Search Results for: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Not Even OPEC Can Fix Oil Glut
December 30th, 2015
Surprisingly strong crude output in the U.S. and Mideast over the past year pushed oil prices to their lowest levels in more than a decade. But for investors trying to determine whether the oil market is close to a ...
Crude oil prices drop toward $37 as weak outlook prevails
December 30th, 2015
Crude oil futures slipped toward $37 per barrel on Wednesday as the market remained under pressure due to slowing demand and high supplies, while forecasts that a cold snap in Europe and the United States would be short-lived also ...
Analysis – Record highs predicted for bitcoin in 2016 as new supply halves
December 23rd, 2015
2016 could prove to be the year that the price of bitcoin surges again. Not because of any dark-web drug-dealing or Russian ponzi scheme, but for an altogether less sensational reason – slower growth in the money supply. Bitcoin ...
Brent crude falls to 2004 low as market rout heads into Christmas
December 21st, 2015
Brent crude oil prices fell to levels last seen in 2004 on Monday, dropping below the lows hit during the 2008 financial crisis on renewed worries over a global oil glut, with production around the world remaining at or near ...
Asian stocks at three-week lows on oil drop; Fed eyed
December 8th, 2015
Asian stocks hit three-week lows on Tuesday as a rout in oil prices knocked energy company shares lower and many investors moved to the sidelines ahead of next week’s meeting where the Federal Reserve is expected to raise U.S. ...
OPEC 168th Meeting concludes
December 7th, 2015
The 168th Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, 4th December 2015 under the Chairmanship of its President, HE Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, whom the Conference ...
Saudi Arabia, Allies Willing to Cut Oil Production If Others Follow
December 3rd, 2015
Divisions emerge ahead of a contentious OPEC meeting on Friday Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf allies are willing to pull back oil output as crude prices skidded further Wednesday but won’t cut unless other producers like Iran, Iraq ...
Brent slips on OPEC worry; U.S. crude steady ahead of inventory data
December 2nd, 2015
API says U.S. crude inventories rose by 1.6 mln bbls last week Reuters poll had cited 500,000 bbls draw instead U.S. crude falls in post-settlement trade after API data OPEC expected to keep output high at Friday meeting (Adds ...
Russia and Saudi Arabia Battle for Control of European Oil Market
December 1st, 2015
Both Russian and Saudi companies have aggressively discounted their crude exports to Europe, dimming hopes of production cuts A contest for dominance in Europe’s oil market is heating up between the world’s two biggest oil exporters—Saudi Arabia and Russia—as ...
Don’t expect Saudi Arabia to back down when OPEC meets
November 26th, 2015
Cartel may ‘splinter as each country has different agendas and priorities’ Despite a nearly 30% fall in oil prices since a June meeting, don’t expect the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ top exporter, Saudi Arabia, to back down ...
