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2022-04-28 14:15:00

OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW

OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW

REUTERS - April 28 - Oil prices firmed slightly but were trading in and out of positive territory on Thursday as investors weighed up tightening Russian supplies and the prospect of dwindling fuel demand in China. 

Brent crude futures were up 17 cents, or 0.2%, at $105.49 a barrel by 0939 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 26 cents, or 0.3%, to $102.28. 

Both contracts had gained 30 cents on Wednesday on concerns over tight global oil supplies and another drawdown in U.S. distillate and gasoline stocks. On Thursday the contracts traded in range of about $3 a barrel. 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration said that crude stocks rose by only 692,000 barrels last week, short of expectations, but distillate inventories including diesel and jet fuel fell to their lowest since May 2008. 

Russian oil production could fall by as much as 17% in 2022, according to an economy ministry document seen by Reuters, as the country contends with Western sanctions.

Concern over slowing demand weighed on market sentiment, however.

"Fears of spluttering economic growth have sent the dollar to highs not seen since March 2020, equity markets are tepid at best, Chinese restrictions have not been erased from the back of investors' minds and these have capped gains in crude oil," said PVM Oil analyst Tamas Varga.

In China, Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up COVID-19 checks at others on Thursday as most of the city's 22 million residents embarked on more mass testing in an effort to avert a Shanghai-like lockdown. The most recent lockdown has disrupted factories and supply chains, raising fears over the country's economic growth.

But Asia's biggest oil refiner, Sinopec Corp (600028.SS), expects the country's demand for refined oil products to recover in the second quarter as COVID-19 outbreaks are gradually brought under control. 

A slowdown in global growth owing to higher commodity prices and an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict could further exacerbate oil demand fears.

The global economy will expand more slowly than predicted three months ago, according to Reuters polls of more than 500 economists. 

Median forecasts for global growth collected in this month's Reuters polls on more than 45 economies were chopped to 3.5% this year and 3.4% for 2023, down from from 4.3% and 3.6% respectively in a January poll.

The International Monetary Fund forecasts 3.6% growth in both years.

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Earlier:

OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW
2022, April, 27, 11:55:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE $105, WTI NEAR $102
Brent rose 67 cents, or 0.6%, to $105.66 a barrel , WTI gained 44 cents, or 0.4%, to $102.14 a barrel.
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW
2022, April, 26, 14:30:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT NEAR $103, WTI NEAR $99
Brent were down 56 cents, or 0.5%, at $101.76 a barrel, WTI were down 56 cents, or 0.5%, at $101.76 a barrel.
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW
2022, April, 26, 14:25:00
OPEC OIL PRICE: $101.93
The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $101.93 a barrel
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW
2022, April, 25, 14:50:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT NEAR $102, WTI NEAR $98
Brent was down $4.91, or 4.6%, at $101.74 a barrel, WTI fell $5.00, or 4.9%, to $97.07.
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW
2022, April, 25, 14:45:00
OPEC OIL PRICE: $107.66
The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $107.66 a barrel on Friday,
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW
2022, April, 22, 11:30:00
RUSSIA OIL EXPORTS UNCHANGED
Combined, Russia's seaborne crude and key oil products exports stood at 6.79 million b/d so far in April, down 640,000 b/d from 7.43 million b/d in February,
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE  $105, WTI ABOVE $102 ANEW
2022, April, 22, 11:25:00
RUSSIA'S OIL PRODUCTION 10.1 MBD
Oil production averaged 10.1 million barrels a day between April 1 and April 19, with the average production for the month forecast at 10 million barrels a day, down from the March average of 11.01 million barrels a day.
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Tags: OIL, PRICE, BRENT, WTI, OPEC, RUSSIA