Oil prices ended slightly down on Thursday, in the face of the worsening Covid-19 epidemic, but also due to tensions over quotas within OPEC+. Hence, Brent crude slipped by 0.3% to settle at $44.20 per barrel. U.S. WTI crude lost 0.2% to close at $41.74 per barrel.
read more... 20/11/2020
Wednesday, OPEC has reconfirmed its intentions to continue cutting production, thus supporting crude oil prices amid Covid-19 and demand worries. As a result, Brent crude for January delivery closed 1.4% up at $44.34 a barrel, while WTI crude edged 0.9% higher at $41.82 a barrel.
read more... 19/11/2020
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, said on Thursday it plans to produce more than 30 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas in 2020, marking an increase of just 1.1% from its output in 2019.
read more... 19/11/2020
Crude oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as optimism about a second promising coronavirus vaccine faded in the face of concerns about the immediate outlook for demand. However, the conclusion of Monday’s OPEC+ meeting, with the majority of the producer countries supporting an extension of the output cuts beyond January has failed to boost the market sentiment. Hence, Brent crude lost 0.2% to end at $43.75 a barrel. At the same time, U.S. WTI crude added 0.2% to settle at $41.43 a barrel.
read more... 18/11/2020
Crude prices edged higher on Wednesday, as hopes for a Covid-19 vaccine outweighed OPEC’s announcement to revise down its global oil demand outlook for 2020 and 2021. Hence, Brent oil ended 0.4% higher at $43.80 a barrel, while WTI crude saw a marginal increase of 0.2%, closing at $41.45 a barrel.
read more... 12/11/2020