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Oil prices up on strong U.S. demand, Fed signals in focus
  + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Oil prices rose on Wednesday on expectations of strong global demand, including in the world's top consumer the United States, and as even somewhat sticky U.S. inflation did not dent expectations the Fed might start cutting rates soon. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, stuck to its forecast of a strong oil demand growth globally of 2.25 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024 and by 1.85 million bpd in 2025 and raised its economic growth forecast for this year. In another indication of healthy demand, U.S. crude oil inventories and fuel inventories fell last week, according to market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures. Lower rates support oil demand. Oil prices were under pressure in the previous session after the U.S. Energy Information Administration raised domestic oil output forecast but declines were limited on expectations that OPEC+ output cuts will still slow global oil growth and on the recent wave of drone attacks on Russia, including refineries.
Persons: Brent Organizations: West Texas, of, Petroleum, American Petroleum Institute, Reserve, U.S . Energy, Administration Locations: Taft, Kern County , California, United States, Russia
Investors could be caught off guard by the strength of an oil price rally this summer, according to Morgan Stanley 's Martijn Rats. Brent futures have largely been trading in a narrow $75 to $85 interval since the start of the year. "There is a view in the market that the non-OPEC producers can meet all of the demand growth this year and therefore there isn't much incremental room for OPEC oil and that means you rely on continued OPEC cuts," Rats said. "Now, they are doing that, but people think that that dynamic for now puts a little bit of a cap on the price. I think the summer could be tighter than people expect but this is the dynamic that currently exists."
Persons: Morgan Stanley, We've Organizations: Federal Reserve, Brent, U.S, West Texas Locations: London
Oil prices fall on China demand worries
  + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
A view of oil wells at Arab Desert in Jebel Dukhan, Bahrain on March 4, 2024. Oil prices extended last week's losses on Monday on concern about slow demand in China, though lingering geopolitical risk surrounding the Middle East and Russia limited the decline. "Worries over weak demand in China outweighed the extension of supply cuts by OPEC+," said Hiroyuki Kikukawa, president of NS Trading, a unit of Nissan Securities, adding that mixed signs from U.S. jobs data prompted some traders to adjust positions. China last week set an economic growth target for 2024 of around 5%, which many analysts called ambitious without much more stimulus. Tension is also escalating in Russia and its neighbors, raising fear about a potential escalation in conflict outside of Ukraine, NS Trading's Kikukawa said.
Persons: Brent, Hiroyuki Kikukawa, Ismail Haniyeh, Kikukawa, Vladimir Putin Organizations: U.S, West Texas, NS, Nissan Securities, Organization of, Petroleum, Federal Reserve Locations: Jebel Dukhan, Bahrain, China, East, Russia, Hamas, Israel, OPEC, Gaza, Ukraine, France
Working pumpjacks are seen at the Montebello Oil Field in Montebello, California, on Sept. 18, 2023. Oil prices fell for a second day on Tuesday as pledges by China, the world's biggest crude importer, to transform its economy amid stuttering growth since the COVID pandemic failed to impress investors concerned about slower consumption. Brent futures for May fell 3 cents to $82.77 a barrel by 0159 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 11 cents, to $78.63. The physical oil market has started to tighten, rising spot prices show, according to a note from ANZ analysts, owing in part to supply disruptions. U.S. crude oil inventories are expected to have increased last week, according to a preliminary Reuters poll on Monday, while distillates and gasoline stockpiles were forecast lower.
Persons: Brent, WTI Organizations: Montebello Oil, U.S, West Texas, National People's, of, Petroleum, ANZ, Reuters Locations: Montebello, Montebello , California, China, Israel, Gaza, OPEC
Oil prices rise as Gaza deaths complicate ceasefire talks
  + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Oil prices rose on Friday and were set to end the week modestly higher as talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza were further complicated by the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians waiting for an aid delivery. Oil prices rose on Friday and were set to end the week modestly higher as talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza were further complicated by the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians waiting for an aid delivery. President Joe Biden said the U.S. was checking reports of Israeli troops firing on people waiting for food aid in Gaza, saying he believed the deadly incident would complicate talks of a ceasefire. Israel has blamed the deaths on crowds surrounding the aid trucks, saying victims were trampled or run over. On the supply side, a Reuters survey showed the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, pumped 26.42 million barrels per day (bpd) this month, up 90,000 bpd from January.
