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Louisiana Light • 1 day | 86.49 | -0.63 | -0.72% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
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Opec Basket • 1 day | 88.45 | +1.94 | +2.24% | ||
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Mars US • 174 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 mins | 2.724 | -0.011 | -0.39% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 89.90 | +0.45 | +0.50% | ||
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Opec Basket • 1 day | 88.45 | +1.94 | +2.24% |
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Peace Sour • 9 hours | 76.01 | -0.55 | -0.72% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 9 hours | 79.06 | -0.55 | -0.69% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 9 hours | 86.01 | -0.55 | -0.64% | ||
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Central Alberta • 9 hours | 76.41 | -0.55 | -0.71% |
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Eagle Ford • 1 day | 79.29 | -0.04 | -0.05% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 1 day | 79.25 | -0.50 | -0.63% | ||
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Kansas Common • 2 days | 73.50 | +0.50 | +0.68% | ||
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Buena Vista • 3 days | 87.02 | -0.29 | -0.33% |
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Trump Has “Big Talk” With Putin, Saudi King Salman About Oil
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a “big talk” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman regarding oil production, expressing hopes that a deal on the control of said production would be announced soon.
“We had a big talk as to oil production and OPEC and making it so that our industry does well and the oil industry does better than its doing right now,” Trump said as quoted by Reuters.
It remains unclear whether the deal Trump mentioned would involve the participation of the United States: Reuters reported on the U.S. president’s statement after OPEC+ sources announced that it had reached an agreement in principle to remove 10 million bpd from global supply beginning in May.
It remains to be seen how much everyone will cut. Initial reports from unofficial OPEC sources suggest that Russia and Saudi Arabia will both slash their production to around 8.5 million bpd.
Following those unofficial reports that were trickling in, OPEC issued a press release, in which it said that all producers would be cutting from a baseline of their average for October 2018 except Russia and Saudi Arabia, “both with the same baseline level of 11.0 mb/d.”
The cuts, according to the press release, would be effective from May, and taper down after June, but staying effective at some level through April 2022, to be reviewed in December next year. This is quite a long time for an agreement of this size, which indicates OPEC+ is finally taking the threat that the pandemic is to world oil economic activity and oil demand seriously. However, it may, as some warned, be too little too late.
A cut of 10 million bpd, even if it is effective for two months, as planned, would not do much to relieve the glut, which according to estimates may have reached 30 million bpd. The group said it expected other producers to join in with cuts of another 15 million bpd, which would be better for excess supply and storage capacity.
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com
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Moreover, the suggestion that Russia and Saudi Arabia should slash their production to around 8.5 mbd each is ludicrous. Russia was producing 11.44 mbd in October 2018 so reducing its production to 8.5 mbd means a cut of 2.94 mbd.
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia could at best produce some 8.0-9.0 mbd with another 1.0 mbd coming from storage giving total supply figures of 9-10 mbd. So by reducing its production to 8.5 mbd, it would be only be cutting 0.5-1.5 mbd almost half of Russia’s cut and a very far cry from its commitment to cut 4 mbd. Does anybody believe Russia would fall for that?
Dr Mamdouh G Salameh
International Oil Economist
Visiting Professor of Energy Economics at ESCP Europe Business School, London
When us little guys are enjoying this cheaper gas prices at the pumps
Seems someone is ripping off us little guys so those who are filthy rich can spend money to make more money
When will they come down to earth and realize we are just people just the same as they are, yet we don't pull false strings to make money.