The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraqi oil exports to the US had dropped during the past week. “In a span of a week, the US imports of crude oil from 10 major countries amounted to 5.744 million bpd, up by 343,000 bpd from the previous …
Read More »Oil Prices Set for a Strong Weekly Gain as Middle East Conflict Escalates
Crude oil prices were set to end the week with substantial gains pushed higher by the latest events in the Middle East. Both Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate were about 8% higher on Friday morning in Asian trade than they were at the start of the week. The jump …
Read More »Oil Prices Jump more than $1 as Middle East Tensions Escalate
Oil prices jumped by over a dollar on Wednesday due to rising concerns Middle East tensions could escalate, potentially disrupting crude output from the region, following Iran’s biggest ever military blow against Israel. Brent futures leapt $1, or 1.36%, to $74.56 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude …
Read More »Libya’s Oil Production Set to Resume on October 1
After last week’s deal on the leadership of the Central Bank, Libya is set to resume crude oil production on October 1, Italian news agency Agenzia Nova reported on Monday, citing Libyan parliamentary sources. Crude production at most Libyan oilfields has been suspended for over a month after the country’s …
Read More »Analysts Cut Oil Price Forecasts for Fifth Month in a Row
Despite the geopolitical risk premium, oil prices are set to remain under pressure, weighed down by slower-than-expected demand and uncertainty about OPEC+’s unwinding of the production cuts, according to the analysts in the monthly Reuters poll who cut their price forecasts for a fifth consecutive month. In last month’s poll, …
Read More »OPEC+ Confirms it has no Specific Price Target for Crude Oil
Despite recent rumors, sources within OPEC+ have confirmed there’s no specific price target for crude oil, including the oft-discussed $100 per barrel. This comes in response to speculation that Saudi Arabia, a key player in the group, may allow lower prices to reclaim market share by boosting production. Anonymous OPEC+ …
Read More »Germany Wants more Kazakh Oil
Germany, the European Union’s biggest economy, is also the most vocal advocate of a transition away from oil and gas. Despite this policy, Germany is one of the biggest importers of liquefied natural gas. Now, it also wants to significantly boost its crude oil imports—from Kazakhstan. Media reported this week …
Read More »Libya’s Oil Exports Crash to 400,000 Bpd as Political Row Stalls Output
Crude oil exports from Libya have crumbled to around 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) this month from 1 million bpd in August as the political standoff in OPEC’s North African producer continues, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing data from ports and ship-tracking services. Most of Libya’s oil exports this month …
Read More »OPEC Says Phasing out Oil is just a Fantasy
OPEC’s latest World Oil Outlook (WOO) 2024 makes it clear: peak oil demand is not on the horizon. Despite ongoing discussions around transitioning to renewable energy, OPEC forecasts global oil demand to grow significantly, reaching over 120 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2050. This projection is driven by strong …
Read More »China’s Russian Oil Imports Jump 25% as Beijing Seeks Cheap Crude
China’s crude oil imports from Russia jumped by 25.6% month-on-month in August as Beijing last month welcomed the highest monthly crude arrivals so far this year, taking advantage of cheaper supplies. China imported 2.21 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude from Russia in August, according to data from the …
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