Prices dip as OPEC+ weighs faster supply increases
Oil prices slipped nearly 2% Wednesday as traders anticipated an OPEC+...
Oil prices slipped nearly 2% Wednesday as traders anticipated an OPEC+ meeting that may accelerate the unwinding of production cuts. Despite prior pledges to raise quotas, actual output has lagged due to member constraints, while US sanctions and falling crude inventories offered limited support. Weak economic signals and trade pressures further weighed on demand outlook.
President Trump said he would ask Supreme Court for expedited tariff ruling
Yesterday at the White House, Trump told reporters that his administration...
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Investors will be monitoring a meeting of eight members...
Investors will be monitoring a meeting of eight members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies on September 7.
Analysts said they believed the group would not unwind the remaining voluntary cuts in place from the eight members, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, which were supporting the market and keeping prices in the $60 a barrel range.
OPEC+ might wait for more data after the conclusion of the U.S. summer driving season before it makes its next move, independent analyst Gaurav Sharma said, given an expected supply surplus in the last quarter of the year.
Saudi Aramco and Iraq's state oil company SOMO have stopped selling crude oil to India's Nayara Energy in the aftermath of sanctions imposed in July by the European Union on the Russian-backed refiner, three sources familiar with the matter said.
"The market is starting to wonder how that will impact flows. There is some concern about availability in the non-sanctioned pool of oil which may be becoming more dear supply-wise, as there is going to be less opportunity to buy these grey market barrels if sanctions ratchet up," said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital.