Here are some selected news articles from the week ended 17 July 2021. Part 2 is available here.
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Natural gas rigs at 15 mo high as prices hit 30 mo high; global oil shortage at 830,000 bpd; DUC backlog at 7.6 months
Natural gas prices ended the week unchanged as strong export demand offset cooler weather and a bearish storage report..after slipping 0.7% to $3.674 per mmBTU last week as weather forecasts moderated over the major gas consuming regions, the contract price of natural gas for August delivery jumped 7.5 cents, or more than 2%,
Fossil Gas Prices Jolted by Covid, Climate climatecrocks.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from climatecrocks.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IT IS RARE for spats about oil supply to break out between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The countries’ views on output usually align. Traders and analysts regard them, along with Kuwait, as the core of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). So eyebrows were raised in early July when Suhail Al Mazrouei, the UAE s energy minister, told reporters that OPEC s quotas were “totally unfair”. A further surprise came on July 5th when meetings between the cartel and its allies (notably Russia), together known as OPEC+, were abandoned because of the disagreement. The price of the benchmark Brent crude rose above $77 a barrel for the first time in more than two years, before dropping back below $75. (The price of American crude briefly hit a six-year high.)
The Saudi-Emirati rift within OPEC is a sign of things to come stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
$100 oil? Analysts share their price forecasts after a strong rally in the first half of 2021 hellenicshippingnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hellenicshippingnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.