Oil Price Oil prices have been highly volatile over the past week, with Brent trading across a $6.75 per barrel (bbl) range to hit a seven-month low of $75.05/bbl intra-day on 5 August thanks to bearish news coming from the world’s largest economy. The latest U.S. jobs report revealed that the economy added 114,000 jobs in July, way lower than the Wall Street
Oil Price Cheniere Energy (NYSE: LNG) booked a 36% decline in its second-quarter earnings compared to a year ago, due to lower margins for delivered LNG cargoes. Cheniere Energy, the biggest U.S. LNG exporter, reported on Thursday a net income of $880 million for the second quarter, down from $1.37 billion for the same period of 2023. Half-year net income slumped by
Oil Price Qatar will invest $180 million in a Europe-based critical minerals investment company, joining the U.S. development bank in supporting the firm that invests in key metals for the energy transition outside China. Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the Gulf nation’s sovereign wealth fund, said on Wednesday it would invest $180 million in TechMet, an investment company focused on building businesses across
World Oil (Bloomberg) –Carlos Slim, Latin America’s richest person, took advantage of the equity-market selloff to boost his majority stakes in two U.S. energy companies. Slim’s Control Empresarial de Capitales SA spent $24.2 million on the first two days of this month to snap up 923,000 shares of Talos Energy Inc. and 357,000 shares of PBF Energy Inc., according to
Oil Price Goldman Sachs expects a $75 per barrel floor under Brent Crude prices that is unlikely to be breached due to the current macroeconomic fears of a U.S. recession. Oil prices slumped by 6% in the past few days, dragged down by weaker-than-expected jobs data in the U.S. on Friday, which sparked a massive selloff in equity markets globally and in
BOE Report Oil futures extended losses in a volatile session on Monday as fears of a recession in top oil consumer the United States offset supply worries stemming from mounting tensions in the Middle East, the world’s largest oil producing region. Share markets also tumbled across Asia as U.S. recession worries sent investors rushing from risk assets while wagering that
Oil Price Crude oil prices have been tightly range-bound for about a year now, with bearish and bullish factors largely balancing each other out. But one Wall Street major believes the market is nearing a breakout point. The only question is whether the breakout will be a bearish or a bullish one. In a recent note, Bank of America analysts referred to
Oil and Gas 360 (Wall Street Journal)-The three-year bear market for rare earth minerals shows little sign of abating as market-dominant China continues to meet rising state-run production quotas despite falling prices. The intentional glutting is a long-used strategy to quell competition and investment in rivals. Feeling the brunt is one of the world’s biggest rare earth miners
Oil Price A supertanker-load of one of the key North Sea crudes has recently sold in Asia at a very low price – below the spot North Sea price and below the price of a Middle Eastern grade – in a sign that Asian demand for crude continues to be softer than anticipated. A cargo of 2 million barrels of
U.S. News The crude oil market is currently tight but next year will likely be in surplus, with Brent prices declining into the mid-to-high $70s range, Morgan Stanley said. The tightness will hold for most of the third quarter, the bank said in a note dated on Friday, but equilibrium will return by the fourth quarter, “when seasonal demand tailwinds
CNBC Oil prices dipped on Monday after Joe Biden announced he would not seek a second term as U.S. president and while investors watched for more signs that U.S. interest rates could be cut as early as September. Brent crude futures fell 45 cents, or 0.5%, to $82.18 a barrel by 1222 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were
Yahoo Finance NEW YORK – Oil prices steadied on Thursday as investors wrestled with mixed signals about crude demand, with concerns about an economic slowdown in the U.S. contending with rising expectations the Federal Reserve would soon cut interest rates. Brent futures settled at $85.11 a barrel, rising 3 cents, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 3 cents
