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2016-06-06 19:05:00

OIL PRICE UP TO $50.21

OIL PRICE UP TO $50.21

 

OIL PRICES 2015 - 2016

 

Oil markets opened the week trading up on Monday, supported by global supply outages which were helping to curb physical supply.

The global benchmark, Brent, gained 1.15% to reach $50.21 a barrel. Its U.S. counterpart, West Texas Intermediate, was trading up 1.13% at $49.17 a barrel.

Oil supply in Nigeria continued to be affected by attacks from Nigerian militants, despite Exxon Mobil Corp. lifting a force majeure—a suspension of service because of events that it couldn't control—at Que Iboe last Friday.

Last week, during a media scrum at a meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Nigerian oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said that he had met with militants to try to prevent future attacks and thereby reduce production outages.

Full production at the Forcados export terminal will be restored by the end of August, Mr. Kachikwu said. Supply across the country has been cut to multiyear lows because of the continuing instability.

In recent weeks, outages in Nigeria and Canada have removed more than three million barrels of crude from the market a day.

But price gains are limited by U.S. production figures, which show that output is recovering. Higher oil prices are likely enticing U.S. producers back to the market, as oil becomes more cost-effective to produce, analysts said.

A survey from Baker Hughes Inc. on Friday showed that active rig counts in the U.S. rose by nine last week, the first increase in 11 weeks.

Morgan Stanley said that, while the rig count increase was "not enough to materially change the outlook for U.S. production," the figures suggest "rigs may be returning in the best acreage, namely the Permian Basin."

If the trend continues, it could cause prices to tumble again as supply outstrips demand, analysts said.

"50 is the new norm," said OCBC economist Barnabas Gan, saying many shale producers whose production costs on average vary from $30 to $50 a barrel are likely to be lured back to the oil fields, further drenching the still-oversupplied market.

Last week, a meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries finished without any agreement on curbing or halting supply. The current strategy—a hands-off approach which lets the market decide the price—is working, several OPEC ministers said.

wsj.com

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Earlier: 

OPEC HAS NO MEANING - 2 

STRONG RUSSIAN OIL 

OIL WILL BE $60 

MAJORS DEBT UP TO $383 BLN 

OPEC'S STRATEGY: $70 - $80

 

 

 

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