths Oil prices have increased 50 percent since the lows exhibited earlier this year, a rise that is largely linked to the positive market reaction to the OPEC output freeze. But WTI Crude has given up all its early […]
Venezuela Runs Out Of Electricity, Will Shut Down For A Week, El Nino Blamed
Venezuela Runs Out Of Electricity, Will Shut Down For A Week, El Nino Blamed When last we checked in on our favorite socialist paradise, Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro’s opponents “had gone crazy.” Or at least that’s how Maduro described the situation in a “thundering” speech to supporters at what he called an “anti-imperialist” rally in […]
The Liquidity Endgame Begins: Whiting’s Revolver Cut By $1.2 Billion As Banks Start Slashing Credit Lines
The Liquidity Endgame Begins: Whiting’s Revolver Cut By $1.2 Billion As Banks Start Slashing Credit Lines Earlier today we reminded readers about the circular (and why note fraudulent conveyance) scheme hatched by JPMorgan to reduce its secured loan exposure to Weatherford, when just two weeks ago none other than JPM underwrote an WFT equity offering in which […]
“They Should Leave Us Alone”: Iran Wants No Part Of Oil Freeze Until Output Higher
“They Should Leave Us Alone”: Iran Wants No Part Of Oil Freeze Until Output Higher On Tuesday, Kuwait’s oil minister Anas al-Saleh delivered a rather stark warning to the rest of OPEC when he said the following about the much ballyhooed crude output freeze: “I’ll go full power if there’s no agreement. Every barrel I […]
The “Terrifying Prospect” Of A Triumph Of Politics Over Economics
The “Terrifying Prospect” Of A Triumph Of Politics Over Economics The Triumph of Politics All of life’s odds aren’t 3:2, but that’s how you’re supposed to bet, or so they say. They are not saying that so much anymore, or saying that history rhymes, or that nothing’s new under the sun. More and more theys seem […]
IA’s Dire Oil Forecast: $34 Crude Due To Far More Resilient Production, Oversupply And Lower Demand
IA’s Dire Oil Forecast: $34 Crude Due To Far More Resilient Production, Oversupply And Lower Demand Now that the massive USO-driven squeeze appears to be over (congratulations to whoever managed to sell equity and their secured lenders) the bad news can return. First, it was Goldman slamming the “unsustainable rally, and then just a few hours […]
