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2021, January, 19, 13:55:00
GLOBAL INDEXES UP ANEW
S&P 500 futures rising 0.6% and Nasdaq futures up 0.9% after the long holiday weekend.
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2021, January, 18, 13:15:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $55 AGAIN
Brent fell 20 cents, or 0.4%, to $54.90 a barrel. WTI fell 20 cents, or 0.4%, to $54.90 a barrel.
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2021, January, 18, 12:25:00
U.S. RIGS UP 13 TO 373
U.S. Rig Count is up 13 from last week to 373, Canada Rig Count is up 44 from last week to 161.
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2021, January, 15, 12:05:00
OIL PRICE: BELOW $56 ANEW
Brent was down 71 cents, or 1.2%, at $55.71 a barrel. WTI was 46 cents, or 0.9%, lower at $53.11 a barrel.
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2021, January, 15, 12:00:00
GLOBAL OIL DEMAND WILL UP BY 5.9 MBD
For 2021, global oil demand is forecast to increase by 5.9 mb/d y-o-y to average 95.9 mb/d.
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2021, January, 15, 11:55:00
OPEC+ STABILIZATION
The OPEC+ alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, decided in December after days of heated negotiations to ease their stringent quotas by a collective 500,000 b/d for January, instead of the originally scheduled 2 million b/d tapering.
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2021, January, 15, 11:50:00
LNG PRICES UP ANEW
Spot LNG prices LNG-AS have nearly tripled since early November as freezing temperatures across North Asia boosted demand and depleted inventories. Since July, prices are up a dizzying 1,000%.
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2021, January, 15, 11:45:00
U.S. OIL GAS PRODUCTION UPDOWN
U.S. crude oil production will average 11.1 million b/d in 2021, down 0.2 million b/d from 2020 as result of a decline in drilling activity related to low oil prices.
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2021, January, 15, 11:40:00
U.S. GAS PRODUCTION UPDOWN
U.S. marketed gas production for 2021 will fall 2% and average 96.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d).
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2021, January, 15, 11:35:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN 3.2 MB TO 482.2 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.2 million barrels to 482.2 million barrels.
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2021, January, 15, 11:25:00
INDIA'S INDEXES DOWN
The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index fell 0.5% to 14,529 and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.4% at 49,600.11 by 0411 GMT.
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2021, January, 14, 14:25:00
OIL PRICE: BELOW $56
Brent fell 36 cents to $55.70 a barrel. WTI dropped 26 cents to $52.65.
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2021, January, 14, 14:15:00
LNG PRICES UP
The combination of a severe cold snap in Asia, supply outages and maritime congestion has propelled spot prices for LNG to previously unforeseen heights. The North Asian price benchmark has now risen 18-fold in less than nine months, outperforming other commodities
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2021, January, 13, 13:55:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $56
Brent was up 36 cents, or 0.6%, at $56.94 a barrel. WTI was up 34 cents, or 0.6%, at $53.55 a barrel.
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2021, January, 13, 13:50:00
OIL PRICES 2021-22: $53
Brent crude oil spot prices to average $53 per barrel (b) in both 2021 and 2022 compared with an average of $42/b in 2020.