The
huge crude oil market, the largest commodity market in the world, has also come under substantial price pressure, as the chart below reflects.
Reports on
crude oil markets noted small fluctuations in crude prices today, mostly related to economic activity on the demand side of the oil business.
A lot has changed
in crude oil markets in North America in the last few years, and these changes have had significant impacts on the value of Western Canadian crude production.
LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 30 (Reuters)- The term «demand destruction» is again entering the lexicon of the
current crude oil market as the sharp rise in prices raises concerns about when do consumers start cutting back on their fuel consumption.
The image below shows the state of the WTI
crude oil market as of January 30, 2018, showing a market distinctly in backwardation.
I wrote about changes in North
American crude oil markets, and the related reasons for the push for new pipeline infrastructure almost 2 years ago in Macleans, and thought it might be a good idea to update some of the numbers here.
Energy East will serve as a link between Eastern Canadian refineries and the
western crude oil market, where crude oil had been discounted significantly since mid-2010 until these price differentials converged rapidly over the last couple of months.
Statistics Canada reported in The Daily in November that, «gasoline prices have increased at a slightly faster pace in the central and eastern provinces than in the west, resulting in a spread between some provincial gasoline indices... associated with the
dual crude oil market in Canada and the recent price differential between crude oil benchmarks.»
«Supply is more than ample in Europe, Urals face strong competition from the Middle Eastern grades,» said another trader on the
Russian crude oil market, adding that supplies of Urals to Asia were uneconomic due to a wide Brent - Dubai spread.
At a time that
international crude oil market is getting more competitive, the Hungarian Government has indicated interest to purchase crude oil and Liquefied...
The
Nymex crude oil market shot sharply higher and gained 10 % in value in one day Wednesday, following an OPEC meeting that saw a crude oil - production - cut agreement reached.
Firm Crude Oil Market Helps Trigger Late Session Equity Rally Stock index futures made new highs for the year as appetite for risky assets picked up late in the trading session.
FC Stone @ New York Mercantile Exchange, New York • NY 2002 — 2003 Futures Broker / Trader Conversed with institutional accounts proactively on current
Crude Oil market activity.
ConocoPhillips says production, including in war - torn Libya, is strong despite downturn
in crude oil markets.
EIA projects that ending the export ban — which would allow shut - in domestic crude to access
global crude oil markets — would spur more domestic production.
In
the crude oil market, we found that accuracy of testing relied much more heavily on operator judgments in how they executed and / or interpreted the test.
Wall Street stock futures are opening lower with continued jitters in media and energy stocks after dispiriting news from earnings season and from
the crude oil market this week.
«While we are seeing solid U.S. fuel margins year to date, this quarter's results were negatively impacted by volatility in
the crude oil market, particularly in the southwest US,» he said in a news release.
Any stabilization in
the crude oil market in coming months could provide positive support to overall economic activity,» OPEC said.
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The recent bombing of a Syrian air facility by the United States sent a little jolt into
the crude oil market.
In a report, financial group Raymond James noted the true effects of the disruption in Canadian production wouldn't truly be felt in
the crude oil market for weeks, because of the time it takes crude oil to travel through pipelines and into the U.S.
I was also puzzled by the bid in
the crude oil market the last 2 weeks (in the face of stock market weakness) and I thought CAD could benefit from rising crude.
He remains short the Stock Market, sees something going on in
the Crude Oil market, & explains how he intends to manage risk - R. Zurrer for Money Talks
Until Chinese stocks and
the crude oil markets start to find some traction, US equities are likely to remain weak overall.
The crude oil market rally the past 2 weeks has puzzled me.
Since market internals only apply to stock index futures, we have additional methods to determine the trend of
the Crude Oil market.
In recent weeks
the crude oil market has become an even more important «outside market» that has been impacting many other markets on a daily basis.
The crude oil market rallied late this week on news of a planned cut in OPEC oil production.
The S&P GSCI Crude Oil was launched on May 1, 1991 — with history dating back to 1987 — to provide market participants with a reliable and publicly available benchmark for investment performance in
the crude oil market.
The recent bombing of a Syrian air facility by the United States sent a little jolt into
the crude oil market.
They were reportedly short
the crude oil market, and were forced buyers covering near the peak.
Also included is the Crude Oil Secrets DVD on how program trading runs
the Crude Oil markets, this alone is invaluable info, which is available online to download.
In 2005 and 2006 a perception of impending supply shortage allowed traders to take advantages of the contango in
the crude oil market.