OPEC countries reached a landmark deal to diminish oil output starting from May 1, 2020. On April 12, members of OPEC and their allies, including Russia, announced that they had agreed to cut production by 9.7 million barrels a day in May and June 2020. After that, the group will …
Read More »World Oil Demand Set for Historic Fall in 2020
The world oil demand growth forecast for 2020 is revised lower by 6.9 million barrels per day (mb/d), to a historical drop of around 6.8 mb/d, said OPEC in its monthly market report. The contraction in the second quarter (2Q) of this year is expected to be around 12 mb/d, …
Read More »U.S. Oil Falls more than 10% to Lows not Seen since 1999
Crude oil futures fell on Monday, with U.S. futures touching levels not seen since 1999, extending weakness on the back of sliding demand and concerns that U.S. storage facilities will soon fill to the brim amid the coronavirus pandemic. The oil market has been under pressure due to a spate …
Read More »Oil Drops to 18-Year Low on Global Demand Crunch amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Oil extended its slide in Asia, trading at near two-decade lows after agreed cuts by the biggest producers were seen barely making a dent in the demand destruction wrought by Covid-19 and on increasing concerns that traders are quickly running out of room to store crude. Futures in New York …
Read More »Saudis Deny Claim That Crude Export to US Rose Last Month
Saudi Arabian oil official on Saturday refuted the conclusion of an analytics firm that the country’s oil exports to the US dramatically increased in the last month. TankerTrackers.com said on Thursday that Saudi Arabian oil exports to the US more than doubled from February to March as oil prices crashed. …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s Client-State Relationship with the US should Concern the Whole World
When Saudi Arabia approached members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its affiliates recently to cut oil production in an attempt to cushion the impact of the falling oil prices as a result of Covid-19, Russia rejected the proposal. The subsequent spat between Moscow and Riyadh saw …
Read More »Russia: Oil Deal to Impact Markets when Implemented
Russia’s oil output deal with leading global producers will have an impact on global markets once it begins to be implemented, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told reporters on a conference call. Russia and other oil producers, known collectively as OPEC+, agreed over the weekend to cut their combined oil …
Read More »OPEC+ Oil Deal Could Benefit China, Stabilize Prices
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its Russia-led allies on Sunday agreed to a record output cut of 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) in a bid to boost oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. While international benchmark Brent crude rallied on Monday on the latest development …
Read More »Global Oil Market Undergoing Historic Shock
The OPEC oil group said on Thursday that the world market for crude is undergoing an unprecedented jolt due to coronavirus mitigation measures that have hit demand. “The oil market is currently undergoing a historic shock that is abrupt, extreme and at global scale,” said the group of producer nations …
Read More »Russian, Saudi Energy Ministers Reaffirm Commitment to New OPEC+ Deal
Both countries are also committed, if necessary, to take further measures to stabilise the market, which has been extremely volatile recently, together with the alliance and other states. Russia and Saudi Arabia are firmly committed to the implementation of the new OPEC+ oil output cut deal, the Russian Energy Ministry …
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