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Louisiana Light • 4 days | 71.34 | -0.47 | -0.65% | ||
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Bonny Light • 28 days | 78.62 | -2.30 | -2.84% | ||
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Opec Basket • 5 days | 72.42 | +1.58 | +2.23% | ||
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Mars US • 318 days | 75.54 | -1.36 | -1.77% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 mins | 1.973 | +0.005 | +0.25% |
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Bonny Light • 28 days | 78.62 | -2.30 | -2.84% | ||
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Girassol • 28 days | 79.56 | -1.80 | -2.21% | ||
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Opec Basket • 5 days | 72.42 | +1.58 | +2.23% |
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Peace Sour • 2 hours | 66.02 | +0.37 | +0.56% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 2 hours | 65.27 | +0.37 | +0.57% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 2 hours | 70.02 | +0.37 | +0.53% | ||
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Central Alberta • 2 hours | 67.02 | +0.37 | +0.56% |
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Eagle Ford • 4 days | 65.13 | -0.37 | -0.56% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 4 days | 65.25 | -0.25 | -0.38% | ||
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Kansas Common • 5 days | 59.25 | +1.75 | +3.04% | ||
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Buena Vista • 5 days | 75.72 | +1.41 | +1.90% |
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Oil Prices Hold Gains as Traders Remain Focused on Geopolitical Risk
Crude oil prices started the week up slightly, holding on to gains made last week after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a guided missile submarine would be deployed to the Middle East.
The move comes as Israel and its U.S. allies brace up for an attack by Iran and its regional allies in the Middle East in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and that of a senior Hezbollah figure in Lebanon.
“Secretary Austin reiterated the United States’ commitment to take every possible step to defend Israel and noted the strengthening of U.S. military force posture and capabilities throughout the Middle East in light of escalating regional tensions,” a statement by the Pentagon said, as quoted by Reuters.
Brent crude last week rose by 3.5%, with West Texas Intermediate posting gains of over 4% on the prospect of an escalation in the Middle East. Earlier today, both benchmarks were on the rise once more, with traders at least temporarily shaking off concerns about the U.S. economy and Chinese oil demand.
“The immediate market concern will be attacks on Iran’s oil supply and infrastructure,” Commonwealth Bank of Australia analyst Vivek Dhar told Bloomberg. Even so, Dhar added “We see Brent oil futures trading between $75 and $85 a barrel in the short term,” noting that in case of a bigger war in the Middle East prices will jump.
Prices also received some support from statements made by U.S. Fed officials, who suggested last week that inflation may be declining sufficiently to motivate an interest rate cut sooner rather than later. Interest rates in the U.S. have been one of the main bearish factors for oil this year.
“All the elements of inflation seem to be settling down (and) I'm relatively hopeful based on the conversations I'm having that that's going to continue,” Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin said, as quoted by Reuters, on Friday.
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com
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This is an absolute fact since renewables can't now or in the future support a global economy on their own because of their intermittent nature and we expect no alternative to oil as versatile and practicable as oil itself in the next 100 years.
This is common sense. So forget about this expert and that analyst. They only earn their living by making projections sometimes picked up from thin air without any logical bases to support.
Oil prices of today are heading upwards with Brent crude reaching $90 a barrel during this half of the year. They are underpinned by solid market fundamentals, robust demand and continuing rising demand from both China and India and also the Asia-Pacific region.
It is the Global South that determines principally the demand for oil and prices not the Global North. This is absolute fact.
Dr Mamdouh G Salameh
International Oil Economist
Global Energy Expert