OPEC ready for deepest oil cut to rescue prices
OPEC oil ministers meet on Wednesday to remove a record 2 million barrels per day from oil markets as they race to balance supply with the world’s collapsing demand for fuel. For full story, click here
OPEC oil ministers meet on Wednesday to remove a record 2 million barrels per day from oil markets as they race to balance supply with the world’s collapsing demand for fuel. For full story, click here
Breaker Energy Ltd. posts its financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. For full story, click here For company’s website, click here
Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil Co informed that it has reduced crude oil refining volume plans for November and December by an additional 3.5 % or 180,000 kilolitres. For full story, click here For company’s website, click here
Along with OPEC production cuts and healthy company numbers, (both discussed below) the market is clearly disjointed. The tenor of discussions in the business pages and networks lately suggests that Yeats was right, and the centre cannot hold. Recession or recovery, echo boom or bust, few are predicting prolonged instability somewhere between these extremes.
Oil fell more than 3 percent to another 17-month low on Monday, extending deep losses amid increasing doubts over whether world governments can tame a crisis that threatens towards global recession. David Moore, a commodities strategist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said: I think OPEC has actually taken a fairly decisive step to cut production but [...]
Crude oil declined, heading for its 4th weekly fall, as OPEC’s decision to cut output by 1.5 million barrels a day failed to ease concerns fuel demand will slump. Mike Wittner, head of oil-market research at Societe Generale SA, said: The market expected a cut of 1 to 1.5 million barrels a day, and it got [...]
OPEC members plan to slash production and raise prices just as developed nations face their worst recession since 1983. Algerian minister and OPEC president, Chakib Khelil, said: There is a consensus to reduce production, but there is no agreement on how much to cut. Reduction at the group’s Oct. 24 meeting in Vienna may be only [...]
Crude Oil hovered around $69 per barrel as worries are mounting that production cut by OPEC will not be enough to offset weakening energy demand in leading consumers. For full story, click here
Australian oil & gas explorer Otto Energy Limited said that the production of 20,000 barrels per day will be established in the Galoc oil field in Palawan by November. Otto’s statement said: While the well test data is still being analysed, overall performance is consistent with expectations and a steady state production of 18,000- 20,000 barrels [...]
OPEC president Chakib Khelil said last week that in the face of the constant fall in prices, the cartel would cut production by a big margin to restore the market supply-demand balance. For full story, click here
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