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Iraq's May Oil Exports to U.S. Surge Past 5 Million Barrels

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Iraq’s crude oil exports to the United States surged past 5 million barrels in May, marking Baghdad’s highest monthly volume to U.S. appetite for heavier Middle Eastern grades, with Iraqi crude averaging between 160,000 and 190,000 barrels per day last month. refiners so far this year, according to Iraqi News.

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Standard Chartered Dismisses ‘Phantom Barrel’ Theory, Sees No Hidden Surplus

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Standard Chartered has shot down a rising Wall Street narrative that global oil markets are sitting on a hidden cushion of non-OECD crude, so-called phantom barrels.

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How High Will Oil Prices Go on a Middle East Supply Disruption?

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million barrels daily in production, Citi analysts have said, putting Brent crude’s wartime price at between $75 and $78 per barrel. If the supply disruption is larger, above 3 million barrels daily, Brent crude could hit $90, the bank also said.

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Oil Prices Dip as OPEC+ Boosts Supply

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Crude oil prices began trading with a loss this week as traders anticipated another OPEC+ supply boost next month at a rate of 411,000 barrels per day, taking the cumulative increase this year to 1.78 million barrels daily, according to preliminary reports. per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $65.23

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OPEC Reports a Global Oil Production Decline in 2024

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million barrels daily, OPEC said in the latest edition of its Annual Statistical Bulletin. Among OPEC members, production dipped by 2.1%, equal to 570,000 barrels daily. Global crude oil production declined by 1% last year, for the first time since 2020, averaging 72.58

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Oil Prices Set For Weekly Loss as War Premium Evaporates

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At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $68 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $65.55 per barrel. That’s down from over $77 for Brent crude and $73 per barrel for WTI at the end of last week.

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Rystad: Oil Prices To Remain Below $80 Despite Escalating Middle East Tensions

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Oil prices are likely to remain capped below $80 per barrel despite the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, research firm Rystad Energy said on Monday, as Iran and Israel continue to trade strikes with the escalation now in its fourth day. “Based on our earlier disruption simulations, we see oil prices capped below $80 per barrel,” Mukesh Sahdev, Rystad (..)

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