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Bullish Sentiment Finally Breaks Out in Oil Markets

Bullish Sentiment Finally Breaks Out in Oil Markets

Bullish sentiment is finally seeping…

Russia And Saudi Arabia Will Save The Day If OPEC Deal Falls Apart

Even if the current OPEC/NOPEC oil production cut deal goes to pieces, Saudi Arabia and Russia will be willing to go it alone, the two largest oil producers in the agreement said on Thursday ahead of the much-talked-about OPEC meeting later this month, suggesting that some kind of market-managing efforts may remain in place, even if Iran and Iraq begin to sour on the collaboration.

The comments came after Khalid al-Falih and Alexander Novak met in Moscow, and were rubber stamped by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also met on Thursday.

“Without a doubt, we would like to continue this cooperation and move forward," MbS said during his meeting with Putin.

The specifics of the agreement between the two countries was lacking in specifics, saying that they would develop a “comprehensive bilateral agreement” on energy cooperation, according to S&P Global Platts.

Both countries increased their May oil production in a show of force that served to calm the oil market somewhat as fears grow over potential supply gaps stemming from looming US sanctions on Iran and realized supply gaps from Venezuela.

Related: Iran Warns North Korea About The United States

In a similar market-calming statement made earlier on Thursday, Khalid al-Falih said that it was “inevitable” that OPEC and its partners would agree next week to gradually roll back the oil production cuts that were forged in November 2016 and implemented—at least partially—in January 2017.

Russia’s Novak said today that OPEC/NOPEC could gradually reverse up to a total of 1.5 million barrels per day of production.

Despite today’s promises by OPEC’s heaviest of heavyweights, the Brent benchmark was still was trading down by 1.04% at $75.94 late Thursday afternoon. The WTI benchmark, however, was trading up 0.54% to $67.00.

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  • antony stewart on June 15 2018 said:
    Thank goodness that there are now some major alternatives for oil in all sectors of public transport except for boats and planes. The interglacial maximum for temperature is in about 250 years, as per the orbital variance of the earth every N thousand years. However, CO2 levels have not been this high for millions of years, i.e. 50million?! 20 thousand year cycles are one thing, but a C02 rise equivalent to a supervolcano not seen for 50million years is something else,,, my 2 cents. surely will inflame the ire of the blind.

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