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Light crudeoil futures rallied this week, closing Thursday at $63.37 per barrel—up approximately 4.2%—as OPEC+ Holds Course as Saudi Arabia Defends Market Share OPEC+ stuck to its plan of a 411,000 barrel per day increase for July, reassuring traders who feared a steeper hike…
Wary of the ‘Hockey Stick’, Oil Traders Hedge Their 2025 Exposure - Open interest in WTI calendar spread options - contracts that see market participants bid on the future value of crudeoil futures across different delivery months – has reached an all-time high as traders expect this year’s assumed oversupply to only materialize in 2026. -
Weekly CrudeOil Storage as of May 30, 2025 U.S. commercial crudeoil inventories ( excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ) decreased by 4.3 million barrels from the previous week. million barrels, U.S. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9 million barrels per day.
Crudeoil inventories in the United States fell by 4.3 million barrels during the week ending May 30, according to new data from the U.S. Crudeoil prices were trading up prior to the crude data release by the U.S. million barrels in U.S. million barrels in U.S. per barrel (+0.27%)
In a market increasingly governed by geopolitical tremors and macroeconomic mismatches, crudeoil dipping below $65 per barrel seems like a gift to global consumers. Even after a brilliant spike on Monday, Brent is still languishing around $65 per barrel, with WTI trailing slightly lower.
With crudeoil prices dropping into the low $60s per barrel, profitability in the oil and gas industry is under pressure, squeezing cash flows and forcing companies to reassess their capital allocation. While it is still too early to quantify the full impact of current market volatility on oil prices,
WTI oil prices are set to average $58.30 per barrel this year, amid rising OPEC+ and U.S. production and relatively stable global oil demand, a survey of banks by law firm Haynes Boone showed on Wednesday. The banks on average expect WTI Crude prices to average $58.30 per barrel in 2025, down from $61.89
Venezuelas oil exports remained largely unchanged in May despite mounting pressure from the U.S. authorized sales as state-run PDVSA scrambled to re-route barrels ahead of tightening sanctions. and the expiration of key licenses that once allowed limited sanctioned trade. Increased shipments to China helped offset a sharp drop in U.S.-authorized
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crudeoil inventories in the United States fell again this week, this time by 3.3 million barrels in the week ending May 30 after analysts had estimated a 900,000-barrel draw. The API reported a 4.236 million barrel inventory decrease in the prior week.
The eight members of OPEC+ that were keeping their production of crudeoil under restraints agreed on Saturday to add another 411,000 barrels daily to their combined total in July after making identical agreements for May and June. Prices, however, did something that not everyone expected them to do: they went up.
Oil prices posted modest gains Tuesday, fueled by renewed geopolitical risk and signs of tightening supply, though upside may be limited by ongoing uncertainty around Iran and soft macroeconomic indicators. As of late morning, WTI crude was trading at $63.76 (+1.98%), and Brent at $65.74 (+1.72%). natural gas
Abu Dhabis national oil company, ADNOC, forecasts lower export volumes of its flagship Murban crude between August 2025 and May 2026, as it plans to process higher volumes of the grade domestically.
Crudeoil prices reversed their trajectory from earlier this week, trending lower today after the American Petroleum Institute reported an estimated inventory rise in both gasoline and middle distillates, and Saudi Arabia cut its oil prices for Asian buyers to an almost four-year low. Brent crude was trading at $64.76
Irving Oil said on Thursday it plans to invest $100 million to upgrade a key crudeoil processing unit at its 320,000 barrel-per-day Saint John facility in New Brunswick, Canada’s largest refinery.
State-run oil giant PetroChina will shut the last remaining crude processing unit at its biggest refinery in northern China within weeks, industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Now the last remaining crude unit, with a capacity of 200,000 bpd, will be switched off on June 30, according to Reuterss sources.
Crudeoil exports from Iran to its biggest buyer, China, shrank last month on tighter U.S. million barrels of crude to China daily, which was 20% lower than export flows in May 2024. The data is not entirely certain, however, as tankers carrying Iranian crude abroad use a variety of moves to mask their origin and route.
Crudeoil prices extended their climb that began Monday as concerns about supply security deepened. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $64.85 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate was changing hands for $62.82 per barrel, after rising by about 3% on Monday, per Reuters.
BPs refinery in Rotterdam had both its crude units offline on Tuesday morning, Reuters reports, citing energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie. A crude unit with a capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) went offline early on Tuesday. This follows the shutdown of the other 200,000 bpd crude unit in early May for planned maintenance.
