The Latest Breaking News from OPEC

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

Surprise Oil Cuts Undergird Unusual Options Volume for Vaalco Energy (EGY)

Hydrocarbon specialist Vaalco Energy represents an under-the-radar opportunity, especially as surprise oil production cuts bolster EGY stock.

Barchart · Apr 4, 2023

Voluntary Oil Production Cut: Decision to Balance Demand, Production Levels

Oil and economic experts confirmed that the voluntary oil production cuts taken by oil-exporting countries within OPEC+, starting May and continuing until the end of 2023, aim to achieve market balance. Mubarak Alhajeri, a faculty member at Kuwait's College of Technological Studies, explained that the cut had shocked global markets…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 4, 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

Broader Market Climbs as Bond Yields Fall on U.S. ISM Manufacturing Miss

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.21%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.87%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.48%. U.S. stock indexes this morning are mixed, with the...

Barchart · Apr 3, 2023

Oil producers' cuts could boost gasoline prices, help Russia

Some of the globe's biggest oil producers are cutting back

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023