2020-04-02 14:50:00
#OilPriceWar: U.S. NEED THE RESCUE
PLATTS - US lawmakers from oil-producing states are trying to increase pressure on the White House to do something to help drillers getting hammered by plummeting prices -- from aggressive diplomacy to banning crude imports.
We spoke with US Senator Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. She expects producers in her home state of Alaska to take an immediate hit from current prices. Additionally, she said operations could be scaled back significantly after a case of coronavirus was confirmed this week on the North Slope.
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Earlier:
2020, April, 1, 13:05:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $25
Brent was down $1.45, or 5.5%, at $24.90. WTI was down 27 cents, or 1.3%, at $20.21.
2020, March, 30, 10:25:00
#OilPriceWar AGAINST U.S.
A group of six U.S. senators wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week saying Saudi Arabia and Russia “have embarked upon economic warfare against the United States” and were threatening U.S. “energy dominance”.
2020, March, 30, 10:20:00
#OilPriceWar: OPEC+: THE NEW AGREEMENT
Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Russian counterpart Alexander Novak have not held any discussions about a joint agreement to balance oil markets, indicating no resolution to the price war.
2020, March, 27, 13:55:00
#OilPriceWar: RUSSIA UNCHANGED
Russia ramped up measures to combat the virus on Wednesday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing that next week would be a paid non-working week throughout the country.
2020, March, 26, 11:40:00
#OilPriceWar: U.S. NEED HELP
Some US shale producers have been pressuring the Trump administration to intervene in the price war, which broke out after Russia earlier this month declined to go along with an OPEC proposal for production cuts to prop up prices.
2020, March, 26, 11:35:00
#OilPriceWar: CHINA WINS
China is saving about $250mn a day after crude prices crashed this year amid dual demand and supply shocks.
2020, March, 23, 13:45:00
#OilPriceWar VICTIM
US oil producers are likely to be a victim of the oil-price war,
