Russian Oil Boss: OPEC+ Won’t Decide On Output Cuts Before 2020

Russian Oil Boss: OPEC+ Won’t Decide On Output Cuts Before 2020

Vagit Alekperov, the chief executive of the second-biggest Russian oil producer, Lukoil, expects OPEC and its Russia-led non-OPEC partners to decide next March whether to roll over the production cuts through the rest of 2020. “It is going to be decided in March,” Alekperov told reporters on Wednesday, as carried by Reuters, referring to the …

U.S. diplomat Sondland says he ‘followed the president’s orders’ on Ukraine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. diplomat who is a pivotal witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he worked with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine issues on “the president’s orders,” confirming Trump’s active participation in a controversy that threatens his presidency. Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the …

Russia to continue working with OPEC despite ‘minor disagreements’: Putin

Russia to continue working with OPEC despite ‘minor disagreements’: Putin

Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday his country will continue to work with OPEC on stabilizing oil markets despite “minor disagreements.” The current OPEC+ output cut agreement is in place until the end of March 2020. Participants will meet to discuss the market situation in early December, with prices continuing to hover around …

EIA  Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending November 15, 2019

EIA  Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending November 15, 2019

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 1.4 million barrels from the previous week. At 450.4 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 3% above the five year average for this time of year.  U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.4 million barrels per day during the …

A White House Now ‘Cannibalizing Itself’

A White House Now ‘Cannibalizing Itself’

WASHINGTON — As Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman sat in a stately chamber testifying on Tuesday, the White House posted on its official Twitter account a message denouncing his judgment. His fellow witness, Jennifer Williams , had barely left the room when the White House issued a statement challenging her credibility.   Trump has publicly disparaged …

More Bad News For Oil As The API Reports A Large Crude Build

More Bad News For Oil As The API Reports A Large Crude Build

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has estimated a crude oil inventory build of 5.954 barrels for the week ending November 14, compared to analyst expectations of a 1.543-million-barrel build—a huge discrepancy for the much-watched inventory figures. Last week saw a draw in crude oil inventories of 500,000 million barrels, according to API data. The EIA’s …

European oil refining margins turn negative, fall to six-year low

European oil refining margins turn negative, fall to six-year low

LONDON (Reuters) – Northwest European oil refining margins turned negative on Tuesday, falling to around -$0.49 a barrel, Reuters calculations showed. Margins fell to their lowest since October 2013. A sharp fall in gasoline and fuel oil margins in recent days precipitated the fall, with a relative strength in middle distillates failing to keep overall …

Saudi Arabia’s Latest Trick To Boost Aramco Investment

Saudi Arabia’s Latest Trick To Boost Aramco Investment

  Wall street assholes are sitting out the biggest ipo ever for now because of global warming…. told  you they were beyond stupid Saudi Arabia is doubling the leverage limits for loans that banks will extend to domestic retail investors who want to buy shares in the Kingdom’s aoil giant Aramco in what would be …