Jillian Ambrose Sat 25 Apr 2020 16.00 BST Plummeting demand during the coronavirus pandemic has left traders scrambling for ships and other alternative facilities. upergiant oil tankers are floating outside the world’s largest shipping ports with enough oil to meet the world’s daily demand twice over. Only months ago these vessels criss-crossed the globe laden with
Article — 1 April 2020 Authors and contributors The impacts will be felt throughout oil’s global supply chains and ripple into other parts of the energy sector. The oil world has seen many shocks over the years, but none has hit the industry with quite the ferocity we are witnessing today. As markets,
Matthew DiLallo (TMFmd19) Mar 31, 2020 at 8:29AM Author Bio Crude oil prices have cratered over the past few weeks. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. oil price benchmark, has tumbled from the low $60s earlier this year to around $20 a barrel in recent days. That’s due to a combination of the COVID-19 outbreak’s impact
Posted: Wed 6:02 PM, Mar 18, 2020 (BY: SHEELA TOBBEN, BLOOMBERG) — Crude sold in the world’s largest oil field has gotten so cheap, you can buy a barrel for less than the cost of a meal at Outback Steakhouse. As Saudi Arabia and Russia prepare to ramp up production in an increasingly acrimonious war
(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest banks are reckoning on a rebound in oil prices next year as fears of a recession prove misplaced. The Brent benchmark will average $70 a barrel in 2019, almost a third higher than its price on Thursday, according to a Bloomberg survey of oil analysts. Futures in London and New
(Bloomberg) — Even a minuscule decline in U.S. stockpiles was enough to give oil prices a boost after a turbulent week of trading. Futures in New York rose after the Energy Information Administration reported that U.S. crude inventories fell by 46,000 barrels last week, the smallest decrease since 2011. The decline was viewed positively following
What is driving the oil price down is the fact that the market believes the market is oversupplied. That’s what Will Rhind, founder and CEO of GraniteShares, outlined in a video interview with CNBC on Friday. “What is really driving this price movement down is the fact that the market believes that the market’s oversupplied
(Bloomberg) — Oil dived lower near $49 a barrel as investors sought more assurance that OPEC’s output cuts will work in the face of surging U.S. supply, and as a sell-off in wider financial markets hit sentiment. Futures in New York slipped as much as 2.7 percent, after closing below $50 on Monday for the
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil futures on Monday settled below the psychologically significant $50 and $60 marks, respectively. WTI crude oil for January delivery fell by $1.32 to settle at $49.88 a barrel. The U.S. benchmark peaked at $51.87 and bottomed out at $49.09. The February Brent crude oil futures prices moved
Uncontracted demand by the world’s seven largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers could increase four-fold to 80 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2030, according to Wood Mackenzie. “As China pushes on towards a lower-emission economy, its demand for gas and LNG has grown significantly and we expect the trend to continue in the longer
