A crude supply and demand game is on
Oil prices are mainly driven by demand and supply fundamentals, and with ample supplies, fundamentals are weak.
Syed Rashid Husain
A range-bound year ahead for crude
“Global oil markets will remain well supplied this year, with a possible overhang of some 1 million bpd.”
A crude bull run on crutches
IRAN had little option but to retaliate. So it did, targeting the US bases in Iraq. Yet, the reaction was...
More drama on the crude front
ENERGY markets are on tenterhooks as the overall picture gets murkier. Geopolitics is back in the saddle.
New fuel, emission standards for shipping from January
The new rule is poised to ban shipping vessels using fuel with a sulphur content higher than 0.5 per cent.
Consumers driving crude dynamics
Crude sentiments have improved and prices are moving up. On Thursday, oil prices were seen hovering near a...
Industry-wide asset writedown impacts crude outlook
Despite steps, here and there, headwinds continue to impact the ‘crude’ outlook. In a clear sign, Chevron is writing
A murky crude horizon
Opec+ has agreed to an output cut of an additional 500,000 barrels per day.
Geopolitics and the crude economics
AS the demand side of the global crude equation continues to attain weight, the supply side of ‘crude’ economics...
US dominance in crude shows no sign of faltering
The debate is intensifying: 'With the current low, crude market prices, is the US shale revolution going bust?'
The great ‘crude’ game is on
RIYADH and Tehran are engaged in an intense ‘crude’ battle, making in the process interesting moves to checkmate...
Crude producers face murky demand outlook
While the short time crude outlook continues to remain murky, the medium- to long-term outlook is also not rosy, the...
Big moves on the crude chessboards
Opec+ are scheduled to meet next month to decide on their next steps on the global energy chessboard.
Questions over valuation delaying Aramco’s IPO
Over the past two months, Aramco noticeably accelerated the timeline for the much-hyped listing.
In a crude world, no permanent friends or enemies
Saudi Arabia and Russia have made joint strategic moves on the global energy chessboard.
Geopolitics and the crude saw cutter
OIL spiked after the missile attack on Iranian crude tanker, jumping by more than 2 per cent, as early reports about...
The great crude siege of oil markets
CRUDE is on a losing streak. The risk premium has evaporated and the market focus is back to the demand side of the...
Crude’s storm in a tea cup moment?
Does oil really matter? If the answer is yes, then the other question is to what extent.
Markets reacted violently...
Crude producers mull strategy shift
Opec’s share of the global oil market has dwindled to the lowest level in several years in August this year — 30 pc.
Oil shrugs off ME tensions
The markets appeared more focussed on the health of global economy.