Oil and Gas Prices
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January 28, 2022
Triple-digit oil prices are possible in the next few months as geopolitical risks and “struggling” supply hit global crude markets, said Chevron Corp.’s top executive.
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January 27, 2022
U.S. natural gas futures suddenly spiked the most on record Thursday afternoon, a dramatic move that signaled bearish wagers being squeezed out of the market.
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January 26, 2022
Brent oil surged above $90 for the first time in seven years as investor appetite for risk assets returned and the market fretted over Russia-Ukraine tensions.
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January 26, 2022
Whether it’s speculators, traders hedging their barrels in storage tanks or U.S. producers, some of the biggest drivers of bearish price movements have all retreated in recent months.
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January 26, 2022
OPEC and its allies are expected by delegates to stick to their plan and ratify another modest production increase next week as they try to satisfy rebounding oil demand.
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January 25, 2022
The Iranian nuclear talks could hardly be more critical for oil traders. Crude prices have surged 10% this year to around $85 a barrel, with many analysts predicting it’s only a matter of time before they hit triple digits for the first time in eight years.
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January 21, 2022
Last year’s blistering rally in natural gas and oil prices pushed mergers and acquisitions in the sector to a three-year high with no slowdown in sight, according to consultant Rystad Energy AS.
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January 21, 2022
The bank expects stockpiles to slide even lower by the end of the year, after falling substantially in 2021, according to a research note to clients. Spare supply capacity will shrink to 2 million barrels a day from the current 3.4 million.
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January 19, 2022
OPEC and its allies are increasing oil production but can’t solve all the sector’s issues alone, the United Arab Emirates’ energy minister said.
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January 19, 2022
Surging demand, fading omicron fears, and OPEC+’s inability to ramp up output have underpinned an eye-watering rally in oil prices.
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January 18, 2022
“We continue to work with producer and consumer countries, and these steps have had real effects on prices and ultimately tools continue to remain on the table for us to address prices,” President Biden's National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said in a statement on Tuesday.
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January 17, 2022
The jet fuel market is soaring in Europe as global air traffic withstands the impact of the omicron virus strain.
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January 17, 2022
Brent oil traded near the highest intraday level since 2014 as the market tightened and concerns about the impact of omicron eased.
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January 14, 2022
Russia has nothing to do with the energy crisis in Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, rejecting allegations from the International Energy Agency that it’s holding back supplies and driving up prices of natural gas.
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January 14, 2022
The world’s biggest independent oil trader said crude prices, already up more than 10% this year, could rise even more because of tight supplies.
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January 14, 2022
Higher natural gas prices and lower shipping rates are increasing the draw of U.S. liquefied natural gas cargoes to Europe over more traditional winter markets in Asia.
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January 13, 2022
“The oil market is unbelievably resilient, and bulls are in full control,” said Tamas Varga, an analyst at PVM Oil Associates Ltd. “The physical crude market is way over the forward or futures contracts. It implies genuine prompt tightness.”
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January 11, 2022
OPEC and its allies don’t want crude prices to climb to $100 a barrel, and are reviving production quickly enough to prevent global markets from “overheating,” Oman’s oil minister said.
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January 11, 2022
Oil jumped by the most in month after Jerome Powell’s comments to the Senate Banking Committee appeared to be less hawkish than the Federal Reserve had recently telegraphed.
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January 11, 2022
China doubled down on imports of Iranian and Venezuelan crude in 2021, taking the most from the U.S.-sanctioned regimes in three years, as refiners brushed off the risk of penalties to scoop up cheap oil.
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January 12, 2022
Global oil demand has proven stronger than expected as the latest coronavirus variant inflicts a softer hit to the economy than anticipated, the International Energy Agency said.