Friday, January 10, 2025
Oil hits fresh multi-year highs on demand recovery- oil and gas 360

Oil hits fresh multi-year highs on demand recovery

Reuters NEW YORK -Oil prices edged up to multi-year highs on Friday, heading for a third straight week of gains on the improved outlook for worldwide demand as rising vaccination rates lead to a lifting of pandemic curbs. Brent crude futures rose 35 cents to $72.87 a barrel by 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT), a day after closing at their highest

Europe's lockdowns restrain global fuel demand recovery- oil and gas 360

Europe’s lockdowns restrain global fuel demand recovery

Reuters LONDON/NEW YORK  – Renewed lockdown restrictions in Europe and slower than expected vaccine rollouts are likely to check a global recovery in fuel demand and make OPEC+ oil producers take a cautious stance when the group reassesses output policy this week. With its extensive vaccination programme, Europe was central to forecasts for demand recovery, especially as many Europeans were

Investors believe the stock market could see headwinds under a Biden presidency- oil and gas 360

Investors believe the stock market could see headwinds under a Biden presidency

CNBC Wall Street investors largely believe a Joe Biden presidency could mean lower stock-market returns, according to a new CNBC survey. As a part of CNBC’s Quarterly Report, we polled more than 100 chief investment officers, portfolio managers and CNBC contributors who manage money about where they stood on the upcoming year for stocks under a new administration. The survey

Stock market seeing coronavirus relief, vaccine, divided government: Former NYSE CEO- oil and gas 360

Stock market seeing coronavirus relief, vaccine, divided government: Former NYSE CEO

Fox Business Former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Dick Grasso weighed in on the market’s recent records on Thursday telling “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” he thinks Wall Street is factoring in a coronavirus vaccine, more fiscal relief and a divided government. “What the market is saying is, ‘We’re looking to a COVID relief package before the Congress goes out, we’re looking to very effective vaccination program, looking to a divided government,’ hopefully as a result of

Four key risks could make 2021 the toughest year for banks since 2009, says S&P- oil and gas 360

Four key risks could make 2021 the toughest year for banks since 2009, says S&P

CNBC S&P Global Ratings warned that banks could face their toughest year since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, with four key risks hanging over the sector. The ratings agency currently has a “negative” outlook for about one third of global banks, with many downward revisions taken in light of the Covid-19 crisis and the oil price shock experienced

Slow Deepwater Rebound Threatened by Rising Rig Costs, Falling Oil Prices

From Houston Chronicle   The slow deepwater recovery in the Gulf of Mexico and the rest of the world is now threatened by falling oil prices and the projected cost rise of drilling rigs and other services. A new report Tuesday by research firm Wood Mackenzie highlights how the offshore sector has returned to viability through costs reductions and greater