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Oil Holds Strong on Supply Disruptions and Geopolitical Tensions

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Light crude oil 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…

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Oil Traders Brace for 2026 Squeeze

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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 crude oil futures across different delivery months – has reached an all-time high as traders expect this year’s assumed oversupply to only materialize in 2026. -

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U.S. crude oil inventories decrease by 4.3 million barrels

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Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of May 30, 2025 U.S. commercial crude oil 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.

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EIA Worries Oil Bulls with Large Builds of Gasoline, Distillate Stocks

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Crude oil 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. Crude oil 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%)

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Crude Below $65 Squeezes U.S. Shale, Even as Drivers Celebrate

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In a market increasingly governed by geopolitical tremors and macroeconomic mismatches, crude oil 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.

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Oil Industry Profitability Under Pressure

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With crude oil 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,

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Banks Expect WTI Oil Prices Below $60 for 2025

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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

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