Persons: Brent, Joe Biden Organizations: U.S, West Texas, U.S . Federal, of, Petroleum, Reuters Locations: Gaza, WTI, Red, U.S, Israel, Qatar, Beijing, U.S ., Libyan
Oil monthly move correx 2-28
  + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
WTI and Brent were on pace for a monthly gain of 3.5% and 2.4% respectively, on Feb. 28. A previous version of this story misstated the gain.
Persons: Brent
Oil February move correx 2-29-24
  + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
WTI and Brent gained about 3% and 2.3% month to date. A previous version of this story misstated the gain.
Persons: Brent
Third-generation oilman walks past a working pumpjack at his oilfield in Taft, Kern County, California on Sept. 21, 2023. Oil prices ticked up in early Asian trading on Monday, extending gains for the third straight day, as shipping disruptions spurred supply worries. Brent crude futures rose 16 cents, or 0.2%, to $82.69 a barrel by 0106 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) climbed 15 cents, or 0.2%, to $77.73 a barrel. Iran-aligned Houthis have continued their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, and while the Israel-Hamas war has not significantly constrained oil supply, it has increased freight rates and shipping time, leaving barrels on the water for longer. In public, Israel and Hamas continued to take positions far apart on a possible truce, while blaming each other for delays.
Persons: Brent, Joe Biden, Jeffrey Schmid Organizations: U.S, West Texas, , Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Locations: Taft, Kern County , California, Iran, Red, Israel, U.S, Gaza, Qatar, , Kansas
Oil extends losses in early Asian trade
  + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
A view of decaying FSO Safer oil tanker anchored 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the port of Hudaydah, Yemen on July 15, 2023. Oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Monday, extending losses from the previous session after oil ended the week 2-3% lower amid market concerns that higher-than-expected inflation could delay U.S. interest rate cuts. Brent crude futures fell 34 cents to $81.28 a barrel by 0121 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) declined 33 cents to $76.16 a barrel. "Crude oil prices declined for want of fresh drivers," ANZ analysts wrote in a note. While Iran-aligned Houthis have continued their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, the Israel-Hamas war has not significantly constrained oil supply.
Persons: Jake Sullivan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Brent, WTI Organizations: Brent, U.S, West Texas, ANZ, White House, CNN, Sunday, Israeli, U.S . Energy, Administration Locations: Hudaydah, Yemen, China, Iran, Red, Israel, United States, Egypt, Qatar, Paris
U.S. crude oil futures hovered near three-month highs Tuesday as the conflict in the Middle East rages on. U.S. crude gained 3% last week to settle Friday at its highest price, $79.19 a barrel, since Nov. 6. The global benchmark rose 1.5% for the week to settle at its highest price since Jan. 26. Houthi militants on Monday attacked another cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, forcing the crew to abandon the vessel. The attack highlights the ongoing threats to commercial vessels in the Red Sea, which has forced shipping giants such as Maersk to divert cargo around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.
Persons: Brent, Tamas Varga, PVM Organizations: The West Texas Intermediate, International Energy Agency, Monday Locations: Suez, Ismailia, Egypt, East, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Rafah, U.S, Iran, Red, Hope, Africa, Aden
The Iran-backed Houthi militant group on Sunday damaged a ship offshore Yemen, prompting its crew to abandon the vessel in the latest escalation of maritime tensions that have disrupted key trade routes in the Red Sea. Houthi militants later claimed the attack, with spokesperson Yahya Sare'e identifying the vessel as general cargo ship Rubymar and describing it as British. "The ship suffered catastrophic damage and came to a complete halt," Houthi Spokesperson Sare'e said. The hostilities have also prompted armed exchanges between Houthis and British and American forces, which have previously struck at Yemeni targets in a bid to improve maritime security. Sare'e said that the Houthis on Sunday also shot down a U.S. drone in Hodeidah.
