China’s economic woes and property crisis have been weighing on global oil demand consumption and growth expectations this year.
Despite some renewed optimism in the wake of the Fed’s jumbo cut, concerns about China aren’t going away.
OPEC trimmed its oil demand growth forecast for 2024, citing concerns in China.
China’s economic woes and property crisis have been weighing on global oil demand consumption and growth expectations this year.
Despite some renewed optimism in the wake of the Fed’s jumbo cut, concerns about China aren’t going away.
OPEC trimmed its oil demand growth forecast for 2024, citing concerns in China.
OPEC on Tuesday cut its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2024 reflecting data received so far this year and also trimmed its expectation for next year, marking the producer group’s second consecutive downward revision.
Crude oil prices moved higher earlier today on anticipation that tropical storm Francine would disrupt oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC is expected to soon make a formal offer to buy Germany’s chemicals giant Covestro for $15.9 billion (14.4 billion euros) including debt, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of the plan.
There were indications that Nigeria has gotten close to meeting its 1.7 million barrels per day, bpd, 2024 budget target, yesterday, as oil output rose month-on-month, MoM, to 1.4 million barrels per day, bpd, excluding condensate, in August 2024, from 1.3 million bpd in July 2024, indicating an increase of 3.4 per cent.
Crude oil exports from Libya’s major ports have been shut for a week in the latest case of major unrest in the country, an OPEC member that pumps about 1% of world oil output
Despite oil prices being high since 2021, most major African oil producers are not experiencing the trappings of an oil boom, Zainab Usman, a senior fellow and director of the Africa programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has said.
Crude oil prices began the week with gains as traders took a break after the latest selloff and as a weather system in the Gulf of Mexico could become a hurricane before it makes landfall.
Oil futures jumped by about 1% on Monday as a potential hurricane approaching the U.S. Gulf Coast helped oil prices to recover some of the previous week’s heavy losses.