Tag: oil
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Crude oil prices are down 1%, and Brent is near $74 a barrel
Crude oil prices fell about 1% during trading today, Wednesday, May 17 (2023), to continue recording losses for the second day in a row, amid fears of declining demand. Traders remained cautious after a surprise rise in US oil inventories raised concerns about demand in the wake of weaker-than-expected economic data from the US and…
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Crude oil prices fall in a volatile session… and Brent is below $75 – (Update)
Crude oil prices fell, at the end of trading today, Tuesday, May 16 (2023), after a volatile session; The impact of weak economic data in China overshadowed the announcement by the United States of its plans to buy huge quantities of crude to fill its strategic reserves. A batch of weaker-than-expected Chinese data indicated that…
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Crude oil prices are rising for the second day, and Brent is above $75 a barrel
Crude oil prices rose for the second day in a row, supported by the US’s announcement of its plans to buy huge quantities of crude oil to fill its strategic reserves. At the same time, a batch of weaker-than-expected Chinese data indicated that the soft economy failed to lower prices, as the market focused on…
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Crude oil prices rise 1.5%.. Brent is above $75 a barrel – (Update)
Crude oil prices rose by about 1.5% at the end of trading today, Monday, May 15 (2023), in an attempt to compensate for the losses incurred during the past 3 sessions, amid expectations of scarce supplies. Bullish sentiments about shrinking supplies from OPEC+ cuts and resumption of buying in the US to shore up the…
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Crude oil prices are falling… and Brent is below $74 a barrel
Crude oil prices fell during trading today, Monday, May 15 (2023), for the third consecutive session, amid fears of an economic recession that threatens demand. Growing concerns about fuel demand in the world’s two largest oil consumers, the United States and China, offset bullish sentiments about tightening supplies from OPEC+ cuts and the resumption of…
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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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A British company may be on a date with an oil discovery in Egypt in July
An oil discovery is expected to be announced in Egypt, during next July (2023), in the concession area northwest of Al-Amal, south of the Gulf of Suez, by a specialized British company. British independent oil and gas company Neptune Energy has updated its drilling schedule in several countries; Among them are Egypt, Indonesia and the…
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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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Announcing two oil and gas discoveries in India
Two oil and gas discoveries were announced in India, which are currently being evaluated in detail, in preparation for announcing the size of their reserves. The two discoveries were made by the state-owned oil and natural gas company ONGC, following the development of the blocks granted through the open space licensing policy, and the utilization…
