Sentences with phrase «oil prices over»

The main challenge we've had is oil prices over the last three years or so.

However, the arrival of Thatcher and Reagan to power in 1979 and 1980 resulted in a collapse of oil prices over a six year period, destroying the demand for low energy buildings and destroying the fledgling renewable energy industry.

But the sustained climb in oil prices over the first half of this year (recent price correction notwithstanding) may start to tilt the balance in reverse, making logistics more expensive and creating challenges for supply chain managers of every transnational business.

As many of my long time readers know, I've been very successful in predicting home heating oil prices over the last 6 or 7 years and readers keep coming back each fall to get my recommendations for the upcoming winter heating season.

Among the issues raised were the $ 2 trillion valuation Saudi Arabia wants for the world's largest oil producer, the scale of dividends Aramco's prepared to pay and the impact of the shale boom on oil prices over the next few years.

However, greater stability in oil prices over the second half of the month — alongside the positive tone of economic data — helped spark a wider rebound in riskier assets, with equities collectively recovering a significant portion of the losses they had sustained since the start of 2016.

Part of the marked increase in US dollar oil prices over the past year has simply reflected the depreciation of the US dollar.

Developments on the supply side have also contributed to the strength in oil prices over recent months.

The rally in oil prices over the past year likely had more to do with higher demand rather than merely the supply taken off of the market by the OPEC / non-OPEC Continue Reading

Rising crude oil prices over the last two years will further aggravate the trade deficit as the currency is also depreciating, which will add to the import bill.

Okay, maybe not completely over, or even close to almost over, but is sure was nice for a while to taste the sweet nectar of oil prices over $ 50, no matter how fleeting that might be.

Admittedly we are a net importer of oil (increasingly so as Bass Strait reserves diminish), but Australian entities make large exports of natural gas and thermal coal, whose prices are highly correlated with oil prices over time.

Certain pundits were unimpressed that GE was delving further into the drilling arena, given what has happened to crude oil prices over the last few months.

My predictions of steadily rising oil prices over the last decade, including my call for $ 100 - per - barrel oil by 2007, had flown in the face of conventional wisdom.

The rollercoaster ride in oil prices over the past three years may be old hat to investors familiar with the commodity's historical sensitivity to macro events (see chart below), but oil price volatility is by no means endemic and several factors are now lining up to suggest a calmer period for crude may lie ahead.

Her father had hoped she could use her business acumen and political standing to clamp down on theft from the state oil company as it struggled to adjust to the sharp fall of oil prices over the previous year.

After studying oil prices over long periods, the GMO chief strategist has come to believe that there have been two major paradigm shifts when oil reset at higher baseline levels.

At the conference, presented by CNBC and Institutional Investor, Cooperman also shared his view on the market and oil prices over the next year.

Senior executives are pledging to maintain a cautious approach to investment and spending despite the recovery in oil prices over the last two years.

With the decline of the Brent crude oil price over the past year, one of the most common questions I have been receiving is how to play this development.

The 50 per cent drop in oil price over the past year is none other than a very intentional effort to take off the table very expensive fossil - fuel exploration and projects that will not be viable with lower prices.

Not exact matches

«I would say take Egypt over Saudi Arabia because the Saudi economy is more vulnerable to oil prices.»

Brent oil prices eased off four - month highs of just over $ 75 a barrel set on Monday on worries that Trump may pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and thus bring back sanctions on its oil output.

The price of oil has risen to its highest since late 2014 this month, driven by concern over the potential for disruption to Iranian crude flows, but analysts say the degree of uncertainty hanging over the deal means the market is extremely sensitive to any developments.

SINGAPORE, April 26 - Oil prices rose on Thursday, lifted by concerns over supply disruptions in Venezuela and the Middle East as well as by strong demand.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as companies prepared to suspend production in the U.S. Gulf over a looming tropical storm.

Exxon's profits have improved over the last year as the oil market continues to recover from a prolonged price slump.

With operating net profit — or profits before taxes and interest — up by 30 percent to 978 million euros, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said that Eni's results were «over and above the rising price of oil.»

It comes as little surprise then that Saudi Arabia and Iran — apart from the tense regional archrivalry — are reportedly at odds over where to go next with the OPEC deal, and how high an oil price the cartel should target.

Brent oil prices eased off four - month highs of just over $ 75 a barrel set on Monday on worries that U.S. President Donald Trump may pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and thereby bring back sanctions on its oil output.

But van Beurden has been slimming down his portfolio of oil projects with the intent of keeping only those lean enough to make good returns in a world in which oil prices average no more than $ 40 a barrel, well below the average price over the past decade.

That's an increase of a little over 35 % from where it was trading four years ago, when oil prices were three times higher.

Nigeria's nationwide oil - worker strike ended over the weekend, and oil prices fell as low as $ 67.55 per barrel on Monday.

The company said in February that it planned to buy back up to $ 5 billion of stock over 2018 - 2020 to share the benefits of higher oil prices with investors.

Oil prices have risen this month to their highest since late 2014, driven by concern over potential disruptions to Iranian crude flows.

Oil prices dipped during afternoon trade on Monday, erasing gains supported by a political rift in the Middle East, before investor concerns over a global supply overhang returned.

The price of oil dropped Tuesday after a big jump a day earlier over jitters that Russia's military advance into Ukraine could result in economic sanctions against one of the world's major energy suppliers.

The count of active oil rigs fell with prices, but has risen over the past few months, mostly in the Permian.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

Jim Cramer argues that OPEC is a «shadow of its former self» and no longer wields control over the price of oil.

NEW YORK, April 13 - Oil prices extended recent gains and a gauge of global stocks eased on Friday as concern over a broader conflict in Syria left investors nervous, while U.S. bank shares led Wall Street lower.

For one thing, the concerns over the decline in crude oil prices may be overdone, it said, adding that the economy is still resilient and Malaysia is likely to maintain a trade surplus as demand for imports is also softening along with exports.

With the widened spread in oil prices between Edmonton and tidewater, however, rival customers from Washington, California and Asia are now fighting over the cheaper Canadian crude.

Between rising oil prices and ongoing concerns over climate change, there is growing pressure on the global shipping industry to cut its fuel consumption.

«At this point, and in the context of oil prices that are within striking distance of what we envision to be cyclical highs over the next 6 to 12 months, we think the Exxon short has essentially run its course,» Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov wrote.

Economists are now fretting over daily swings in the price of oil, which recently surged to more than US$ 105 per barrel — its highest level in more than two - and - a-half years.

Oil prices rose overnight amid concerns over geopolitical developments, particularly concerns about Iran.

Oil prices surged by about $ 3 a barrel over the last two sessions, posting their best two - day gain since November.

While it looked like oil prices were recovering slightly in June, they slipped back down over the past few weeks, continuing a decline that started to over two years ago.

The Federal Reserve did not help in the process as their response to increasing oil prices and the war in the Middle East was to RAISE the short term Fed Funds rate from 5.50 to over 10 percent.