Tom Kool

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• Oil Prices Tear Higher On Middle East Tensions

  Published 20 March 2018 | viewed 19,109 times

  Oil prices rose on Tuesday ahead of the API data report, fueled by Middle East tensions and dwindling crude output in Venezuela. (Click to enlarge)…

• Bearish News Fails To Subdue Oil Prices

  Published 16 March 2018 | viewed 12,073 times

  Despite an onslaught of bearish news for crude, oil prices remained stable before jumping significantly on Friday morning.  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click…

• Uncertainty Grips Oil Markets Ahead Of EIA Report

  Published 13 March 2018 | viewed 8,501 times

  Uncertainty in oil markets has led to see-sawing oil prices, as analysts await upcoming U.S. inventory reports. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to…

• Oil Prices Bounce After A Tough Week

  Published 09 March 2018 | viewed 17,420 times

  Oil has had a bumpy week, but following the news that Trump would allow some keep exceptions to the tariffs, along with a strong jobs…

• What’s Driving Oil Prices Back Up?

  Published 06 March 2018 | viewed 27,236 times

  Oil prices saw a modest bump following exchanges between OPEC and U.S. shale producers at the annual CERAWeek Conference. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)…

• Oil Market Sentiment Sours Amid Global Financial Turmoil

  Published 02 March 2018 | viewed 11,575 times

  Trump’s latest tweet, arguing that “trade wars are good, and easy to win,” didn’t bode with for global equities or commodities, including oil, which was…

• OPEC Looks To Dial Back Production Cuts

  Published 27 February 2018 | viewed 18,251 times

  Last week’s surprise drawdown in crude inventories may be the last for a while, as analysts are expecting a reversal in stocks this week. (Click…

• Oil Prices Rise As Bullish Sentiment Returns

  Published 23 February 2018 | viewed 20,055 times

  Following a surprise report from the EIA, oil prices rose across the board, suggesting that bullish sentiment may be returning to the markets.  (Click to…

• Oil Prices Diverge On Mixed Data

  Published 20 February 2018 | viewed 13,080 times

  WTI received a boost at the start of the week as Cushing inventories have dwindled amid greater pipeline connections and reduced flows from Canada. Exports…

• Oil Claws Back Gains

  Published 16 February 2018 | viewed 16,075 times

  Oil markets recovered on Friday, clawing back gains that were lost in the last oil price correction. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to…

• Oil Holds Steady, But Rebound Seems Unlikely

  Published 13 February 2018 | viewed 8,648 times

  Oil prices have stabilized following last week's massive decline, though growing fear of a new U.S. shale boom has markets in bear-mode.  (Click to enlarge)…

• Oil Prices Fall Below $60 On Renewed Shale Threat

  Published 09 February 2018 | viewed 23,387 times

  Oil prices crashed on Friday as a result of a major increase in U.S. drilling activity. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)…

• Oil Crushed By Market Meltdown

  Published 06 February 2018 | viewed 11,570 times

  The recent crash in the financial market has well and truly brought an end to the oil price rally, seriously hurting energy stocks in the…

• Oil Markets Are At A Stalemate

  Published 02 February 2018 | viewed 12,567 times

  U.S. shale production is soaring as the oil rig count once again ticked up this week, but OPEC's high compliance and the continued crisis in…

• Have Oil Prices Hit A Ceiling?

  Published 30 January 2018 | viewed 13,757 times

  The spike in Friday’s rig count has rekindled some old concerns regarding the acceleration of shale drilling, putting downward pressure on oil prices. (Click to…

• The Unstoppable Oil Rally

  Published 26 January 2018 | viewed 27,237 times

  Ongoing declines in U.S. inventories and a weakening U.S. dollar have pushed oil prices up even further this week. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)…

• OPEC Drives Oil Prices Back Up

  Published 23 January 2018 | viewed 22,630 times

  The EIA is predicting that fossil fuel production in the United States will hit record levels in both 2018 and 2019, and as oil prices…

• Can Anything Stop The Shale Surge?

  Published 19 January 2018 | viewed 13,640 times

  Higher oil prices may lead to huge growth in U.S. shale production, according to revised predictions from both OPEC and the IEA. (Click to enlarge)…

• Has Oil Become Overbought?

  Published 16 January 2018 | viewed 13,275 times

  Strong demand and falling inventories have pushed oil prices to their highest level in years, but this could be a double-edged sword as OPEC members…

• Is $70 The Ceiling For Oil Prices?

  Published 12 January 2018 | viewed 23,567 times

  While sentiment in the oil market remains bullish, analysts cannot seem to agree on crude's next big move.  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to…