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Daily (11.01.2017): Crude oil dips 2% on stronger dollar, doubts OPEC reductions
Crude oil prices shed 2 percent on Tuesday to hit the weakest level in nearly a month, prolonging the previous session’s sell-off as the U.S. dollar appreciated and on intensified doubts over whether producing countries would implement a deal to curb output.
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Russia reduced oil output as part of the Vienna agreement
Russia started to cut oil production in early January by around 100,000 barrels per day following an agreement with OPEC to cap global crude output signed at the end of last year, as mentioned by sources in the industry.
read more... 10/01/2017
Daily (10.01.2017): British gas prices rise on cold snap forecasts
Oil prices sank by around 4% on Monday on concerns that record Iraqi crude exports and rising U.S. production would undermine OPEC's efforts to lessen global oversupply. In Iraq, OPEC's second major producer, oil exports from the southern Basra ports hit a record high of 3.51 million barrels per day (bpd) in December, according to the oil ministry.
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Denmark's main natural gas field is set to cease production by 2018
Maersk Oil, a subsidiary of Danish shipping and oil company A.P. Moller-Maersk, confirmed last week that it intends to stop production at its Tyra gas field by October 2018, as it would no longer be economically viable.
read more... 09/01/2017
Daily (09.01.2017): US crude increased slightly to settle at $53.99, as traders parse signs OPEC is reducing production
Oil traded higher on Friday since investors acquired futures before the weekend, but a strong U.S. dollar limited gains, as did lasting uncertainties about whether all OPEC producers would reduce output according to the agreement.
read more... 09/01/2017