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Oil prices have continued to move higher this week with Brent and WTI benchmarks reaching the upper $80s on Wednesday.
Tight fundamentals and forecasts for strong demand in 2022 have fueled the rally,...
Oil prices climbed over the last week to highs not seen in two months. On Wednesday, Brent crude oil hit $84 per barrel and WTI climbed to nearly $82 per barrel.
Here are some factors driving this...
At the end of December, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released the results of its fourth quarter energy survey which included data collected between Dec. 8–16 from 90 exploration and...
As we start the new year, here's a look at some of the issues that could be the most important drivers of oil prices in 2022.We have already seen forecasts for 2022 that range from moderate drops to...
As 2021 winds down, let’s take a look at how oil markets fared this year and which issues proved to be the most important drivers of prices.
WTI started the year just below the $50 per barrel...
As the end of the year approaches, it's inflation that's become one of the biggest, immediate stories for the global economy. Though COVID-related issues are still the talk around the oil market, for...
Market changing events are unpredictable, even in the short term. No one predicted that news about the Omicron variant would cause oil prices to drop on Black Friday.
As such, there's no telling where...
Oil markets plummeted last Friday, pressured by pandemic headlines out of South Africa.
Local doctors in Botswana announced late last week they'd detected a new coronavirus strain—dubbed the...
On Tuesday, Nov. 23, the Biden administration finally announced its much-discussed plans to release crude oil from the United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The release is planned in...
There is a growing divide between the oil market forecasts coming from financial institutions and those coming from organizations and agencies involved in assessing the industry. OPEC, the IEA, and...