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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 Climb On Stimulus Hopes

    Published 29 December 2020 | viewed 7,435 times

    Chart of the Week-    Oil is once again trapped between vaccine optimism and near-term pandemic pessimism. -    Vaccinations began across the EU in recent days, but…

  • Oil Rally Unravels On New COVID-19 Lockdowns

    Published 22 December 2020 | viewed 3,296 times

    Oil prices lost gains early this week after a new strain of Covid-19 is threatening the global demand recovery. Chart of the Week Demand for…

  • Energy Stocks Soar And Oil Prices Climb

    Published 18 December 2020 | viewed 23,815 times

    Optimism about COVID-19 vaccines is driving oil prices higher and energy stocks are now on course to see their largest quarterly gain since 1989For Global…

  • Oil Prices Take A Breather After Big Rally

    Published 11 December 2020 | viewed 7,753 times

    Oil prices fell back on Friday morning following a strong rally on the back of an OPEC+ agreement and new COVID-19 vaccine rollouts around the…

  • Oil Market Hopeful As Vaccinations Begin

    Published 08 December 2020 | viewed 11,487 times

    Gasoline demand hit a 20 year low over the Thanksgiving holiday, down 8.4% from the week before and the decline is showing no sign of…

  • Oil Rallies On OPEC+ Agreement

    Published 04 December 2020 | viewed 12,973 times

    Oil prices rallied on Friday morning as OPEC+ finally came to a compromise, with the group unanimously agreeing to add 500,000bpd to January quotas.For Global…

  • Oil Markets Hopeful As OPEC+ Meeting Looms

    Published 27 November 2020 | viewed 12,185 times

    Oil prices are set for a fourth consecutive weekly gain as positive vaccine news and hopes of an OPEC+ production cut extension boosts bullish sentiment.For…

  • Oil Demand Set To Rebound In 2021

    Published 20 November 2020 | viewed 13,772 times

    Oil prices are set to rebound in 2021 as optimism grows around a COVID vaccine and OPEC looks to extend its production cuts. For Global…

  • Oil Markets See Light At The End Of The Tunnel

    Published 17 November 2020 | viewed 8,614 times

    Oil prices rose on Monday and remained steady on Tuesday morning as markets are cautiously looking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic Chart of the Week The…

  • Surge In COVID Cases Counters Oil Market Optimism

    Published 13 November 2020 | viewed 2,563 times

    While much of the media attention has been on the recent Pfizer vaccine success, COVID cases are surging and new lockdowns are coming into effect,…

  • COVID Surge Keeps Oil Below $40

    Published 06 November 2020 | viewed 6,200 times

    While most of the world's media is focused on the painfully slow progression of the U.S. presidential election, it's COVID that's impacting oil prices.For Global…

  • Oil Sees Worst Month Since March

    Published 30 October 2020 | viewed 8,162 times

    Oil prices have hit a 5-month low as COVID cases climb, new lockdowns are put in place and reports emerge that OPEC may not maintain…

  • Oil Prices Slip Again As COVID Cases Surge

    Published 23 October 2020 | viewed 10,885 times

    COVID cases are now surging around the globe, threatening oil demand and sending oil prices back below $40.For Global Energy Alert members there are now…

  • COVID Kills Another Oil Rally

    Published 16 October 2020 | viewed 15,152 times

    Yet another oil price rally has been cut short by COVID, with cases climbing in both the U.S. and across Europe as hopes of speedy…

  • Oil Prices Climb 10% In A Week

    Published 09 October 2020 | viewed 10,208 times

    Oil prices are on course to climb 10 percent this week as Hurricane Delta shuts in over 90 percent of production in the Gulf of…

  • Souring Fundamentals Force Brent Crude Oil Below $40

    Published 02 October 2020 | viewed 15,193 times

    Both the President and First Lady of the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 on a day when Brent oil prices crash below $40…

  • Russia Remains China’s Top Oil Supplier

    Published 25 September 2020 | viewed 3,088 times

    Russia was the biggest exporter of crude oil to China last month, for the second month in a row, Reuters reported, citing Chinese customs data.…

  • Oil Bulls Return As OPEC+ Reassures Markets

    Published 18 September 2020 | viewed 24,547 times

    It's been a busy month for oil markets, with a build-up of bearish news sending oil prices crashing at the start of the month, only…

  • Oil Prices Rise On Hurricane Outages

    Published 15 September 2020 | viewed 11,081 times

    Oil prices rose on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of the weekly crude inventory data releases, but traders remain concerned about the pace of the recovery in…

  • Trump Announces ‘Historic Peace Deal’ Between Bahrain And Israel

    Published 11 September 2020 | viewed 10,060 times

    In a three-way phone call on Friday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, U.S. President Trump…

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