Russia will drop oil production rather than exports in the second quarter of 2024 to ensure that all OPEC+ nations who lower output contribute equally to the cuts, according to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister. When OPEC+ members declared in early March that they intended to extend the cuts into the second quarter, Russia modified…
Yesterday, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) most recent oil market report, which highlighted disruptions in the Red Sea region and presented a more positive picture for demand growth, caused crude oil to see a notable jump of 2.48%, closing at 6,742. To boost market optimism, the IEA revised its demand growth predictions for 2024 and…
Following significant decreases in fuel supplies and a less-than-expected increase in U.S. crude inventories last week, oil prices increased little on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude prices increased by 18 cents to $79.31 a barrel, while Brent crude futures increased by 15 cents to $83.11 a barrel. The benchmarks gained almost 1% on Wednesday…
A government decree issued on Thursday states that, as of March 1, the windfall tax on petroleum crude has increased from Rs 3,300 to Rs 4,600 ($55.51) per metric tonne. With effect from March 1, the decree said that the Centre also reduced the windfall tax on diesel from 1.50 per litre to zero. Petrol…
Crude oil experienced a steep loss, closing at 6030, a decrease of 2.84%. Concerns over China’s economic expansion and international efforts to bring about a Middle East truce impacted the bearish trend. In March, OPEC+ will decide whether to prolong the voluntary oil production cutbacks of 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) that were set…
A significant OPEC+ advisory group remained silent on production policy on February 1, thereby maintaining the present output restrictions. Under the co-chair ship of Saudi Arabia and Russia, the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee declared that it would “continue to closely assess market conditions” and that the 22-member producer coalition was prepared to modify output levels…
The International Monetary Fund’s optimistic growth projection for the global economy in 2024 was met with strong performance from crude oil, which ended up 1.23% at 6478. Fears about the implications for the biggest user of crude oil in the world were stoked by this event. Regarding supply, for the most of 2023, Iran was…
Due to predictions that OPEC+ would expand or intensify production restrictions, crude oil prices ended the day up 1.17% at 6488. Market anticipation has increased due to ongoing discussions within OPEC+ about the oil policy for 2024; there is no anticipated delay to the planned meeting on Thursday. Previous difficult OPEC+ production quota discussions, most…
On November 17, oil prices surged by over 4%, recovering from a four-month low reached the previous day as investors who had placed short positions cashed in and as assistance was provided by US penalties on certain Russian oil shippers. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude saw a gain of $2.99, or 4.1 percent, at $75.89,…
As supply convoys began to arrive in the Gaza Strip over the weekend and diplomatic efforts were made to prevent a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas from expanding to the larger oil-rich region, oil prices decreased on Monday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures declined 61 cents to trade at $87.47…
