Category: Petroleum Prices
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Crude oil prices rose after a volatile session… and Brent is above $77 – (Update)
Crude oil prices rose, at the end of trading today, Tuesday, May 9 (2023), after a volatile session, with optimism about fuel demand during the summer. The market remained cautious ahead of the US April inflation data, which will be key to the next Fed rate decision. And the US Energy Information Administration raised its…
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Why are oil prices declining despite the voluntary cuts of some OPEC+ countries? Anas Al-Hajji answers
The editorial advisor of the specialized energy platform, energy economist Dr. Anas Al-Hajji, explained the reasons for the decline in crude oil prices during the recent period, which pushed Brent crude into the seventies. Al-Hajji explained, in a new episode of the program “Energy humanitiesHe presented it on Twitter under the title “Oil Market Surprises……
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Crude oil prices fall by more than 1% and record losses for the fourth week – (Update)
Crude oil prices fell by more than 1%, at the end of trading today, Friday, May 12 (2023), for the third session in a row, to record its fourth weekly loss. This comes with renewed economic concerns in the United States and China, which exceeded expectations of fuel demand growth in the two largest oil…
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Crude oil prices are falling… and Brent is below $75
Crude oil prices fell, during trading today, Friday, May 12 (2023), for the third session in a row, and are heading to record their fourth weekly losses. This comes with renewed economic concerns in the United States and China, which exceeded expectations of fuel demand growth in the two largest oil consuming countries in the…
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Crude oil prices fall by more than 2%… and Brent is below $75 – (update)
Crude oil prices fell by more than 2%, at the close of trading today, Thursday, May 11 (2023), with the rise of the US dollar, and amid fears of an economic recession. Crude prices rose during the session, supported by fuel demand data from the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer, which witnessed a…
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Crude oil prices are rising… and Brent is near $77 a barrel
Crude oil prices rose, during today’s trading, Thursday, May 11 (2023), in an attempt to compensate for the losses incurred in the previous session. This comes with the support of fuel demand data from the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer, which saw larger-than-expected withdrawals over the past week. Crude oil prices today By…
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Crude oil prices decline 1.5% after US inventories data – (Update)
Crude oil prices fell by more than 1.5% at the end of trading today, Wednesday, May 10 (2023), after 3 sessions of gains, with the release of US inventories data. As an unexpected rise in US oil inventories raised concerns about demand for crude, while investors evaluated US inflation data that showed a slowdown in…
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Crude oil prices are declining… and Brent is at $77
Crude oil prices fell during today’s trading, Wednesday, May 10 (2023), after 3 sessions of gains. An unexpected rise in US oil inventories raised concerns about demand, and investors await US inflation data to gauge the next rate decision in the largest oil consuming country. Crude oil prices today By 07:07 AM GMT (10:07 AM…
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Energy Information Administration cuts oil price forecasts to below $80
The US Energy Information Administration cut its oil price forecasts for 2023 and 2024 by more than 7%, and cut its estimates for crude production in the United States. According to the Short-Term Energy Outlook report for May 2023, issued today, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, the average price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil is…
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Canadian oil prices rose after 320,000 barrels per day of production stopped
Canadian oil prices witnessed a significant increase, after the production of about 320 thousand barrels per day, or 3.7% of the country’s production, was halted due to the ongoing forest fires in Alberta 5 days ago. The fires also restricted natural gas processing operations to approximately 450,000 cubic feet per day, according to information seen…
