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2019-08-19 11:50:00

OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET

OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET

REUTERS - Crude oil prices rose on Monday following a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility by Yemeni separatists and as traders looked for signs that Sino-U.S. trade tensions could ease.

Price gains were, however, capped to some degree by an unusually downbeat OPEC report that stoked concerns about growth in oil demand.

Brent crude LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, was up 55 cents, or about 0.9%, at $59.19 a barrel at 0820 GMT,

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were up 57 cents, or 1%, at $55.44 a barrel.

A drone attack by Yemen's Houthi group on an oilfield in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday caused a fire at a gas plant, adding to Middle East tensions, but state-run Saudi Aramco said oil production was not affected.

"The oil market seems to be pricing in again a geopolitical risk premium following the weekend drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, but the premium might not sustain if it does not result in any supply disruptions," said Giovanni Staunovo, oil analyst for UBS.

Concerns about a recession also limited crude price gains.

Traders were also looking for signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said trade deputies from the United States and China would speak within 10 days and could advance negotiations over ending a trade battle between the two countries if those talks pan out.

But U.S. President Donald Trump appeared less optimistic than his aides on striking a trade deal with China, saying that while he believed Beijing was ready to come to an agreement, "I'm not ready to make a deal yet".

Meanwhile China's announcement of key interest rate reforms over the weekend has fueled expectations of an imminent reduction in corporate borrowing costs in the struggling economy, boosting share prices on Monday.

U.S. energy firms this week increased the number of oil rigs operating for the first time in seven weeks despite plans by most producers to cut spending on new drilling this year.

"WTI in recent weeks has performed relatively better than Brent... Pipeline start ups in the United States have been supportive for WTI, while the ongoing trade war has had more of an impact on Brent," said Warren Patterson, head of commodities strategy at Dutch bank ING.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cut its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2019 by 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.10 million bpd and indicated the market would be in slight surplus in 2020.

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Earlier:

OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
2019, August, 16, 10:50:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59
Brent was up 52 cents, or 0.9%, at $58.75 a barrel , U.S. crude was up 65 cents, or 1.2%, at $55.12 a barrel
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
2019, August, 14, 12:25:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $61 YET
Brent crude was down 46 cents, or 0.8%, at $60.84 a barrel at 0639 GMT, after rising 4.7% on Tuesday, the biggest percentage gain since December. U.S. oil was down 62 cents, or 1.1%, at $56.48 a barrel, having risen 4% the previous session, the most in just over a month.
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
2019, August, 13, 13:50:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $58 ANEW
Brent crude futures were down 20 cents or 0.3% from the previous settlement at $58.29, WTI futures were at $54.69 per barrel
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
2019, August, 12, 13:30:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $58
International benchmark Brent crude futures were at $58.16 a barrel by 0829 GMT, down 37 cents from their previous settlement. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were at $53.89 per barrel, down 61 cents from their last close.
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
2019, August, 9, 13:15:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $57
Brent crude futures were at $57.80 a barrel by 0854 GMT, up 42 cents from their previous settlement. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were at $52.80 per barrel, up 26 cents.
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
2019, August, 8, 11:25:00
OIL PRICE: BELOW $58
Brent crude had rebounded to $57.81 a barrel, up $1.58, or 2.81%, from its last close by 0634 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures jumped $1.61, or 3.15%, to $52.70 a barrel.
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
2019, August, 7, 12:25:00
OIL PRICE: BELOW $59
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 11 cents, or nearly 2%, at 0823 GMT to set a fresh seven-month low. Prices have lost more than 20% since hitting their 2019 peak in April. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were flat at $53.63.
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