Oil
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2020, March, 19, 12:15:00
U.S., IRAN SANCTIONS AGAIN
The US State Department named nine entities Wednesday under new sanctions for continuing to trade petrochemicals with Iran.
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2020, March, 19, 12:10:00
CHINA'S OIL IMPORTS UP TO 10 MBD
China’s annual crude oil imports in 2019 increased to an average of 10.1 million barrels per day (b/d), an increase of 0.9 million b/d from the 2018 average
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2020, March, 18, 12:30:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $28
Brent was trading down 43 cents, or 1.5%, at $28.30 a barrel , WTI was down 47 cents, or 1.7%, at $26.48 a barrel
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2020, March, 18, 12:25:00
GLOBAL STOCKS DOWN
Euro Stoxx 50 futures fell 4.5%, boding ill for European stock markets.
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2020, March, 18, 12:10:00
SAUDI ARABIA'S OIL 12 MBD
"Saudi Aramco can sustain low oil prices for a long time," Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said on an earnings call. "We are very comfortable with a $30/b price [and] can meet our dividend and shareholder expectations at $30/b and even lower."
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2020, March, 18, 12:05:00
IRAQ CALLS OPEC+
Saudi Arabia and Russia have signaled plans to boost production, causing oil prices to nosedive.
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2020, March, 18, 12:00:00
OMAN'S OIL UP TO 1 MBD
Oman pumped 970,500 b/d of crude and condensate in December 2019, according to its ministry of oil and gas, but will be boosting volumes to its full capacity of 1 million b/d over the next few months,
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2020, March, 17, 13:30:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $30
Brent crude was 0.5% lower at $29.91 a barrel , WTI crude reversed most of its earlier 4.7% gains to stand at $29.04 a barrel.
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2020, March, 17, 13:20:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL +18 TBD, GAS (-188) MCFD
Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 18,000 b/d month-over-month in March from 9,057 to 9,075 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 188 million cubic feet/day from 85,167 to 84,979 million cubic feet/day .
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2020, March, 17, 13:15:00
EXXON REDUCE SPENDING
ExxonMobil is looking to significantly reduce spending as a result of market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and commodity price decreases,
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2020, March, 16, 10:50:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $31
Brent crude fell $1.13 to $32.72 a barrel , WTI crude was at $31.01, down 72 cents after slipping below $30 earlier in the session
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2020, March, 16, 10:45:00
OPEC - RUSSIA: NO DEAL
In April, Russia may fully return to production levels reached before the OPEC+ deal in October 2018, Novak said.
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2020, March, 16, 10:35:00
U.S. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
Replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would enable the government to take as much as 77 million barrels off the world market.
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2020, March, 16, 10:25:00
UAE, SAUDI ARABIA INCENTIVES $40 BLN
The UAE's central bank announced a package of $27.3 billion, Saudi Arabia's central bank announced the same day a $13.3 billion package