Oil

Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Monday, recovering mildly from steep losses last week as traders awaited more cues on U.S. inflation and a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries this week. Still, trading volumes were expected to be limited with market holidays in the U.S. …

Iran’s Economic High Council, in its lates meeting, has ratified a plan to increase the country’s oil production by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd). The second meeting of the council in the current Iranian calendar year, 1403, ending March 19 2025, was held on Saturday while the interim president Mohammad …

Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude oil exporter, saw its crude shipments rise in March to the highest level in 9 months, the latest data by the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Monday. Saudi crude exports rose by 96,000 barrels per day (bpd) in March compared to February, …

Russia became China’s top oil supplier in April for the 12th month, with volumes rising 30 per cent from a year earlier, official data showed, as refiners continued to cash in discounted shipments, while supplies from Saudi Arabia fell a quarter on higher prices. China’s crude oil imports from Russia, …

U.S. shale producers have been preaching and practicing capital discipline since the price crash of 2020 and haven’t deviated from their pledge to focus on shareholder returns instead of oil production growth since then. Some of the biggest independent U.S. shale firms may have started to finally please investors with …

After U.S. oil output hit an all-time high in the final two months of 2023 with year-over-year growth clocking in at over 1 million barrels per day, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday that American shale output from the top-producing regions would soar to a six-month high in …

Oil prices extended declines on Monday amid signs of weak fuel demand and as comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials dampened hopes of interest rate cuts, which could slow growth and crimp fuel demand in the world’s biggest economy. Brent crude futures slid 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $82.54 a …

OPEC+ producers shouldn’t take actions that would push oil prices up and thus boost inflation when they meet next to decide on their oil production cuts, said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency. “It’s up to them to decide what they’re going to do, but at this …

Oil prices fell on Wednesday following data indicating an increase in crude inventories in the US, the world’s biggest oil consumer. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $82.64 per barrel at 09.31 a.m. local time (0631 GMT), a decrease of 0.62% from the closing price of $83.16 per barrel in …

Since the mid-1990s, China’s extraordinary economic expansion almost singlehandedly drove a supercycle in key commodities prices it required to power such growth, including oil and gas. In 2013, it became the world’s largest net importer of total petroleum and other liquid fuels and, as late as 2017, its still high …