Investors have set their sights on $100 a barrel for oil as the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast a decline in global oil inventories in the second half of 2021 in its June Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Traders have scooped up call options tied to Brent and West Texas …
Read More »Oil Market to Rebalance by End-’21
Global oil demand is expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels by 2022 while supply tightens, creating a deficit, Energy Intelligence has reported, quoting the chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco. Amin Nasser said China would once again be the focus of attention and would account for most of the rebound, …
Read More »OPEC+ Eases Record Oil Cuts as Economy Recovers from Pandemic
OPEC and allies such as Russia will ease record oil supply curbs from August as the global economy slowly recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, have been cutting …
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