2019-06-11 10:35:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $63
REUTERS - Oil prices rose on Tuesday in line with firmer financial markets and bolstered by expectations that producer group OPEC and its allies will keep withholding supply.
Front-month Brent crude futures were at $62.56 at 0707 GMT, up 27 cents, or 0.4%, from Monday's close.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $53.75 per barrel, 49 cents, or 0.9%, above their last settlement.
Prices fell by around 1% in the previous session and crude futures are down by some 20% from their 2019 peaks in late April, dragged lower by a widespread economic downturn that has started to impact oil consumption.
Traders said crude oil futures on Tuesday were pushed up by a broader lift in financial markets after Beijing eased financing rules to stem an economic downturn.
On the production side, Russia said on Monday it might support an extension of supply cuts that have been in place since January, warning oil prices could fall as low as $30 per barrel if producers supply too much crude.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some non-affiliated producers including Russia, known collectively as OPEC+, have withheld supplies since the start of the year to prop up prices.
OPEC+ is due to meet in late June or early July to decide output policy for the rest of the year.
U.S. crude output has risen by 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) over the past year, to a record of 12.4 million bpd, making the United States the world's biggest oil producer ahead of Russia and Saudi Arabia.
On the demand side, analysts expect fuel consumption growth to stutter along with the global economy.
Energy consultancy FGE said global crude oil demand growth could drop below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2019, down from previous expectations of 1.3 to 1.4 million bpd.
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Earlier:
2019, June, 7, 12:25:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $63
Brent crude futures were up $1.35 at $63.02 a barrel by 0757 GMT. WTI crude futures were up $1.10 at $53.69 per barrel.
2019, June, 7, 12:20:00
РОССИЯ И САУДОВСКАЯ АРАВИЯ - КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ ПАРТНЕРЫ
В ходе встречи главы энергетических ведомств России и Саудовской Аравии обсудили текущее сотрудничество стран в рамках договоренностей ОПЕК+, а также повестку предстоящего заседания Совместной межправительственной Российско-Саудовская комиссии по торгово-экономическому и научно-техническому сотрудничеству, намеченной к проведению 10 июня в Москве.
2019, June, 6, 15:40:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $61 YET
Brent crude futures were at $60.50 at 0108 GMT. That was 13 cents, or 0.2%, below last session’s close. WTI crude futures were at $51.62 per barrel, 6 cents, or 0.1%, below their last settlement.
2019, June, 5, 10:45:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $61
Brent futures were down 42 cents, or 0.7%, at $61.55 a barrel by 0552 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down by 48 cents, or 0.9%, at $53 a barrel.
2019, June, 4, 15:55:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $61
Front-month Brent crude futures were at $60.96 at 0844 GMT, down $1.03 or 1.7% below Friday’s close. Prices had dropped by more than 3% on Friday, with May recording the biggest monthly loss in six months. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $52.98 per barrel, down 52 cents, or 1%.
2019, June, 3, 12:50:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $60
Front-month Brent crude futures were at $60.96 at 0844 GMT, down $1.03 or 1.7% below Friday’s close. Prices had dropped by more than 3% on Friday, with May recording the biggest monthly loss in six months. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $52.98 per barrel, down 52 cents, or 1%.
2019, May, 31, 12:35:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $65
Front-month Brent crude futureswere at $65.72 at 0844 GMT, down $1.15 from last session’s close. WTI crude futures were at $55.85 per barrel, down 74 cents from their last settlement.
