Search Results for: Crude oil
Is oil market moving from balance into deficit?
May 4th, 2017
Market demand is heading into balance in the second half of the year, should the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) extend its production-cut agreement with other producers from outside the group for another six months after the ...
Oil eases, near weakest since late March on small U.S. stocks decline
May 4th, 2017
Crude oil lost ground on Thursday, falling for a third out of four sessions and trading near its lowest since late March after data showed a lower than expected decline in U.S. inventories. U.S. crude stockpiles fell less than ...
New virtual currency tied to oil takes aim at bitcoin
May 3rd, 2017
A new virtual currency launched Tuesday aims to rival industry leader bitcoin by pegging its value to hard oil assets, a first in the rapidly growing digital money sector. The currency called “bilur” and created by London-based financial services ...
Oil rebounds on U.S. stocks drawdown, declining OPEC compliance weighs
May 3rd, 2017
Crude oil prices bounced back on Wednesday as a decline in U.S. inventories underpinned the market, although a dip in compliance with OPEC efforts to reduce output and near record supplies capped gains. The benchmark for global oil market, ...
Oil posted losses for two weeks in a row
May 2nd, 2017
U.S. crude futures have posted losses for two weeks in a row and are poised to sink again, according to a historical correlation between oil prices and GDP data. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the U.S. economy grew ...
Oil rises on potential OPEC cut extension, but still faces second weekly loss
April 28th, 2017
Oil prices rose on Friday but were still on track for a second straight weekly loss on concerns that an OPEC-led production cut has failed to significantly tighten an oversupplied market. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 ...
Saudi Arabia is losing oil market share to Iraq and Iran
April 27th, 2017
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, is losing market share to Iraq and Iran as a result of OPEC’s agreement to curb supplies to bolster prices, according to the head of research at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. “If ...
Oil prices fall on lingering oversupply concerns
April 27th, 2017
Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by a general sentiment of globally bloated markets, though traders said that prices seemed to have found support around current levels. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading at ...
Oil edges up after six days of straight losses
April 25th, 2017
Oil prices inched up on Tuesday but markets remain under pressure following six consecutive sessions of declines as traders lose confidence that pledged output cuts by major producers will rein in oversupply in a world awash with fuel. U.S. ...
Oil price projections are so enigmatic right now
April 24th, 2017
Predictions range from a 20-percent reduction (to roughly $42 a barrel) to an exuberant 100-percent increase ($100) by next year. It’s enigmatic that perceptions of market experts are so enormously divergent with regard to the price of any commodity. ...