Europe’s lack of energy security…
Refinery outages in the United…
Oil and gas drilling in the U.S. shale patch is slowing down. Rig counts have been falling for weeks, and the latest Dallas Fed Energy Survey also
Last December, Beijing announced the most sweeping changes to its strict Covid-19 guidelines, including relaxing testing requirements and travel restrictions. As the world’s largest importer of crude, most commodity…
Oil prices have bounced back after Monday's $3 per barrel decline, but markets remain on edge ahead of the latest Fed meeting. Investor Alert: Whether you are new to…
Despite last week’s Saudi announcement of a unilateral oil production cut of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in July, oil prices ended the week with a second consecutive weekly…
As predicted in my article at the end of May - partly because Russian Deputy Prime Minister and key OPEC+ negotiator Alexander Novak…
Oil prices will not average more than $80 per barrel in the second half of this year, despite the most recent production cut announced by Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Energy…
Starting today, U.S. oil will be part of the Brent crude basket that underlies the world's most traded benchmark contract. It will be the first non-European grade included in the…
Crude oil prices turned around on Thursday, erasing most of the week’s earlier losses despite the latest EIA report that indicated crude oil inventories rose more than expected. WTI was…
WTI crude oil futures sank below $70 per barrel on Tuesday as a shakily forged debt ceiling deal threatened to disrupt financial markets. WTI plunged 3.13 by noon—a 4.14% dip…
Oil markets have kicked off the new week on a slightly sour note with leading benchmarks recording minor gains. WTI crude was up 0.37% to trade at…
The OPEC+ voluntary production cuts, on paper promising curtailments amounting to 1.66 million b/d, should have been the main story for May. Regrettably for many in the Middle East, just…
Oil prices shed 1% in Thursday morning trading over American debt and the prospects for a historic default, despite gains on Wednesday driven by demand optimism in the…
Crude oil prices were on the rise on Monday as the market continued to fear a tightening of crude supplies on Canadian wildfires. Crude oil prices were…
Despite oil’s most recent slump to a 15-month low last week, analysts and investment banks continue to expect higher prices at the end of this year as demand is set…
Oil prices have lately lost their forward momentum, with both Brent and WTI crude plunging this week. A rather puzzling trend is being…
Crude oil prices continued lower after the Energy Information Administration reported yet another weekly inventory draw on crude oil inventories. The report came a day after the American Petroleum…
Less than a month following the announcement of OPEC+ production cuts, oil prices have gone back to where they were before. As difficult as it is to fathom the real-time…
Oil prices are set to rise toward $90 per barrel by the end of this year, driven by Chinese demand and a tightening market following OPEC+’s latest production cuts, a
Oil prices were on course early on Friday to post a second consecutive weekly loss as concerns about the economy trumped larger-than-expected draw in U.S. commercial oil stocks.Brent…
After weeks of rising, oil prices appear to have lost upwards momentum after the 2 April announcement of voluntary output cuts failed to counter worries about…