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Monday, July 20, 2020
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Oil Tanker Titans to Get Little Joy From OPEC+ Opening the Taps

By Ryan Hesketh (Bloomberg) –At almost any other moment in history, the promise of oil producers pouring millions of barrels of crude to the global

July 20, 2020
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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Saudi Arabia Makes Good on OPEC+ Oil Cuts

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia seems to have made good on its promise to cut oil production by a record amount in June. Observed Saudi crude exports for this

June 30, 2020
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Monday, June 1, 2020
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Uncertainty About OPEC+ Cuts Has Oil Struggling to Sustain Rally

By Olivia Raimonde and Hailey Waller (Bloomberg) — OPEC+ and its allies will decide as soon as this week whether or not to extend their historic output

June 1, 2020
Total Views: 24

Monday, April 13, 2020
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Oil Price War Ends With Historic OPEC+ Deal to Slash Output

By Javier Blas, Salma El Wardany and Grant Smith (Bloomberg) — The world’s top oil producers pulled off a historic deal to cut global petroleum output

April 13, 2020
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, December 11, 2018
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Oil Tanker Owners Find Solace in Shale as OPEC Prepares New Cuts

By Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) — America’s shale boom could be about to spare the world’s oil tanker owners from a typical OPEC ravaging.

December 11, 2018
Total Views: 70

Monday, December 3, 2018
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Qatar to Leave OPEC to Focus On Gas

By Eric Knecht DOHA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Qatar said on Monday it was quitting OPEC from January to focus on its gas ambitions, taking a swipe at the

December 3, 2018
Total Views: 15

Monday, December 11, 2017
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The Arctic Threat to OPEC’s Grand Oil Price Strategy

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg Gadfly) — When Saudi Arabia’s oil minister attended Friday’s grand opening of a giant liquefied natural gas plant in

December 11, 2017
Total Views: 11

Thursday, May 25, 2017
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As the U.S. Sends More Oil to World, OPEC Sends Less to U.S.

By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — OPEC is finally making the move that could help complete a mission that it’s failed so far: shipping less oil to the

May 25, 2017
Total Views: 4

Thursday, April 20, 2017
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Murky Oil Inventory Picture Leaves Market Grappling for Clarity

By Henning Gloystein and Libby George SINGAPORE/LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – The jury is still out over whether an OPEC-led production cut aimed at

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 42

Thursday, December 8, 2016
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Oil Tanker Market Heads for Worst Year Since ’13 on OPEC Cut

By Firat Kayakiran and Brian Wingfield (Bloomberg) — Oil-hauling supertankers are bracing for the worst earnings year since 2013 as they become

December 8, 2016
Total Views: 45

Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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OPEC Deal Seen Helping Norway Oil Investment as Soon as 2017

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway has this year politely declined invitations from OPEC to join talks on curbing oil production. Its strategy is now

December 7, 2016
Total Views: 8

Monday, December 5, 2016
Kemp: After Two Years, Why an OPEC Deal Now?
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Kemp: After Two Years, Why an OPEC Deal Now?

By John Kemp LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – OPEC has finally agreed to cut production, but only after two years of fruitless negotiations. So what changed to

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 6

Friday, December 2, 2016
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Brent Heads for Biggest Weekly Advance Since 2009 on OPEC Pact

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Brent crude is headed for its biggest weekly gain since 2009 after OPEC approved its first supply cut in eight years,

December 2, 2016
Total Views: 7

Thursday, December 1, 2016
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New Era for Oil Reverberates Through Asia’s Shipyards to Runways

By Emma O’Brien and Heesu Lee (Bloomberg) — While the first OPEC production cuts since 2008 were inked as Asia slept, the winners and losers from

December 1, 2016
Total Views: 10

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
OPEC Confounds Skeptics, Agrees to First Oil Cuts in 8 Years
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OPEC Confounds Skeptics, Agrees to First Oil Cuts in 8 Years

By Nayla Razzouk, Angelina Rascouet and Golnar Motevalli (Bloomberg) — OPEC confounded its doubters and sent crude oil prices soaring by agreeing to its

November 30, 2016
Total Views: 11

Thursday, November 10, 2016
IEA Sees Global Oil Glut in 2017 if No OPEC Cut
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IEA Sees Global Oil Glut in 2017 if No OPEC Cut

By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) – The oil market surplus may run into a third year in 2017 without an output cut from OPEC, while escalating

November 10, 2016
Total Views: 4

Monday, August 29, 2016
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Exploratory Drilling Hits 70-Year Low Water Mark

by Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) Explorers in 2015 discovered only about a tenth as much oil as they have annually on average since 1960. This year,

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 82

Monday, August 17, 2015
Offshore oil and gas platform
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Oil Just Fell to Its Six-Year Low

  By Mark Shenk (Bloomberg) — Oil closed at the lowest level in more than six years in New York amid speculation that demand may slip as economies

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 10

Tuesday, June 2, 2015
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What’s OPEC Going to Do With Iran’s Million Barrels a Day?

by Anthony Dipaola & Grant Smith (Bloomberg) Just when it looked like OPEC was winning the war with U.S. shale-oil drillers, a new front is opening up

June 2, 2015
Total Views: 8

Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Oil Rises as OPEC Producers Signal Optimism Over Market Recovery
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Oil Rises as OPEC Producers Signal Optimism Over Market Recovery

Oil extended three consecutive weekly gains in London as OPEC ministers signaled their confidence that the market can sustain its

February 17, 2015
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