Iraq pumped 4.213 million b/d of crude oil in May, above its OPEC+ quota of 3.592 million b/d and exported 3.63 million b/d, oil marketer SOMO said on June 7.

Spot gold was down 0.7% at $1,718.13 per ounce as of 0929 GMT. U.S. gold futures slipped 0.8% to $1,722.70.

Once considered a bulwark against the forces of modernization, industry and technological change is pushing energy trading organizations to consider a number of strategic changes to their front, middle, and back office functions that optimally engage people and systems to navigate our VUCA world.

The energy value chain is very complex, from generation, to transmission, distribution, energy trading, and energy sales.

There has been no enforced shutdown of a nuclear power reactor due to the effects of COVID-19 on the workforce or supply chains

The German government formally adopted its long-anticipated national hydrogen strategy

“[Fossil] energy loans at the country’s six largest lenders jumped 23% to C$71.6 billion in their fiscal second quarter from the prior period,” Bloomberg reports, citing the banks’ financial disclosures. “Toronto-Dominion Bank had the largest increase at 29%, while Bank of Nova Scotia remained the biggest lender, with $21.6 billion in loans.”

U.S. Rig Count is down 5 rigs from last week to 279, Canada Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 21

Brent fell 3.4%, or $1.42, to $40.31 a barrel, WTI dropped 4%, or $1.60, to $38 a barrel,

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 5.7 million barrels from the previous week. At 538.1 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 14% above the five year average for this time of year.

The imbalance is forecast to reach 4.6 million bpd in July, 4.2 million bpd in August

A decisive close below 36.25$/barrel will prompt a seemingly BEARISH move towards the low price 30$/barrel range and a maximum test at 29.00$/barrel support zone.

the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent.

"Our oversupply was a little less than 100,000 b/d against the agreed numbers, and so that is not really that significant," Kyari said.

Japan’s Nikkei slid 2.1% in its largest daily loss in five weeks, while Chinese blue chips eased 1.0%.