Tagged With Oil markets
24 June 2024
The addition of US crude to the world’s top oil benchmark has finally solved its North Sea conundrum and laid down a marker for the future
7 February 2023
Kevin O’Reilly concludes the cautionary tale of the German conglomerate’s overreach with what went very, very wrong
3 February 2023
Kevin O’Reilly continues his three-part account of the hobbling of a German industrial giant with the arrival of the story’s central figure
2 February 2023
Kevin O’Reilly, with 27 years commodity trading experience, dives into one of the most compelling tales of how not to hedge your risks in the first of a three-part series
2 February 2023
The signs point towards a comeback in 2023, but uncertainty around Covid remains a factor
9 January 2023
The company does not seem concerned about the effect on its growth plans of the new government’s proposed oil sector reforms, and is even looking at potential acquisitions
22 December 2022
Partisan political rhetoric has not prevented production growth
14 December 2022
History shows that the demand impact keeps any oil market spikes strictly temporary in nature
23 November 2022
Governments around the world must decide how to approach the energy trilemma amid ongoing volatility
22 November 2022
The government is seeking to revitalise the country’s upstream through a variety of reforms, says Petroleum Secretary Pankaj Jain
18 November 2022
Energy markets have had an extraordinary 2022, sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent retaliatory action. But the full effect on the oil market has yet to be seen
20 October 2022
The country’s increasing thirst for oil is unlikely to be blunted by planned gas use expansion or the energy transition
6 October 2022
Crude price gains will not be the only result of the cartel’s decision to cut production
6 October 2022
The looming move threatens additional uncertainty and risk for the energy markets this winter
4 October 2022
Outgoing Shell chief sees higher government take as a much lesser threat to the oil and gas industry
26 September 2022
The proposed mechanism may cause Russia some pain, but its impact is likely overstated
13 September 2022
The sanctioned countries are competing in a limited illicit market
12 September 2022
Surging demand, declining domestic output, high prices and a weakening rupee are all pushing up the country’s import bills
16 August 2022
Record profits allow for investment drive not just in the upstream but also the downstream and in lower-carbon
1 August 2022
MbS almost certainly did not mean what oil bulls have convinced themselves he did
18 July 2022
The notion of a limit on Putin’s oil export revenue is attractive, but it will be virtually impossible to make it work in practice
4 July 2022
Consultancy sees Brent potentially averaging $120/bl in Q3, but the outlook remains mixed
9 June 2022
Shipping analysts Windward see a rise in suspicious activity by Russia-affiliated vessels since start of Ukraine war
6 June 2022
China’s energy imports have offered Russia a lifeline as Western sanctions bite
5 June 2022
Analysts warn of economic headwinds for the crude and product markets
26 May 2022
Flows of Urals crude to Asian importers—in particular India—have spiked since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to price reporting agency GX
17 May 2022
The Saudi oil behemoth is funnelling record earnings into domestic upstream
4 May 2022
The immediate impact of an official EU embargo on Russian crude and products may be outweighed by a longer-term reaction
3 May 2022
The country faces a very particular version of the ‘energy trilemma’
26 April 2022
The Kremlin may change rules to soften the blow of any drop in production
25 April 2022
Volumes have risen in recent weeks amid an uptick in flows to East Asia, says analytics firm Vortexa, while even in Europe the picture is mixed
12 April 2022
A return of banks to commodity markets could ease the current crisis
1 April 2022
Washington will take 1mn bl/d from SPR for the next six months
30 March 2022
Trading houses confirm they are not buying outside of term contracts, leaving the question of who will lift Russian barrels
29 March 2022
The appetite of the two East of Suez economies for Russian oil may prove crucial
29 March 2022
Doug King of fund manager and commodity trader RCMA sees far greater upside than down in the oil market
29 March 2022
Western countries want Mideast Gulf producers to boost output, but the options are limited
28 March 2022
The country will pipe more oil, as well as more gas, to its southern neighbour by year-end
28 March 2022
While the region’s crude producers stand to benefit from high prices, LNG importers will feel the pressure
22 March 2022
Chinese refiners are yet to buy more Russian crude, while other nations in Asia may help fill Europe’s shortfall in diesel supply, according to energy intelligence firm Vortexa
22 March 2022
The impact on Africa and Latin America of spiralling energy prices should not be ignored
22 March 2022
The Swiss trader is relatively sanguine on Europe replacing Russian crude, but the products puzzle is more challenging
21 March 2022
The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to spur closer energy cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, although significant hurdles remain
15 March 2022
Consultancy Kpler suggests a slowdown in Russian flows might be about to show up in the data and is not priced in
14 March 2022
China’s demand is set to increase again this year, but at a slower pace after hitting yet another record high in 2021
10 March 2022
Even amid climbing oil prices and strong market backwardation, most US shale independents show little scope or intent to raise output in the short term
9 March 2022
Analysts see potential for $200/bl+ if it becomes ever more difficult in practice for Western nations to buy crude from Russia
9 March 2022
The allies call a halt to deliveries, but Biden seems accepting that more exposed European countries will not follow suit
2 March 2022
The intergovernmental body is trying to cool the crude market
25 February 2022
Opec’s top producers are unlikely to deviate from an agreement that has brought market stability and buoyed prices