Persons: Yahya Sare'e, Sare'e, Ice Brent, Nymex WTI Organizations: Maritime Trade Operations, CNBC, Global, Djiboutian Navy, Hamas, Maersk, Ice, U.S . Central Command, U.S . Navy, Ambrey Analytics Locations: Iran, Yemen, Red, Belize, British, U.S, Saudi, Khair, Varna, Bulgaria, Gulf, Aden, London, Gaza, Danish, Good Hope, Houthis, ., Houthi, Greece, Yemen's
Oil prices roughly flat as unclear demand scenario weighed
  + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Oil prices meandered on Friday as investors pondered slowing demand forecast by an influential group and weak U.S. retail sales data that sparked optimism about U.S. interest rate cuts. Oil prices meandered on Friday as investors pondered slowing demand forecast by an influential group and weak U.S. retail sales data that sparked optimism about U.S. interest rate cuts. The U.S. Commerce Department report showed retail sales dropped 0.8% in January, the biggest fall since February 2023. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales dipping 0.1%. OPEC on Tuesday stuck to its much steeper growth forecast at 2.25 million bpd.
Persons: Hiroyuki Kikukawa Organizations: Brent, . West Texas, Reserve, U.S . Commerce Department, Reuters, NS, Nissan Securities, International Energy Agency, Organization of, Petroleum Locations: U.S, Paris, East, Lebanon, Gaza
One more down: Shares of Wells Fargo hit a new 52-week high after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency terminated a 2016 consent order linked to its sales practices. This is the sixth consent order that regulators have terminated since 2019. Every consent order that is resolved brings the bank closer to having the Federal Reserve lift the asset cap that's been holding it back since February 2018. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER .
Persons: Jim Cramer, Linde, Wells Fargo, Charlie Scharf, there's, GOOGL, It's, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Krisztian Bocsi Organizations: CNBC, Air Products, Chemicals, Bank of America, Energy, Cisco Systems, Wells, Currency, Federal Reserve, Microsoft, Google, Materials, University of Michigan, PPI, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Shell Plc, BASF, Linde AG, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: We're, Bank, Wells, Coinbase, Leuna, Germany
Crude oil demand is expected to grow by 1.2 million barrels per day this year, down nearly 50% from growth of 2.3 million bpd in 2023, according to the Paris-based International Energy Agency. "The expansive post-pandemic growth phase in global oil demand has largely run its course," the IEA wrote in its February oil market report Thursday. Supply, meanwhile, is expected to exceed demand and grow by 1.7 million bpd this year driven primarily by higher production in the U.S., Brazil, Canada and Guyana. "Given heightened geopolitical risks and low global oil inventories, a modest surplus may help contain market volatility," the IEA said. OPEC, on the other hand, is forecasting a much tighter oil market this year, with demand growing by 2.2 million bpd, outpacing production growth of 1.2 million bpd outside the cartel.
Persons: Brent Organizations: International Energy Agency . Futures, Brent, West Texas Intermediate, IEA, OPEC Locations: Loving County , Texas, U.S, Paris, Brazil, Canada, Guyana, East, Israel, Lebanon, Cairo, Gaza
Oil prices rise as Israel launches strikes in Lebanon
  + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment in the village of Shihin in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on February 13, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Crude oil futures rose on Wednesday as Israel launched a wave of strikes in Lebanon. The moves came after Israel launched an extensive wave of attacks in Lebanon, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said on social media Wednesday. The strikes were in reaction to rockets fired into northern Israel killed one person and injured at least seven more. CIA Director William Burns is in Cairo to facilitate negotiations involving Israel, Hamas, Qatar and Egypt aimed at securing a truce in the fighting in exchange for Hamas releasing hostages.
