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Oil climbs as traders eye price floor despite US stockpile gain- oil and gas 360

Oil climbs as traders eye price floor despite US stockpile gain

Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) — Oil advanced from a four-month low as traders tried to establish a price floor after several days of declines. West Texas Intermediate rose after five straight days of losses, hovering near $74 per barrel. The market had entered oversold territory as a result of OPEC+’s plan to boost supply in October. Prices edged lower earlier in

Oil prices set for another weekly loss as traders focus on U.S. interest rates- oil and gas 360

Oil prices set for another weekly loss as traders focus on U.S. interest rates

Oil Price Crude oil prices are on the slide again this week, with Brent set to end the week with a loss of some 3%, according to Reuters, and West Texas Intermediate on its way to shed about 4% unless a last-moment reversal happens by the end of the day. Oil benchmarks have been trading at the lowest levels in about three months, according to Bloomberg,

Oil rises nearly 1% as traders assess worsening geopolitical situation- oil and gas 360

Oil rises nearly 1% as traders assess worsening geopolitical situation

Yahoo Finance NEW YORK – Oil prices rose about a dollar a barrel on Monday on concerns that tensions in the Middle East and Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine could curb global supplies. Brent crude futures settled higher by 66 cents, or 0.9%, at $77.99 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures settled at $72.78 a barrel, up

Oil prices fall as traders weigh demand concerns against risk premium

Oil prices fall as traders weigh demand concerns against risk premium

Investing NEW YORK – Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Monday as China’s ailing property sector sparked demand worries, causing traders to reassess the supply risk premium from escalating tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude futures fell $1.22, or 1.5%, to $82.33 a barrel by 12:56 pm ET (1756 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude

Traders turn bearish on U.S. oil- oil and gas 360

Traders turn bearish on U.S. oil

Oil Price Traders are selling West Texas Intermediate futures in anticipation of further strong production growth. As a result, prices are weakening further despite the uncertainty of such an outlook. In fact, expectations from the industry and the EIA are for much slower U.S. oil production growth this year. But that has had no effect on trader behavior. The latter

Traders speculate on $110 oil as Middle East tensions escalate- oil and gas 360

Traders speculate on $110 oil as Middle East tensions escalate

Oil Price While oil prices have been struggling to move above $80 per barrel for weeks, some traders have bet on oil hitting as high as $110 a barrel in the early spring. It looks like some speculators are betting on a major escalation of the conflict in the Middle East in the coming months, considering the fact that fundamentals

ExxonMobil introduces new compensation policy that pays traders cash bonuses-oil and gas 360

ExxonMobil introduces new compensation policy that pays traders cash bonuses

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. introduced a new compensation policy that would pay some traders cash bonuses, a significant change within the U.S. energy giant as it looks to expand its trading operations. Under the new structure shared internally last week, traders will be divided into two categories: system traders who buy and sell physical commodities in support

Saudi Arabia may ease oil production cuts sooner than traders think, Rapidan Energy Group reports- oil and gas 360

Saudi Arabia may ease oil production cuts sooner than traders think, Rapidan Energy Group reports

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Saudi Arabia may be getting closer to declaring its oil-market mission accomplished than traders realize, according to Rapidan Energy Group. Riyadh has propelled Brent crude toward $100 a bbl by slashing oil production just as global fuel demand hit record levels. That may soon be enough for the kingdom to start reviving production again, rather than risk

Nationalized German energy firms paid big bonuses to their traders- oil and gas 360

Nationalized German energy firms paid big bonuses to their traders

Investing LONDON/FRANKFURT – German energy firms Sefe and Uniper have awarded some traders millions of dollars in bonuses for 2022, four sources familiar with the matter said, just months after the companies were rescued with multi-billion bailouts as Russia halted gas supplies. Germany has so far provided around 26 billion euros ($28.6 billion) in equity injections and loans to Sefe

Traders are selling, but higher oil prices could be on the horizon- oil and gas 360

Traders are selling, but higher oil prices could be on the horizon

Oil Price Last week, we published one of the more bearish articles on the oil price outlook as reviewed by commodity analysts at Standard Chartered.   According to the analysts, their proprietary crude oil money-manager positioning index that compares net longs across the four main New York and London-based crude contracts relative to open interest and historical norms is currently more negative

Traders clamor for Middle East oil amid Russia uncertainty- oil and gas 360

Traders clamor for Middle East oil amid Russia uncertainty

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Many of the world’s oil refineries are rushing to try and guarantee supplies of Middle East crude for next year, fearful of what’s to become of Russia’s giant export program.   In under a month, almost all companies in the European Union will be barred from purchasing seaborne cargoes from Russia — an attempt by the

Soaring coal prices push traders to seek private funding- oil and gas 360

Soaring coal prices push traders to seek private funding

Oil Price Surging coal prices amid high demand and a lack of Russian coal imports has pushed European traders toward private funds to finance coal shipments, traders and private fund managers tell Bloomberg.   Coal prices in Europe have jumped since the EU enforced an embargo on imports of Russian coal in August. Faced with energy shortages and soaring natural gas prices, many

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