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Daily (18.01.2017): Crude oil flat on weaker dollar, Saudi commitments to cut output
Crude oil prices posted minor changes on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar fell to a near six-week low and comments by Saudi Arabia stating it would join the OPEC’s commitment to slash output.
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Daily (16.01.2017): Crude oil prices close the week 3% lower on OPEC persisting doubts
Crude oil prices tumbled on Friday and closed the week 3 percent lower on prolonging doubts over the extent of OPEC reductions and after China, the world’s second largest oil consumer, reported the sharpest falls in overall exports since 2009.
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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.
read more... 10/01/2017