Oil slipped on Thursday as a U.S. interest rate hike pushed up the dollar and increased fears of a global recession that would crimp fuel demand, although losses were capped by concerns over tight supply.
The Akufo-Addo government says it has so far paid a sum of US$3.6 billion in the past seven years for the alleged ENI Sankofa gas pipeline deal signed by the Mahama administration.
Parliament’s Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State
Enterprises has raised concerns over the financial standing of the
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
Heading into November 2022 with the firm knowledge that intra-OPEC+ cohesion has been restored to the fullest and the oil group has been given a new long-term ambition, pricing decisions for Middle Eastern cargoes loading next month faced an uncanny dilemma.
“The world is in the middle of the first truly global energy crisis,” the executive director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said today in Singapore.
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the US dollar eased against major peers but gains were limited by worries of slowing global fuel demand growth amid bearish economic data from key oil importing economies such as China.
An excess of supply in the oil market was the main reason for OPEC+ opting to cut production earlier this month, according to the group’s secretary-general.
Breaking news: the much-touted commodity market boom is officially over. Metals, energy, and agriculture prices have all tumbled from their March peak as inflationary pressure, higher interest rates and a brawny dollar took a heavy toll on the two-year rally.
Saudi Aramco posted a 39% yearly surge in net income for the third quarter and generated record free cash flow as higher oil prices and higher production helped it beat the analyst consensus.
Oil rose on Thursday, extending a rally of nearly 3% in the previous session, as optimism over record U.S. crude exports and signs that recession fears are abating outweighed concern over slack demand in China.