Sentences with phrase «cut global oil supplies»

The Saudi - led Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet Thursday to work out a plan to cut global oil supplies and boost prices, but OPEC member Iran has an incentive and the power to screw the whole plan up.

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The higher the oil price the Saudis (or OPEC) target and possibly reach, the more areas in the U.S. would be profitable to drill and add to the global oil supply, potentially wiping out the effect of the cuts and depressing oil prices again.

A number of funds bet heavily on an oil rally early in the year, boosting long futures positions to a record in late February, before oil went into a prolonged slump as global supply remained elevated despite cuts from OPEC.

On Monday, WTI closed at US$ 52.22 a barrel, up by 3 percent, while Brent crude settled at US$ 59.02 — its highest since July 2015 — on the back of growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Iraq.

There were two principal drivers behind oil prices» performance: the growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Iraq.

The looming supply growth is mostly due to two factors: the scheduled end of OPEC / non-OPEC production cuts in March and US shale production, including NGLs, «growing like crazy,» said New York - based Mike Wittner, managing director and global head of oil research at Societe Generale.

Oman's oil minister Mohammed bin Hamad al - Rumhi called on all OPEC and non-OPEC producers who took part in the global supply cut pact to continue their cooperation to maintain suitable Continue Reading

Compliance with a global deal to cut oil supply hit a new high in February and an inventory glut is shrinking fast, a joint OPEC and the non-OPEC committee said, Continue Reading

The global oil stocks surplus is close to evaporating, OPEC said on Thursday, citing healthy energy demand and its own supply cuts while revising up its forecast for production from Continue Reading

Protests in Libya and oil theft in Nigeria have reduced global supply and violence in Iraq has led to concerns that oil production may be cut from the country in the future.

If Trump does scrap the deal, it could lead to the re-imposition of secondary sanctions on Iran, pressuring countries to cut their purchases of Iranian crude, denting global supplies, pushing oil prices higher.

Global oil supply growth plunging, with US taking biggest hit for now IEA medium - term report sees oil market rebalancing in 2017, but investment cuts pose supply security risks down the road 22 February 2016

This could see the world's No 3 oil consumer cutting use further just as weak global demand and ample supply are already pushing the international Brent benchmark to multi-year lows.