OPEC+ is due to meet next week, but so far prices have yet to fall despite Biden’s plan.
Oil prices held steady Thursday after OPEC announced that a planned release of reserves around the world could increase supply in early 2022, Bloomberg earlier reported. Futures contracts traded near $78 per barrel, after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) Economic Commission Board made the prediction. On Tuesday, US President Biden announced the release […]
The group has maintained stability for global oil markets, Saudi Arabia's oil minister said.
The OPEC+ group has delivered more remarkably than any other group on planet earth and demonstrated a cohesion that has brought stability and sustainability to oil markets, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday. Prince Abdulaziz was speaking during the ADIPEC 2021 opening ceremony in a panel focused on shedding light […]
Oil prices are falling today on a bearish cocktail of crude storage builds in the US, pressure on OPEC+ to increase production further, a new Covid-19 breakout in China, and the possibility of tighter monetary policies ahead
Oil prices have taken a bearish pivot as the market appreciates a brewing standoff between oil-consumers and OPEC+, a forecasted build in US crude storage, and the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in China. The bearish cocktail of storage builds and pressure on OPEC+ to raise production has slashed value from both Brent and WTI barrels, […]
Oil prices started the week with gains, as the market expects OPEC+ to maintain its supply policy and not relieve the extreme supply tightness
The oil market is expected to see bullish momentum this week, at least until OPEC+ meets, as traders expect no change of supply policy by the group, despite the extreme market tightness. Oil prices are already rising today, despite the OPEC+ meeting being scheduled for Thursday, ignoring bearish developments such as China deciding to release oil […]
Oil prices fell today on API’s report of a surprise build in US inventories last week
With OPEC+ reluctant to act and increase supply further amid the market tightness, the only downside to oil prices could come from inventory data this week – and that’s exactly what moved markets today. While it does not reverse the overall bullish momentum going forward, the latest forecast by the API on swelling US crude […]
Oil prices are fluctuating on Wednesday, with the projected market tightness driving them to new multi-year highs in the morning. Later in the day, API projections that crude stocks rose in the US spread concerns over the speed of the rally, with prices being trimmed back
Oil prices are currently that high that they carry quite some risk for traders, with today’s wild fluctuation illustrating their fragility and vulnerability to market developments. As Monday’s OPEC+ policy decision does not relieve the market tightness further in coming months, oil prices continued their stunning rally this morning. Despite the bullish morning, the API […]
Oil prices continued to rise on Tuesday, a day after the OPEC+ meeting kept its supply comeback plan unchanged, with traders pricing in further the tight market conditions.
The confirmation that OPEC+ would keep a cap on supply, instead of feeding the market with even more product and bringing it towards a closer equilibrium, drove traders into a buying frenzy for front-month Brent contracts, as the decision guarantees a tight supply picture in November and December. Is the growing oil price becoming an […]
It’s that day of the month again and there is so much to take in from the OPEC+ meeting, as prices are rising on its outcome
Most markets participants were expecting OPEC+ to stick to the plan but – amid high prices and a tight supply environment – it appears traders have been cautious, pricing in an element of surprise before the meeting. The decision by OPEC+ to add the expected 400,000 bpd in November triggered a market reaction, as traders […]
Oil prices are largely unchanged today so far, as the market is waiting to see how the OPEC+ meeting will unfold before paving a new price direction
There was no lack of oil price swings last week, but the market is taking no risks before today’s OPEC+ meeting, waiting to see what the alliance plans for November before disturbing the price nirvana. Prices are staying largely flat as OPEC+ has the full attention of the oil market. What will shape prices going […]
