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Oil is poised to close out a fourth quarterly advance on Wednesday, but the past week has seen volatility climb amid the Suez Canal blockage. While fuel consumption is rising in many parts of the world, risks remain, with the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning of “impending doom” as cases and deaths in the country pick up. View the full article
Oil slid after a U.S. government report showed a surprise increase in domestic crude stockpiles. View the full article
Crude has rallied this year as vaccine rollouts help major economies reopen. The decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies was seen as a vote of confidence in the outlook for energy demand. The U.S. also added more than 900,000 jobs in March, the most in seven months. View the full article
Covid-19 cases are surging in India and threatening the economy’s recovery from a rare recession, while in Southeast Asia, demand has hit a plateau and is unlikely to reach pre-virus levels until the end of 2021 or later. View the full article
Oil fell for a second day as one of the top energy diplomats in the U.S. urged producers to hike output. View the full article
Oil edged lower as traders grappled with the demand implications of a Covid-19 resurgence in several regions and slowing economic growth in China. View the full article
Oil slumped as a rising dollar pushed financial investors, who had piled into commodities to guard against inflation, toward the exits for other sectors. View the full article
Oil erased earlier losses with the market looking for its next direction from an OPEC+ meeting this week and the spread of the delta variant of Covid-19. View the full article
Oil slid by the most since August, falling from overbought territory amid concerns around global economic growth. View the full article
Oil set its biggest weekly gain in more than three months as the worst fears over the new virus strain have receded. View the full article
Oil posted a monthly gain of 11% on signs that consumption is outpacing supply and draining stockpiles. View the full article
Oil climbed amid skepticism about whether OPEC and its allies can successfully raise output as much as they intend. View the full article
Oil rallied after a U.S. industry report showed another big draw in crude inventories, pointing to a tightening market, and China’s central bank added liquidity to quell concern about a major developer’s debt woes. View the full article
(WO) — Oil prices persevered as traders tracked tensions between Israel and Iran, with strikes continuing amid U.S. efforts to facilitate a cease-fire agreement. View the full article
(WO) — Oil prices persevered as traders tracked tensions between Israel and Iran, with strikes continuing amid U.S. efforts to facilitate a cease-fire agreement. View the full article
Futures in New York slid 1.6%, the latest sizable move this week. Work to re-float the container ship that’s stuck in the Suez Canal -- a key trade route for crude flows -- was expected to begin early Thursday in Egypt. The best chance of freeing the vessel may not come until Sunday or Monday. View the full article
While the Suez blockage is complicating trade, a long-term realignment of global crude flows has seen westbound shipments from Persian Gulf producers fall, limiting the impact on oil prices. View the full article
Futures in New York jumped 5.9% on Wednesday, just about erasing the prior session’s price plunge that pushed futures to the lowest since early February. A U.S. inventory report showed domestic fuel consumption is at the highest in four months and Gulf Coast refiners are increasing their appetite for crude. View the full article
Crude futures in New York added as much as 3.4% after a ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, giving the market a reprieve after prices sank to the lowest level since early February. Despite efforts to move the vessel, it could block the route for days. View the full article
Oil rebounded from one of its biggest ever daily drops as traders assessed the risks to global demand from the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and the potential response by OPEC and its allies. View the full article
Oil rebounded as investors turned their attention to a key OPEC+ meeting, with the group facing calls from consumers to pump more crude. View the full article
The alliance gathers on Thursday and is expected to loosen the taps after prices got off to their best ever start to a year. But it’s unclear how robustly the group will act, with the Saudi Arabian energy minister calling for producers to remain “extremely cautious.” View the full article
Oil prices showed signs of recovery in advance of multiparty negotiations taking place in Vienna later on Tuesday, though the chances of a breakthrough are seen by analysts as slim. View the full article
Oil rose to a new seven-year high after OPEC+ chose to keep supplies fairly tight even as the world grapples with an energy crunch. View the full article
Key players in the oil market have been talking up the rising prices in the coming months, with some even floating the prospect of $100 crude in the next year or two as the global economy recovers from the pandemic. View the full article
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About this blog
I started this blog to express what I sense about the highs and lows of the oil realm, while cautiously analysing historical data, taking into account the geo-political development at the time of recording them.
I got into this field, having been a passive observer of fluctuations of crude oil prices and their global consequences for years.
Then, when on the day of Great Oil Crash in April, 2020, I made a decision to make my own blog, with the motto, ‘analysing data that really matters’.
Having come from an academic background in mathematics and physics, I analyse data using my own tools, created with JavaScript and Python, taking my decision on board while making decisions.
