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Wall Street Analysts Raise Their Oil Price Forecasts After Shocking Supply Cuts By OPEC+

Analysts on Wall Street are becoming far more bullish on oil prices, after OPEC+ announced voluntary output cuts totaling 1

Zenger · Apr 5, 2023

Easter bowser squeeze looms, but there’s a way around it

Australian motorists are being advised to fill-up their tanks outside major capitals as petrol prices rise ahead of the Easter long weekend.

The New Daily · Apr 5, 2023

Crude Prices Supported by the Outlook for Tighter Global Supplies

May WTI crude oil (CLK23 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.29 (+0.36%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBJ23 ) closed down -2.04 (-0.74%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Tuesday settled mixed with crude posting a 2-1/4 month high. Crude prices have carryover support from Sunday when OPEC+ unexpectedly announced a -1.0...

Barchart · Apr 4, 2023

Crude Prices Settle Sharply Higher after OPEC+ Cuts Production

May WTI crude oil (CLK23 ) on Monday closed up +4.75 (+6.28%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBJ23 ) closed up +7.65 (+2.85%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Monday rallied sharply, with crude posting a 2-1/4 month high and gasoline posting a 5-1/4 month high. The main bullish factor was the...

Barchart · Apr 3, 2023

Oil Prices Rise Sharply Following OPEC Announcement

In total, cutbacks in production will be over one million barrels a day. Because of these announced cutbacks, the global benchmark of oil prices, Brent crude, had a 5.31% increase in cost, rising to $84.13 a barrel. The U.S. benchmark, WTI, surged to $79.83 a barrel, a 5.48% increase.

Kiplinger · Apr 3, 2023

Oil surges most in a year after OPEC+’s shocking production cut

Oil rallied the most in more than a year after OPEC+ unexpectedly announced output cuts that threaten to tighten the market and deliver a fresh inflationary jolt to the world economy.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023

OPEC+ pricing power is ‘higher than it’s ever been’ after oil cuts, Goldman Sachs says

Oil-producing allies approved another oil production cut that could deal damage to the West.

Fortune · Apr 3, 2023

Analysis - Saudi crown prince acts to realign Mideast dynamics amid concern over US support

Saudi Arabia's unpredictable crown prince is pushing hard to realign Middle East dynamics, engaging with old foes and orchestrating OPEC oil cuts like the ones on Sunday which took the global market by surprise.

Reuters · Apr 3, 2023

Crude Oil Found a Bottom

In 2022, the U.S. sold an unprecedented level of its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, sending the SPY to the lowest level since December 1983. The sales weighed on crude oil but appeared to have set a floor under the energy commodity that continues to power the world.

Barchart · Apr 3, 2023

OPEC+ Says Additional Voluntary Oil Production Cuts Will Be 1.66 Mln Bpd

The 48th Meeting of OPEC’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) was held via videoconference on Monday. The Committee reviewed the crude oil production data for January and February 2023 and noted the overall conformity for participating OPEC and non-OPEC countries of the Declaration of Cooperation (DoC).

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2023