Tag: oil
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Crude oil prices extend their losses by 3%.. and Brent is near $73 (update)
Crude oil prices extended their losses to about 3% during trading today, Wednesday, May 3 (2023), to continue bleeding losses for the third consecutive session. This comes amid investors’ concern about a global recession, with the Federal Reserve expected to raise interest rates later in the day. Crude oil prices closed the previous session at…
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Iraqi oil export revenues jump by more than $390 million in April
Iraqi oil export revenues increased by about $392 million during the month of April (2023), compared to the previous month, March. Today, Tuesday, May 2 (2023), the Iraqi Ministry of Oil issued preliminary statistics on the quantities of oil that were exported from the country, and the revenues achieved during the month of April, according…
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Crude oil prices are down 1.5%… Brent is below $80 – (Update)
Crude oil prices fell globally by about 1.5%, at the end of the day, Monday, May 1 (2023), affected by economic tensions related to the prospects of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates again. Crude prices were also affected by weak Chinese manufacturing data, at a time when the market expects a crisis with…
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Crude oil prices are dropping at the beginning of the week’s trading… and Brent is below $80 a barrel
Crude oil prices fell globally, today, Monday, May 1 (2023), affected by economic tensions related to the prospects of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates again, and starting to cut OPEC + production. Crude prices were also affected by weak Chinese manufacturing data, at a time when the market expects a crisis with the…
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Crude oil prices are down 4%… Brent is below $78 – (Update)
Crude oil prices fell by about 4% at the end of trading today, Wednesday, April 26 (2023), to continue bleeding losses after falling by more than 2% during the previous session, with concerns about demand. This comes as the market evaluated the weak US data that raised fears of a recession in the world’s largest…
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Crude oil prices rise for the second day and record weekly losses – (Update)
Crude oil prices rose by about 3%, at the end of trading today, Friday, April 28 (2023), for the second consecutive session, but recorded losses for the second week in a row. Disappointing US economic data and uncertainty about further interest rate hikes affected the outlook for oil demand, sending prices below $80 a barrel.…
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Saudi Aramco plans to cut oil sales prices to Asia in June (survey)
Saudi Aramco is heading to reduce the official selling prices for Arab crude destined for Asia, during next June, in light of fears of a global economic recession that may affect demand. A survey revealed that the Saudi oil giant, the largest oil exporter in the world, may reduce the price of its main Arab…
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Crude oil prices rise for the first time in 3 sessions… and Brent is above $78 – (Update)
Crude oil prices rose, at the end of trading today, Thursday, April 27 (2023), in an attempt to reduce the huge losses incurred during the previous two sessions. The major decline in the oil markets was driven by fears of a US recession and an increase in Russian oil exports. This reduced the impact of…
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Kurdistan’s oil exports to Turkey have stopped despite the passage of more than a month.. What is the reason?
Kurdistan’s oil exports from northern Iraq to Turkey are still suspended, despite the passage of more than a month since the cessation of flows from Kirkuk to the port of Ceyhan. Iraqi sources revealed the reasons for the delay in resuming the export of Iraqi oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean,…
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OPEC warns of the fallacies of the Energy Agency and responds to the truth of its position on oil prices
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) renewed its warnings about the impact of declining investment in the hydrocarbon sector on global energy security. Haitham Al-Ghais, Secretary-General of the Organization, said today, Thursday, that the International Energy Agency should “exercise extreme caution about further attempts to undermine investments in the oil industry.” The Secretary General…
