The growth of oil prices accelerated by Friday evening based on a Bloomberg report that damage to the power cable led to a halt in oil production in the Saudi Arabian largest offshore field Safaniya. Previously, prices were supported by a statement by Saudi Minister of Energy, Khalid al-Falih. He said that the Kingdom intends to overfulfil in February the plan to reduce production to 10 million 100 thousand barrels per day against the agreed OPEC + limit for this country in the amount of 10 million 330 thousand barrels per day. During the evening trading on Friday, the price of Brent crude oil reached 66 dollars 6 cents per barrel, rising to 2.31%. WTI crude oil increased in price by 1.75%. Its price was 55 dollars 37 cents per barrel.
Oil traded higher on Friday, further reclaiming lost ground from three-week lows in the previous session as the COVID-19 situation continued to dent the global economy as well as oil consumption. Brent crude gained 0.3%, trading at $43.08 ...
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Oil prices fell on Thursday as the rising global coronavirus cases weighed on fuel demand recovery just as OPEC+ producers are set to increase supply. The Brent contract for October slid 0.05%, or 2 cents, at $44.07 per barrel, while the September ...
The second quarter had seen Australian consumer prices dropping by a record. This could be attributed to the coronavirus crisis dragging child care cost and petroleum prices, inflicting a serious damage to years of growth toward higher inflation. Last ...
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