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Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
Crude oil remains hot with prices soaring to 14-month highs. This year to date, the price of Brent oil has surged by 30.5% to US$66.85 per barrel and that of the WTI soared by 31.2% -- more than making up for the full-year 2020's loss of 24.4% and ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... supply side of crude oil's 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 ...

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 ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... and June. Not enough to arrest the slide in oil prices. According to the International Energy Agency's April "Oil Market Report, "Global oil demand is expected to fall by a record 9.3 mb/d year-on-year in 2020. The impact of containment measures in 187 ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... December 6 last year. The balance of probabilities points to continued oil price gains in 2020. In its latest Oil Market Report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast "global oil demand forecasts unchanged at 1 mb/d in 2019 and 1.2 mb/d in 2020". ...

Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... -- agreed to reduce production by around 500 kb/d (kilo barrels per day) to 2.1 mb/d. However, in its latest Oil Market Report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) notes that: "If all the countries comply with their new allocations and Saudi Arabia ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... on Iran in August this year (followed up by threats of sanctions on countries importing Iranian oil). In its Oil Market Report for August, the International Energy Agency (IEA) did not attribute rising oil prices to OPEC: "Global supply in August reached ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... bottom of the oil barrel. The International Energy Agency (IEA) summed up the oil rush very nicely in its October Oil Market Report: "The waiting game is over. OPEC has effectively abandoned its free market policy set in train nearly two years ago. Global ...
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