(Investing) – OPEC+ has been unwinding its voluntary production cuts at a faster rate than it had previously outlined, although this has yet to translate into a noticeable change in volumes on very large crude carriers, according to analysts at Jefferies. million barrels per day, or 62% of the 2.2
Image by BrianAJackson via iStock Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, will cut about 10% of its workforce in a firm-wide restructuring as it looks to reduce costs due to falling crude prices. “It will be challenging to meet dividend targets” with current oil prices, he said.
crudeoil stockpiles fell last week as oil refiners ramped up production with the start of the summer driving season, while fuel inventories rose amid weaker demand, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 4.3 million barrels to 436.1
Oil prices rebounded more than $1 a barrel in early Asian trade on Monday after OPEC+ decided to increase output in July by the same amount as it did in each of the prior two months, in line with market expectation. Brent crude futures climbed $1.06, or 1.69%, to $63.84 a barrel by 2244 GMT [Read more]
(Investing) – Crude futures tumbled 1.4% today as market participants reacted to a report by Bloomberg indicating that Saudi Arabia is advocating for more aggressive oil supply increases by OPEC+. This move is part of the kingdoms strategy to capitalize on the peak oil demand during the northern hemispheres summer season.
Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Wednesday, weighed down by concerns of increasing OPEC+ output and tariff tension that threatens the global economic outlook, though worries about Canadian supply provided a floor. Brent crude futures dipped 23 cents, or 0.4%, to $65.40 a barrel by 0318 GMT, while U.S.
Oil prices rose in early Asia trade on Tuesday on concerns about supply, with Iran set to reject a U.S. nuclear deal proposal that would be key to easing sanctions on the major oil producer, and with production in Canada hit by wildfires. Brent crude futures gained 55 cents, or 0.85%, to $65.18 a barrel [Read more]
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(Investing) –LONDON -Oil prices jumped by about 4% on Monday after producer group OPEC+ kept output increases in July at the same level as the previous two months. Brent crude futures climbed by $2.28, or 3.6%, to $65.06 a barrel by 1335 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $2.99, or 4.9%, at $63.78.
(Oil Price) –OPEC+ did what everyone expected it to do last weekend, announcing another production ramp-up. The news followed speculation reported by the media that the cartel could add more barrels this time just to teach everyone a lesson. million barrels daily from 24.85 million barrels daily.
Image by mustafaU via iStock Oil rose as stronger-than-expected US jobs data eased concerns about an economic slowdown that would crimp demand, spurring algorithmic traders to reduce short positions. West Texas Intermediate climbed almost 2% to settle above $64 a barrel, notching the largest weekly gain since November.
(BOE Report) – Venezuelas oil exports remained almost unchanged last month as increased shipments to customers in China offset a decline in U.S.-authorized Treasury and State departments in March revoked the authorizations they had granted in recent years for PDVSAs customers and partners to export oil from sanctioned Venezuela.
(Oil Price) –Crudeoil prices were trading up nearly 4% on Monday afternoon, with analysts attributing the spike to escalating geopolitical tensions, and the aftermath of a massive Ukrainian drone strike on four Russian military airports overnight. ET, Brent crude was trading up 3.78% to $65.15 per barrel.
Oil prices slipped on Friday but were on track for their first weekly gain in three weeks after U.S. Brent crude futures fell 12 cents, or 0.2%, to $65.22 a barrel as [Read more]
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China trade war may ease outweighed concerns about increased OPEC+ crude output. China trade war may ease outweighed concerns about increased OPEC+ crude output. Image by DavidLeshem via iStock Oil rallied as signs the US-China trade war may ease outweighed concerns about increased OPEC+ crude output.
(Investing) –NEW YORK -Oil prices climbed about 2% on Tuesday to a two-week high, as persistent geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the U.S. Brent crude futures rose $1.11, or 1.7%, to $65.74 a barrel at 11:21 a.m. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $1.17, or 1.9%, to $63.69. according to U.S.
(Investing) – HOUSTON -Oil prices rose 1% on Thursday, rebounding from the previous day’s drop as traders responded to news that U.S. Brent crude futures were up 65 cents, or 1%, at $65.51 a barrel by 11:36 a.m. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 66 cents, or 1.05%, to $63.51 EDT (15:36 GMT). EDT (15:36 GMT).
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