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2021-06-02 14:20:00

OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70

OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70

REUTERS - June 2, 2021 - Oil prices settled higher on Tuesday, with Brent hitting above $71 and trading at its highest since March, on expectations for growing fuel demand during the summer driving season in the United States as OPEC+ agreed to boost output.

Brent crude futures for August settled up 93 cents, or 1.3%, to $70.25 a barrel after hitting $71 earlier in the session - its highest intra-day price since March 8.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for July was up $1.40, or 2.1%, to $67.72.

Tracking service GasBuddy said Sunday’s U.S. gasoline demand, coinciding with the Memorial Day weekend, jumped 9.6% above the average of the previous four Sundays. That was the highest Sunday demand since the summer of 2019.

U.S. crude stockpiles were expected to fall by 2.1 million barrels last week, according to a preliminary Reuters poll.

Prices were also boosted by Chinese data showing that the country’s factory activity grew at its fastest pace this year in May.

The gains were capped, though, by expectations that more output will hit the market.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, also agreed to continue a slow easing of supply curbs in their meeting on Tuesday, an OPEC source said, as producers balance an expected demand recovery against a possible increase in Iranian output.

"The deal with Iran is very much in flux about whether or not it will get done, which is making the market tense," said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York.

OPEC+ decided in April to return 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply to the market from May to July, anticipating rising global demand despite the high number of coronavirus cases in India, the world's third-largest oil consumer.

“Unless widespread cheating develops or a renewed uptick in global coronavirus cases evolves, OPEC’s current recipe for success would appear to represent a viable plan,” said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Illinois. 

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Earlier:

OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70
2021, May, 31, 13:50:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $70 ANEW
Brent was up 31 cents/b (0.45%) from the previous settle at $69.03/b, WTI was 37 cents/b (0.56%) higher at $66.69/b.
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70
2021, May, 28, 11:35:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $70
Brent fell 9 cents, 0.1%, to $69.37 a barrel. WTI was at $66.90 a barrel, up 5 cents, or 0.1%.
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70
2021, May, 27, 13:20:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $68 ANEW
Brent had shed 42 cents, or 0.6%, to $68.45 a barrel . WTI fell 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $65.86 a barrel.
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70
2021, May, 26, 13:25:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $69 YET
Brent rose 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $68.78 a barrel. WTI was down 5 cents, or 0.1%, at $66.02 a barrel.
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70
2021, May, 26, 13:15:00
GLOBAL OIL DEFICIT 1 MBD
Global oil deficit is currently seen at around 1 million barrels per day, Russia's deputy prime minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Wednesday.
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70
2021, May, 25, 12:40:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $69 ANEW
Brent were down 1 cent at $68.45 a barrel. WTI were off 8 cents at $65.97 a barrel.
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $70
2021, May, 24, 13:05:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $68 ANEW
Brent rose $1.25, or 1.9%, to $67.69. WTI was at $64.73 a barrel, up $1.15, or 1.8%.
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Tags: OIL, PRICE, BRENT, WTI