Crude oil prices dropped by -1.02% at 6,288, due to weakening global demand and economic uncertainty. Major banks revised price forecasts, with China experiencing slowdowns and Europe experiencing lower diesel demand. Geopolitical risks and supply threats weakened gains. The country’s volatile oil output, which stood at about 1.18 million barrels per day in July, according…
China imported 9.97 million barrels of oil per day last month, a 12% decrease from June’s number and a 3% decrease from July 2023’s daily import average. The fall in July comes after an 11% yearly decline in June’s reported crude oil imports, albeit from a record high planned for June 2023. Data released in…
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced a greater-than-expected drop in US crude stockpiles, which helped to support crude oil prices, which increased by 0.41% to settle at 6,858. The EIA reported that for the week ending July 5, crude stocks dropped by 3.4 million barrels to 445.1 million, a substantial decrease from the projected draw…
Crude oil prices were expected to close the week higher than they started, extending their most recent uptrend to a full month, despite a decrease yesterday due to negative economic news from the US. According to Reuters, oil has increased by 9% in the last four weeks for Brent crude and by $10 a barrel…
Crude oil prices fell by -0.78% to end at 6746, under pressure from worries about how rising Middle East tension and a strong US dollar might affect the world’s oil consumption. The concerns about disruptions to the oil supply have been made worse by the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, including the Israeli troops’…
Oil prices increased on Thursday as negotiations to resolve the Gaza conflict and broader Middle East concerns that have unsettled the market since October resumed after Israel turned down a cease-fire request from Hamas. Strong indications of fuel demand in the United States this week supported the market’s rising trend. Brent crude futures were up…
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…
As tensions in the Middle East increased as a result of Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, crude oil prices increased by 0.47% to close at 6163. Concerns over possible interruptions to oil supplies were raised by the circumstances. But Angola’s move to leave OPEC raised doubts about the organization’s capacity to sustain…
With mounting uncertainty regarding OPEC+ output cuts, crude oil saw a 1.97% decrease, closing at 6281. Fears of a drop in the demand for fuel were exacerbated by worries about China’s economic crisis. In response to declining oil prices and forecasts of a surplus in the upcoming year, the OPEC+ coalition decided to reduce its…
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…
