Recent increases in crude prices and the rapid drawing down of visible stockpiles will undoubtedly lead to calls for a more rapid raising of production targets than was envisaged in December
The move caps a stellar few months for the oil market, with crude emerging as a favored play to bet on coronavirus vaccines and global reflation
Futures in New York rose 0.2 per cent, but gave up some earlier gains after failing to rise above the lows set in June 2019, a level seen as providing technical resistance
Iran plans to roughly double oil production in the next year to 4.5 million barrels daily, as the country anticipates a loosening of US sanctions
Pradhan's statement comes in the wake of a steep hike in the prices of petrol and diesel recently
OPEC+ sources have said Russia, Iraq, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates have all to a certain extent expressed interest in supplying the market with more oil in 2021
Bloc set to meet virtually to address key concerns on the back of a disastrous yr
US oil output from seven major shale formations is expected to decline by about 68,000 bpd in October to 7.64 mn bpd, the US Energy Information Administration said
The oil company will boost outpur capacity by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) to 13 million bpd despite spending cuts this year and next year
Coronavirus cases continued to surge in the United States and stood at almost 18 million globally
Today, a total of 11 companies, including Nestle, Havells, and Bandhan Bank are scheduled to announce their March quarter results
The OPEC nations have agreed to "a different limit reduction of about 23 per cent", said US President Donald Trump
'Saudi Aramco announces that it received a directive from the ministry of energy to increase its maximum sustainable capacity from 12 million bpd to 13 bpd,' the company said
The clash of oil titans Saudi Arabia and Russia sparked a 25% slump in crude prices on Monday
Producers have cut costs, sold assets and canceled projects to repair balance sheets following crude's 2014-17 slump.
Easy liquidity available earlier is drying up, debt is piling up, debt repayments are due and a lot of investors are looking for profitability and not just production growth.
The margin on crude oil, which was set at 16.3 per cent on friday, kept on rising today with MCX imposing margins of up to 60%
Brent crude rose 29 cents to $65.63 a barrel by 1305 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude added 18 cents to $60.39
The countries involved pump over 40% of the world's oil, and their new combined cuts amount to 1.7 million bpd or 1.7% of global production
Possibly complicating Saudi decisions on oil output is the crisis around the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Riyadh's consulate in Istanbul last month