Oil

Oil declined from a five-month high in New York with the U.S. Federal Reserve and OPEC+ sounding caution on the demand recovery as many countries struggle to contain the coronavirus. Futures fell 1% toward $42 a barrel amid a broader rout in equities after minutes from the Fed said the …

Oil prices eased on Wednesday on concerns that U.S. fuel demand may not recover as quickly as expected amid stalled talks on an economic stimulus package, overshadowing a bigger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. crude stocks. With investors keeping an eye on a key producer countries’ ministerial meeting later in the day, …

OPEC has managed to raise crude prices and stabilise the oil market, OPEC member Iran’s oil minister was quoted on Monday as saying by his ministry’s website SHANA, reports Reuters. “OPEC’s performance has been successful because the price of oil has risen from $16 in May to around $45 and …

The Iraqi Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar announced today, Sunday, that 30 tankers carrying more than a million liters of fuel oil will be heading to Beirut from Iraq. Abdul-Jabbar said in a statement received by Shafaq News agency, “The new batch of fuel oil comes as part of the assistance …

US crude oil shipments to China will rise sharply in coming weeks, US traders and ship brokers and Chinese importers said, as the world’s top economies gear up to review a January deal after a prolonged trade war. Chinese state-owned oil firms have tentatively booked tankers to carry at least …

The Iraqi Oil Company “SOMO” revealed, on Saturday, that oil exports to Jordan reached more than 8 thousand barrels per day during July. The company said in a tally on its website, which is viewed by Shafaq News agency, “Total oil exports to Jordan were as follows: – July: it …

Oil prices edged lower on Friday as investors feared demand would recover more slowly than expected from COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, while rising supply also overshadowed optimism over falling crude and fuel inventories. This week, two prominent forecasters, the International Energy Agency and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, trimmed …

The International Energy Agency lowered its global oil demand forecasts for the first time in several months on Thursday, as the number of Covid-19 infections remains high and amid ongoing weakness in the aviation sector, reports CNBC. In a closely-watched monthly report, the IEA said it now sees global oil …

US commercial crude oil inventories decreased last week in line with the market expectation, according to data released by the country’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday. Commercial crude oil inventories in the US fell by 7.4 million barrels, or 1.4%, to 518.6 million barrels for the week ending July …

With the pandemic raging in large parts of the southern hemisphere and persisting in heavy oil consuming economies in the northern hemisphere, downside risks to the oil demand outlook are sizeable, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has said in an economic update. The spike in coronavirus infections in economies newly …