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Global markets shaken by war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... largest threat to global markets is the reaction from the West. "Russia is leading the charge for CROPEC (China, Russia and OPEC) cartel to raise energy price and inflation. The Western economies are purely held up by asset bubbles that were created ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... picture has shown clear signs of improvement." So declared Saudi Arabia's oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations met and decided to gradually increase oil production in July. The OPEC+'s online meeting ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... business activity in many parts of the world. The latest tailwind driving the oil market is the unexpected decision by the OPEC+ oil producers to extend its oil production cuts by another month to the end of April. Clearly, the global economy is past ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... demand/supply equation is also constructive. This from the IEA's January 2021 "Oil Market Report": "Anticipating weaker demand, OPEC+ decided in January to delay a further easing of cuts and Saudi Arabia surprised with an additional 1 mb/d supply ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... when WTI May contracts slipped into negative territory. It's assumed investors expected oil prices to stabilise after an OPEC deal to cut production by 30% due to oversupply, but May WTI futures contracts soon went negative for the first time as ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... a downward revision of 0.3 mb/d compared to last month's [October] assessment", despite supportive demand from China. OPEC+ may have to limit production again to put the oil supply-demand equation back into a balance that would favour of higher prices ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... its main market. It also lowered pricing for U.S. buyers". The first wave of discounting happened in early April after the OPEC+ talks collapsed due to Russia's dissent, prompting Saudi Arabia to unilaterally announce an increase in production and ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Most things appeared to be going hunky-dory for the oil market in the second quarter of this year. OPEC+ production cuts plus the easing of social distancing and the re-opening of many businesses in an increasing number of countries around the world ...

BetaShares rejigs oil ETF...again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... to production cuts of 10% from May 1 to normalise oil prices. In July, Gulf countries that had restricted supply on top of OPEC+ agreed cuts wound them back. On April 29, BetaShares said the ETF would go from tracking one-month WTI crude futures to three-month ...

Oil to make strong recovery: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... negative last month, the oil market appears much calmer as the June contract approaches," Jones said. "Supply has been cut by OPEC+ since April and US oil production has fallen. As oil demand starts to recover, there are signs of a quick and strong demand ...
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