{"id":41625,"date":"2018-12-13T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41625"},"modified":"2018-12-13T13:30:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:30:36","slug":"saudis-reportedly-target-us-inventories-by-slashing-oil-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41625","title":{"rendered":"Saudis Reportedly Target US Inventories By Slashing Oil Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-12-13\/saudis-reportedly-target-us-inventories-slashing-oil-exports\">Saudis Reportedly Target US Inventories By Slashing Oil Exports<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1956\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1956\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>WTI prices briefly popped above $52 before fading quickly after Bloomberg reported that <strong>after flooding the US market in recent months, Saudi Arabia plans to slash exports starting in January<\/strong> in an effort to dampen visible build-ups in crude inventories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/US-vs-OPEC-Sheikh-vs-Shale-Driller-Gunfight.jpg?itok=pQnraWH1\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/US-vs-OPEC-Sheikh-vs-Shale-Driller-Gunfight.jpg?itok=pQnraWH1\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/US-vs-OPEC-Sheikh-vs-Shale-Driller-Gunfight.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/US-vs-OPEC-Sheikh-vs-Shale-Driller-Gunfight.jpg?itok=pQnraWH1 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3728f460-b2a2-4a5c-a432-b5d78eb7ef55\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg reports that, according to people briefed on the plans of state oil company Saudi Aramco, <strong>American-based oil refiners have been told to expect much lower shipments from the kingdom in January<\/strong> than in recent months following the OPEC agreement to reduce production.<\/p>\n<p>Oil traders were not that impressed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-12-13_9-19-56.jpg?itok=f4z3Wo2A\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-12-13_9-19-56.jpg?itok=f4z3Wo2A\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-12-13_9-19-56.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2018-12-13_9-19-56.jpg?itok=f4z3Wo2A 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"46c86d47-00c8-4ea0-ba56-218b461d5f9a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And while the plan to slash Saudi exports to America may ultimately convince a skeptical oil market about the kingdom\u2019s resolution to bring supply and demand incline, it <strong>may anger President Trump, who has used social media to ask the Saudis and OPEC to keep the taps open.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hopefully OPEC will be keeping oil flows as is, not restricted. The World does nott want to see, or need, higher oil prices!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudis Reportedly Target US Inventories By Slashing Oil Exports WTI prices briefly popped above $52 before fading quickly after Bloomberg reported that after flooding the US market in recent months, Saudi Arabia plans to slash exports starting in January in an effort to dampen visible build-ups in crude inventories. Bloomberg reports that, according to people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1135,6986,595,600,701,17957,4318],"class_list":["post-41625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","tag-oil-exports","tag-oil-inventories","tag-oil-production","tag-opec","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-us-oil-inventories","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41626,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41625\/revisions\/41626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}