Israeli authorities claimed to have…
A rarely used technique called…
Despite the near record increase in U.S. oil inventories last week – an increase of 13.8 million barrels – oil prices traded up on February 8 and 9 as traders…
The world’s top LNG exporter Qatar is pumping just over half a million barrels of oil per day, but has been staunchly supporting OPEC’s production cuts aimed at rebalancing the…
Oil prices are moving back toward the top of their recent trading range, looking to muster a test of resistance once more. As positivity abounds amid new intraday record highs…
Today's price action has been a case of sell the rumor, buy the (bearish) fact, as the affirmation of a gargantuan crude build from today's weekly EIA report has stoked…
Oil is getting tonked for a second consecutive day, as prices have run into resistance at the top of their trading range, sending them staggering lower once more. With record…
Rather than rallying like Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, oil today is instead dropping faster than Lady Gaga's mic, ushered lower by a stronger dollar and ongoing expectations…
Regular readers will know that I believe that one of the most important fundamental influences on the price of oil is the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. Dollar.…
March West Texas Intermediate crude oil ended January with a whimper, but showed promise early February with a spike to the upside, but this attempted breakout fizzled before it could…
Happy Nonfarm Friday! Better-than-expected job creation last month is supporting sentiment on this first Friday of February, and crude is being swept along with this, being boosted as well by…
Saudi Arabia has raised the prices of all grades it will be shipping to Asia, the U.S., Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean countries, with prices for Asian buyers increased more…
Yes, it's Groundhog Day (again), and that dastardly Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. Fortunately, he's no good at forecasting (unlike the woolly worm),…
Analysts have raised their oil price forecasts for this year as the OPEC supply-cut deal is starting to tighten oil markets, but warned that rising U.S. output could wipe out…
Oil traded slightly lower early on Monday, as signals that the U.S. crude oil output is continuously recovering mostly outweighed signs that OPEC is largely sticking to its supply-cut deal.…
There are basically two ways to analyze markets and make trading decisions, the fundamental and the technical. Logically speaking, fundamental factors and analysis always have the upper hand, particularly over…
There are basically two ways to analyze markets and make trading decisions, the fundamental and the technical. Logically speaking, fundamental factors and analysis always have the upper hand, particularly over…
As production cut hopes are stoked once again, crude is pushing higher on this fourth day of the fourth week of January. While prices ultimately just pinging around in a…
With no breaking news or comment overnight, oil prices were slightly up on Tuesday morning, with recent reports that OPEC is considerably lowering production as per the deal being offset…
Last week the IEA warned that rising non-OPEC production could put an end to the OPEC-fueled price rally that began in late November after the cartel’s agreement to cut…
Crude oil prices will trade in the range between US$50 and US$60 a barrel this year, Russia’s Oil Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday. The minister met with counterparts…
- In recent notes we’ve cited output gains in Libya, stubbornly high Cushing inventories and OPEC skepticism as the key bearish culprits keeping a lid on an otherwise tightening crude…