Oil prices fell on Monday, with Brent dropping after four days of gains, as investors and traders awaited crucial talks by OPEC+ after disagreement within the group that could lead to major producers pumping up volumes to grab market share. Brent crude was down by 40c, or 0.5%, at $75.77 …
Read More »UAE Supports OPEC+ Output Hike, Looks for Better Terms
The UAE sought to clarify its position on oil supply ahead of a crucial meeting of OPEC+, the producers’ alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia. A statement from the Emirates’ Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure said: “UAE believes that the market needs an increase in production and supports an …
Read More »Iraq Supports Extending OPEC Output Pact until December 2022
Iraq backs a proposal by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to extend a pact on output curbs until December 2022, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said on Sunday, adding he expected oil prices to remain at $70 per barrel or above until then, reports Reuters. …
Read More »Iran to Return to Oil Market in Shortest Possible Time
Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh said that Iran would return to the markets swiftly when US sanctions were lifted, regardless of the decisions made by the producer group. The 18th meeting of oil and energy ministers of member and non-member producers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries …
Read More »OPEC+ to Resume Oil Policy Talks on Monday
OPEC+ will resume talks on Monday after failing to reach a deal on oil output policy for a second day running on Friday because the United Arab Emirates blocked some aspects of the pact. The standoff could delay plans to pump more oil through to the end of the year …
Read More »Oil Prices in 6-Week Rally as OPEC+ Dillydally Stokes Hope for Cautious Hike
Crude oil prices notched a sixth-weekly win Friday despite a sluggish end to the week as major oil producers attempt to reach a consensus on plans to ease production curbs. On the New York Mercantile Exchange crude futures rose 7 cents to $75.16 a barrel, while on London’s Intercontinental Exchange, …
Read More »OPEC+ Ministers Reschedule Talks to Friday Due to Lack of Consensus
The meeting of the OPEC+ ministerial monitoring committee and the OPEC+ ministerial meeting will be held on Friday, July 2, the OPEC Secretariat said in a statement. As sources told TASS earlier, the ministers failed to reach an agreement on productions levels from August at Thursday meeting and decided to …
Read More »OPEC+ Could Add 2 Million Barrels of Oil to Market Later This Year
OPEC+ is moving towards adding around 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil to the market between August and December as it eases back on its output curbs, an OPEC+ source told Reuters. The source said monthly increases would amount to less than 0.5 million bpd. The first source …
Read More »OPEC+ Fears Significant Oil Glut after Current Production Cut Agreement Ends
The OPEC+ alliance expects a significant overhang of oil supply on the market after April 2022 when the current production cut pact expires, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing an internal report of an OPEC+ panel it had seen. “In 2022, a significant increase is seen, leading to an overhang of …
Read More »Russia Is Ready to Open the Taps
There is economic life after the pandemic. While the novel coronavirus hasn’t been vanquished, oil demand has significantly risen in the past couple of months. According to the IEA, by the end of 2022 demand could have rebounded to pre-Covid levels. Rising prices are causing mild distress in Moscow which …
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