Oil extended gains toward $50 a barrel after OPEC+ reached a compromise deal to gradually taper production cuts, ending days of uncertainty after cracks emerged in the alliance earlier in the week. Futures surged 1.9% in London after closing at the highest level in nine months on Thursday. The group …
Read More »China to Add 440MM Barrels to Crude Stocks
China’s inventories of crude oil will go up by 440 million barrels in the first half of 2020, representing an unprecedented volume for a half-year period, IHS Markit reported Monday. China’s inventories of crude oil will go up by 440 million barrels in the first half of 2020, representing an …
Read More »Oil Will Hit $100 in Around 18 Months
The oil price has been predicted to hit $100 per barrel in around 18 months. The oil price will hit $100 per barrel in around 18 months. That’s what Orascom Investment Holding Chairman and CEO Naguib Sawiris believes, a new CNBC television interview has revealed. “I actually believe that in, …
Read More »OPEC Sees its Oil Demand Dropping to Lowest in 30 Years
OPEC expects demand for its crude will fall to the lowest in three decades as the coronavirus outbreak freezes the global economy, underscoring the urgency of its promised production cuts. Just under 20 million barrels a day will be needed on average from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in …
Read More »US Will Return to Being Net Importer of Oil
The United States will return to being a net importer of crude oil and petroleum products in the third quarter of 2020 and remain a net importer in most months through the end of 2021. That’s what the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts in its latest short-term energy outlook …
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