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Tom Kool

Tom majored in International Business at Amsterdam’s Higher School of Economics, he is Oilprice.com's Head of Operations

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  • Oil Prices Crash As Covid Does What Biden Couldn’t

    Published 26 November 2021 | viewed 49,661 times

    Renewed Covid fears have managed to do what Biden couldn't, sending oil prices crashing as a new wave of demand destruction looms.Friday, November 26th, 2021 Oil…

  • Biden's Bid To Lower Oil Prices Fails

    Published 23 November 2021 | viewed 17,006 times

    Reader Alert: From now until Thanksgiving, your donations to food baskets will be multiplied by a factor of 10! If you are planning to donate…

  • The Oil Market Is Struggling To Interpret Mixed Signals

    Published 16 November 2021 | viewed 4,466 times

    Chart of the Week - Despite COP26 ending with no powerful mandate and a watered-down version of climate commitments, the UN summit put developing economies…

  • Pressure Mounts On Biden To Tap U.S. Oil Reserves

    Published 09 November 2021 | viewed 4,387 times

    With OPEC+ refusing to pump more oil and Saudi Arabia increasing its official selling prices, pressure is increasing on President Biden to consider tapping the…

  • Could This Be The Biggest Winner Of The Oil Price Boom?

    Published 04 November 2021 | viewed 26,767 times

    Onshore oil discoveries are pretty much a thing of the past. The last time anyone got remotely excited about one was in 2017, when giant…

  • Don't Hold Your Breath For A Breakthrough At COP26

    Published 02 November 2021 | viewed 2,010 times

    The most noticeable theme to have come from COP26 so far has been the division between the Global North and the Global South and between…

  • Exxon And Chevron Post Blockbuster Earnings Amid Oil Price Rally

    Published 30 October 2021 | viewed 7,340 times

    It was supposed to be a blockbuster quarter for energy names thanks to the ongoing surge in oil prices and it did not disappoint: earlier…

  • Shell: Splitting Up Oil, Renewables Won’t Work

    Published 28 October 2021 | viewed 15,596 times

    Splitting up Shell’s oil and renewables divisions would not work as the supermajor’s strength is the integration and funding new energy solutions with the earnings…

  • The Oil Bulls Are Running Riot

    Published 26 October 2021 | viewed 9,020 times

    With the exception of a major breakthrough in the negotiations between Iran and the EU, there is very little downside risk for oil prices this…

  • Oil Prices Remain Elevated As The Energy Crunch Worsens

    Published 19 October 2021 | viewed 4,680 times

    As countries around prepare for winter weather, it appears that the energy crunch is only going to worsen and energy prices are going to rise.Chart…

  • Is $80 The New Normal For Oil?

    Published 12 October 2021 | viewed 9,523 times

    Oil prices have settled comfortably above the $80 mark as fears of demand destruction are countered by forecasts of a cold winter. Energy Chart of…

  • Brent Temporarily Breaks The $80 Mark

    Published 28 September 2021 | viewed 3,985 times

    Brent front-month contracts broke the psychologically important $80 mark on Monday morning before tumbling back below $79 as fears of backwardation grew. Oil Price Chart…

  • TotalEnergies Expects Peak Oil Demand Before 2030

    Published 27 September 2021 | viewed 4,530 times

    Global oil demand will plateau before the end of this decade and decline strongly after 2030, TotalEnergies said in its Energy Outlook 2021 unveiled on…

  • Oil Prices Bounce Back As Bullish Sentiment Returns

    Published 10 September 2021 | viewed 4,640 times

    Bullish sentiment appeared to return to markets on Friday morning as a combination of supply disruptions and an apparent detente between the U.S. and China…

  • Oil Prices Slide Despite Supply Disruption

    Published 07 September 2021 | viewed 4,026 times

    Oil prices fell on Tuesday morning as fears grew that Asian demand would not recover as quickly as originally expected. Supply disruptions from Hurricane Ida…

  • Oil Rebounds On Mexico Production Outage

    Published 24 August 2021 | viewed 5,122 times

    Crude prices recovered for the second day in a row, fueled by optimism about falling COVID-19 infections in China and by a major production outage…

  • Bearish Sentiment Begins To Take Hold In Oil Markets

    Published 17 August 2021 | viewed 5,500 times

    It has been a quiet start to the week for oil markets, but bearish sentiment is undeniably building as the Delta variant threatens to damage…

  • Oil Prices Bounce Back As Market Demand Recovers

    Published 10 August 2021 | viewed 6,144 times

    President Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill did a lot to counter fears of Covid sweeping through China, with oil prices beginning to bounce back. Chart…

  • Signs Of Demand Weakness Emerge In Oil Markets

    Published 06 August 2021 | viewed 11,607 times

    Oil market sentiment is decidedly cautious this week as covid cases climb and U.S. crude inventories increase.Friday, August 6th, 2021Despite the Friday trading session recovering…

  • Will Biden's Infrastructure Plan Threaten The U.S. Oil Industry?

    Published 03 August 2021 | viewed 4,298 times

    Much was made about the impact of Biden's infrastructure bill on the U.S. oil and gas industry, but details suggest there is nothing to worry…

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