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

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Crude oil prices could rise by between 15% and 20% from pre-war levels in case of disruption of 1.1 million barrels daily in production, Citi analysts have said, putting Brent crude’s wartime price at between $75 and $78 per barrel. Citi, however, does not believe supply disruption would have…

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India Eyes New Sites to Boost Strategic Oil Reserves

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India, the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, which depends on imports for about 85% of its daily consumption, considers building three new sites to raise its strategic petroleum reserves. In case of exigencies, we will be better prepared,” Jain said. Currently, India’s underground Strategic Petroleum…

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Oil Prices Dip but Bullish Sentiment Remains

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Crude oil prices dropped back slightly on Thursday, after jumping by 4% on Wednesday to hit the highest in two months on the news that the U.S. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $68.95 bases in the region in case the nuclear talks with Washington failed. The market…

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Goldman Sachs Cuts Oil Price Outlook Amid Oversupply Fears

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Goldman Sachs commodity analysts cut the banks price outlook for crude oil, basing the revision on expectations of slower U.S. economic growth and additional OPEC+ supply.

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OPEC+ likely to pause output hikes after next meeting, says Goldman Sachs

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The organization and its allies have been voluntarily holding back a second, smaller tranche of supply, propping up oil prices. Our base case remains that they will be done raising production once the 2.2 Signs of a tight market include crude oil stockpiles at the key U.S.

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Citi sees oil prices supported by risk premium, capped by 2026 oversupply

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(Investing) – Citi analysts said Wednesday that oil prices may continue to benefit from elevated geopolitical risk premiums in the near term, but they warned that oversupply risks in 2026 could limit further upside. They note that Transocean (NYSE: RIG ), meanwhile, trades at a premium due to stronger contract coverage.

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Israel-Iran war already takes toll on oil and gas sector: Bousso

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Worst-case scenarios have yet to be realized, but the war is already having a notable impact on energy production and exports in both countries. Benchmark Brent crude oil prices jumped 7% to over $74 [Read more]