West Texas Intermediate fell 1.7% to about $33 a barrel while Brent crude was off 1.7% at $36 a barrel
The launch of a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia drove oil prices down by about a third on Monday
The main beneficiaries are likely to be the main consuming countries such as India and China, but even there oil companies will be affected.
Oil prices suffered their biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War as top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia launched a price war in the face of weak demand prompted by the spread of the coronavirus
Brent crude was trading at around $36 a barrel, down around 20 per cent by 16:45 GMT on Monday, when analysts lowered share price forecasts for top oil and gas producers
Govt should seize the opportunity to improve its finances
A nearly 25% slump in oil prices triggered panic-selling and heavy losses on Wall Street's main stock indexes as the rapid spread of coronavirus amplified fears of a global recession
Producers have cut costs, sold assets and canceled projects to repair balance sheets following crude's 2014-17 slump.
What happened in China is, to some extent, related to COVID-19, but (the fall in oil price) is independent in its own ways
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.
As confidence on equities declines, large oil producers may hesitate to loosen their purse strings, thereby impacting valuations too
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco <2222.SE> shares fell by as much as 10% on Monday, dropping below their December listing price after Saudi Arabia and Russia said they would raise oil production in a battle for market share, sending crude prices down by a third.
Exchange says it covered price volatility risk adequately with no default occurring during the price decline; brokers, however, says some margin calls were triggered
Oil fell by the most since 1991 on Monday after Saudi Arabia started a price war with Russia
The Saudi move was no shot across the bows aimed at Russia's reluctance to extend and boost a deal to curb production.
A meeting of main producers was expected to agree to deeper cuts to counter the impact of the new coronavirus -- but Moscow refused to tighten supply
Deal between Russia and OPEC shook on Friday when OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, failed to reach agreement with the world's No. 2 oil producer Russia to deepen production cuts aimed at shoring up prices.
Aramco's record IPO in December had valued the firm at $1.7 trillion, making it the world's most valuable company
The battle ended when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia struck a deal to cut production
An OPEC+ delegate said there were "positive signs" after a separate, earlier OPEC+ meeting had finished.