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Daily: Oil losses 3 percent on OPEC production rally, record speculative buying in Brent
Crude oil prices declined about 3 percent on Monday as the output from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries approached all-time highs and record speculative buying in international benchmark Brent triggered profit-taking on last month's considerable hike. Brent crude for July delivery lost $1.54, or 3.3 percent, to settle at $45.83 per barrel, touching a session low at $45.72. WTI fell $1.14 cents, or 2.5 percent, to close at $44.78 a barrel, after attaining an intraday low at $44.54.
read more... 03/05/2016
Iraq raises its oil output to a record level ahead of Doha meeting
Iraq increased its crude output to a record level in March, ahead of the long-awaited April 17 meeting in Qatar where OPEC members and other producers may agree to cap production to curb a global glut, according to the state-run Oil Marketing Co.
read more... 11/04/2016
Daily: Oil prices rebound after Kuwait’s statements on output freeze
Crude oil prices boosted on Tuesday after Kuwait's OPEC governor Nawal Fuzaia said that the oil producers could agree to freeze the output at February levels at the April 17 Doha meeting even without Iran. The market prolonged gains in post-settlement trade after preliminary data on U.S. crude supply-demand for last week from industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) showed an unexpected draw of 4.3 million barrels. U.S. crude closed the session up 19 cents at $35.89, reaching a one-month low of $35.24 during the session. It increased to $36.58, up 88 cents, after the API data. Brent crude rose 18 cents to settle at $37.87 a barrel on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), after plunging to a March 4 low of $37.27 earlier. It recorded a post-settlement high of $38.44.
read more... 06/04/2016
OPEC and non-OPEC members to meet on April 17 in Doha despite divergent views
Saudi Arabia has said it will freeze oil output in April regardless of whether or not it can come to an agreement with Iran.
read more... 28/03/2016
Daily: Crude oil losses enthusiasm after three days of hikes
Crude oil hike run out of the steam on Thursday after three consecutive days of gains as a record high of U.S. inventories countered OPEC plans for an output freeze. WTI crude futures closed slightly lower and Brent rose after figures from market intelligence provider Genscape showed stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery hub boosted 1.1 million barrels to 68.7 million during the week to March 1. Brent futures increased 14 cents to close at $37.07 a barrel, after hiking earlier to $37.37. Brent has rebounded nearly $2 since Friday's settlement. U.S. crude futures eased 9 cents to end at $34.57.
read more... 04/03/2016