Persons: Brent, Daniel Hagari, William Burns Organizations: Israel, The West Texas Intermediate, Israel Defense Forces, CIA Locations: Shihin, Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, The, Cairo, Hamas, Qatar, Egypt
The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. Oil futures edged slightly higher on Tuesday after falling flat in the previous session as crude prices struggle to break out amid uncertainty over the future course of the Middle East conflict and an unclear supply and demand picture. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March added 53 cents, or 0.69%, to trade at $77.45 a barrel in morning trading. The Brent contract for April gained 58 cents, or .71%, to trade at $82.45 a barrel. Oil prices have struggled to break out of a $10 range amid uncertainty in the Middle East and an unclear supply and demand outlook for the year.
Persons: Brent Organizations: West Texas Intermediate Locations: Loving County , Texas, U.S, Gaza
Oil prices edge up on Middle East risk
  + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Oil prices rose slightly on Tuesday on fears Middle East tensions could disrupt supply, but uncertainty about the pace of potential U.S. interest rate cuts and the ensuing impact on fuel demand capped gains. Oil prices were near flat in Monday's trade, after gaining 6% last week. A move by the U.S. to tighten or step up enforcement of sanctions on Iran would impact oil market supplies. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is also scheduled to release its monthly oil market report on Tuesday. OPEC and its allies including Russia, known as OPEC+, will decide in March whether to extend voluntary oil production cuts in place for the first quarter.
Persons: Houthis Organizations: Brent, . West Texas, New York Fed, Consumer, Reuters, of, Petroleum, OPEC, ING Locations: Huntington, Pier, Huntington Beach, Iran, Red, United States, Britain, Israel, U.S, Iraq, Russia, OPEC, Saudi Arabia
According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, oil stocks are getting a raw deal. The companies are arguably the next best cash flowing companies [compared to] the semiconductors ," he told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week. "They're trading at double-digit cash flow yields for E&Ps [exploration and production] and sectors in the oil market. His firm runs the VanEck Oil Services ETF . Strategas' Todd Sohn also characterizes oil stocks as unloved and sees potential for a turnaround.
Persons: Jan van Eck, CNBC's, Baker Hughes, van Eck, Strategas, Todd Sohn Organizations: VanEck Oil Services, Schlumberger, Halliburton
Oil prices rose in early trade on Friday, on track for weekly gains, with tensions persisting in the Middle East after Israel rejected a ceasefire offer from Hamas. Brent futures climbed 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $81.71 a barrel by 0119 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $76.39 a barrel. Oil prices rose about 3% in the previous session as Israeli forces bombed the southern border city of Rafah on Thursday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal to end the war in the Palestinian enclave. The tensions have kept oil prices elevated, with Brent and WTI both set to gain 5.7% for the week. It is also voluntarily cutting crude exports by 300,000 bpd and fuel exports by 200,000 bpd from the average May-June level.
Persons: Brent, Benjamin Netanyahu, WTI Organizations: U.S, West Texas, Hamas, Organization of, Petroleum Locations: East, Israel, Rafah, Gaza, Cairo, Egypt, Qatar, Ukraine, OPEC, Russia
The oil market will face a supply shortage by the end of 2025 as the world fails to replace current crude reserves fast enough, Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub told CNBC on Monday. For now, the market is oversupplied, which has held oil prices down despite the current conflict in the Middle East, Hollub said. But the supply and demand outlook will flip by the end of 2025, Hollub said. The forecast implies a supply deficit unless OPEC ditches current production cuts and boosts its own output. Hollub told CNBC in December that Occidental expects WTI to average around $80 in 2024.
