Oil and Gas Prices
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September 12, 2024
At the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore this week, traders were generally bearish, with many predicting oil prices could drop to $60 per barrel, despite Brent crude falling below $70, according to Rystad Energy.
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August 16, 2024
Saudi Arabia is expected to put less money into the oil industry than initially predicted in its goal to invest $1 trillion in strategic sectors by the end of the decade.
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August 15, 2024
The American Petroleum Institute (API) released a new poll conducted by Morning Consult that reveals strong support among swing state voters for policies that promote domestic oil and natural gas production, while limiting reliance on foreign energy sources.
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July 29, 2024
European energy companies have been grappling with competing forces — the negative impact of low natural gas prices and falling refining margins due to weak fuel demand, against the positive effect of higher crude prices amid OPEC+ supply cuts. For Eni, the upside outweighed the downside.
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July 29, 2024
The Biden administration wants more money to purchase oil as it seeks to expand its efforts to refill the depleted U.S. emergency cache.
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May 16, 2024
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will push the new head of Petrobras to speed the pace of investments into refineries and expand its natural gas supplies after ousting the state-run oil company’s chief executive officer, people familiar with his plans said.
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May 03, 2024
Energy companies in the United States have reduced the number of operating oil and natural gas rigs for the second consecutive week, reaching the lowest count since January 2022, according to Baker Hughes' latest report.
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May 02, 2024
Commissioner Christian denounced President Biden's actions as election year politics, asserting that the pause on LNG exports would neither reduce emissions nor benefit allies, instead making energy more expensive and less accessible.
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April 16, 2024
Oil traders piled into more than 3 MMbbl worth of options contracts in a bet that prices would spike to $250 a bbl by June as geopolitical risks remain elevated.
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April 14, 2024
Trading resumed at 6pm New York time on Sunday. The risk of a direct Iranian attack on Israel was already at least partly priced in — benchmark Brent crude, up 17% so far this year, passed $90 a bbl after the strike on Iran’s embassy.
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April 08, 2024
Crude futures topped $90 a bbl last week for the first time since October as a combination of robust consumption, output disruptions and geopolitical risks pushed prices higher.
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April 07, 2024
Brent crude rallied more than 2% to climb above $90 a barrel on Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate to any attack from Iran, despite the United States urging Israel to protect civilians.
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January 14, 2024
Cold weather can cause freeze-offs, a condition when equipment related to natural gas production or pipelines can malfunction, curbing supply. Rising spot gas prices can be an indicator that traders are worried about high demand and freeze-offs lowering supply.
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January 12, 2024
Oil jumped as the U.S. and its allies launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, retaliating for attacks on ships in the Red Sea that have imperiled flows of fuel and goods through the vital waterway.
