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Oil Prices Gain 2% on Tightening Supply

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Oil Rally Continues Despite Soaring Shale Output

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Starting off the week on February 18 was an unusually comfortable experience for people in the oil industry. Saudi Arabia vowed to cut its crude output beyond OPEC/OPEC+ commitments, which has palpably helped to move prices up, moreover, shutting down its Safaniyah offshore field due to a power outage even brought in an unscheduled upward pressure factor. Even the US-China trade talks have instilled hope in market watchers that a deal might be reached in the upcoming days.

Source: Bloomberg.

The bullish sentiment was somewhat cooled by news of US shale output rising to record highs – the EIA expected shale alone to reach 8.4mbpd next month. As a consequence, Brent dropped from a year-high of $66.83 per barrel on Monday below $66 per barrel on Wednesday afternoon, whilst WTI hovered around $56-56.2 per barrel, having experienced a modest drop from its Monday year-high level of $56.39 per barrel.

1. US Crude Commercial Stocks Still on the Increase

- US commercial crude stocks have increased for the fourth consecutive week during the week ended February 8, up by 3.6 MMbbl to a total of 450.8MMbbl.

- The week ended February 15 is also widely expected to bring about another stock buildup, with a Platts analyst survey hinting at a further 3.5MMbbl inventory accumulation.

- US crude exports have declined by some 0.5mbpd w-o-w during the week ended February 8, however, they are expected to bounce back a bit from last week’s…




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