Oil
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2024, February, 9, 06:45:00
OPEC + RUSSIA COHESION
The Committee will continue to closely assess market conditions. Building on the strong cohesion between OPEC and participating non-OPEC oil-producing countries,
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2024, February, 9, 06:35:00
NO PEAK OIL DEMAND YET
In 2023, the International Energy Agency (IEA) asserted that it saw a global oil demand peak before the end of this decade and called for a halt to new oil investments. This was despite the IEA only a few years earlier highlighting that the world would still need oil for years to come and stressing the importance of investing in the sector.
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2024, February, 7, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT NEAR $79, WTI ABOVE $73
Brent rose 16 cents, or 0.2%, to $78.75 a barrel, WTI climbed 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $73.51.
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2024, February, 7, 06:55:00
RUSSIAN OIL FOR INDIA
Oil imports from Russia, negligible before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, climbed steadily through 2022 and the first half of last year as India saw an opportunity to procure discounted barrels. Russia overtook traditional suppliers like Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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2024, February, 2, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT NEAR $79, WTI NEAR $74
Brent climbed 37 cents, or 0.5%, to $79.07 a barrel, WTI gained 30 cents, or 0.4%, to $74.12 a barrel.
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2024, February, 2, 06:55:00
INDIA NEED OIL REFINING
India’s refining capacity is projected to increase by 56 million tons by 2028, Junior Oil Minister Rameswar Teli said last month, without elaborating. That equates to an overall capacity boost of 22%, or 1.12 million barrels a day.
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2024, February, 2, 06:50:00
INDIA NEED MORE COAL
India recorded a peak electricity demand of 243 gigawatts last year, exceeding the power ministry’s projections of 229 gigawatts and prompting the ministry to push for more coal power. Maximum demand is expected to jump to 366 gigawatts by 2032.
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2024, January, 29, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT NEAR $84, WTI ABOVE $78
Brent rose 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $83.84 a barrel, WTI gained 34 cents, or 0.4%, to $78.35 a barrel.
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2024, January, 29, 06:40:00
CHINA NEED OIL & GAS
CNOOC expects production to continue growing over the next two years, with plans to reach 2.25 million boe/d in 2026.
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2024, January, 24, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE $79, WTI ABOVE $74
Brent dipped 14 cents, or 0.1%, to $79.41 a barrel, WTI ticked down 11 cents, or 0.2%, to $74.26 a barrel.
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2024, January, 24, 06:50:00
RUSSIAN OIL EXPORTS CONTINUING
Naphtha and fuel oil are loaded onto Clearocean Apollon Clyde Noble tankers at the nearby Ust-Luga Oil terminal.
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2024, January, 24, 06:40:00
U.S., RUSSIA OIL SANCTIONS
In the last few months of 2023, the US ramped up enforcement of the price cap and imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on entities and ships that carried Russian crude oil above the price cap.
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2024, January, 22, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE $78, WTI ABOVE $73
Brent fell 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $78.47 a barrel, WTI inched up 11 cents to $73.52 a barrel.
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2024, January, 22, 06:55:00
GLOBAL OIL DEMAND 2025: +1.8 MBD
The global oil demand growth forecast for 2024 remains unchanged at 2.2 mb/d, with the OECD growing by around 0.3 mb/d and the non-OECD by about 2.0 mb/d. The global oil demand growth in 2025 is expected to see a robust growth of 1.8 mb/d, y-o-y. The OECD is expected to grow by 0.1 mb/d, y-o-y, while demand in the non-OECD is forecast to increase by 1.7 mb/d.
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2024, January, 22, 06:50:00
PHILIPPINES NEED OIL
Beijing’s agenda in the South China Sea may also be spurred by energy interests