Persons: Vicki Hollub, Hollub, CNBC's Tyler Mathisen, WTI, Brent Organizations: CNBC, Smead Investor Oasis Conference, West Texas Intermediate, Brent, Occidental, CNBC PRO Locations: Occidental, Phoenix, U.S, Brazil, Canada, Guyana, China, OPEC, WTI
British oil giant Shell on Thursday beat expectations for full-year profit, announcing a 4% increase to its dividend and a $3.5 billion share buyback program. Shell reported adjusted earnings of $28.25 billion for the full-year 2023, a 29% drop compared to its highest-ever annual profit of $39.9 billion the year prior. Analysts had expected Shell's full-year 2023 net profit to come in at $27.5 billion, according to an LSEG-compiled consensus. Shell announced a 4% increase in dividend per share for the fourth quarter and said a share buyback program of $3.5 billion will be carried out over the next three months. The firm added it had now completed another $3.5 billion of share buybacks announced in November last year.
Persons: Shell, Wael Sawan, Sawan, Brent Organizations: Shell, Brent, U.S, West Texas Intermediate, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP Locations: Nakuru, Kenya, British, London, Singapore
Oil prices are on pace for the first monthly gain since September as the U.S. and Iran stand on the brink of a more direct confrontation in the Middle East. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March was last down $1.09, or 1.40%, to trade at $76.73 a barrel on Wednesday. The Brent contract for March was trading at $81.90 a barrel, down 97 cents or 1.17%. Prices fell Tuesday after China factory activity contracted for the fourth consecutive month. The market is also waiting for the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates Wednesday as well as crude inventory data in the U.S.
Persons: Brent, Tamas Varga Organizations: The West Texas Intermediate, Federal Locations: Iran, The, China, Brent, U.S
Valvoline had last year decided to separate its retail services and global products divisions following a strategic review. Saudi Arabia's state-controlled Aramco on Tuesday announced it is pausing plans to raise its crude production capacity from 12 million barrels per day to 13 million barrels per day. At 7 a.m. London time, Brent crude prices for March delivery were up 0.24% from previous close price at $82.60 per barrel. The Tuesday announcement comes amid mounting concerns over the outlook for oil demand worldwide, given a progressing global transition toward decarbonization that casts a shadow over long-term investment projects in fossil fuels. Global oil demand is projected to have risen by 2.3 million barrels per day in 2023 to 101.7 million barrels per day, according to the International Energy Agency's annual report published in December.
Persons: Valvoline, Brent Organizations: Saudi Ministry of Energy, Aramco, International Energy Locations: Saudi Arabia's, Aramco, London
CNBC Daily Open: Big Tech earnings loom large
  + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Tech layoffs surgeSilicon Valley's tech companies are slashing headcount at a rapid pace. Since the start of January, some 23,670 workers have been laid off from 85 tech companies, according to the website Layoffs.fyi. U.S. crude posted its best week, rising 6.27%, since Sept. 1, while the global benchmark was last up 6.35% for the week.
Persons: Dow, Jake Sullivan, Wang Yi, Brent, Kingsley Jones, Jevons, Tesla, Jones Organizations: Artificial Intelligence, Intel, Economic, CNBC, Nasdaq, Tech Locations: Davos, Switzerland, China, Taiwan Beijing, Taiwan, U.S
Occidental Petroleum and Diamondback Energy may be poised to rally after U.S. crude oil prices broke above a key resistance level on Friday, according to the chief market strategist at Miller Tabak. "That paves the way for higher prices," said Bob Yawger, managing director and energy futures strategist at Mizuho Americas. "If crude oil rolls back over, breaks below that level — that's going to tell you that I'm wrong. "And that tells me that if he's buying a stock that's highly leveraged to the price of oil, he believes oil prices are going higher." Just on Friday, Houthi militants claimed responsibility for a missile attack on an oil tanker, while a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian fuel terminal on the Baltic Sea helped push oil prices higher earlier in the week.
Persons: Miller Tabak, Miller, Matt Maley, Bob Yawger, Yawger, WTI, Maley, It's, Diamondback, Buffett, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Friday's, Houthi Organizations: Occidental Petroleum, Diamondback Energy, West Texas, CNBC, Mizuho Americas, Occidental, Diamondback, United States Oil ETF, Berkshire, Wall Street Locations: Miller Tabak ., China, Occidental, Occidental's, Houston, FactSet, U.S, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Baltic
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