Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Crude Oil Pares Rally Amid Signals of Expanding American Crude Surplus — Futures closed 0.3 percent higher in New York on Thursday, wiping away most of the gains made during the session. Data provider Genscape Inc. was said to report inventories at the key pipeline hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, expanded, taking the wind out of a rally earlier driven by an unexpected Arab Light crude price increase by Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter.
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CrudeOil Trades Near Highest Since Mid-2015 on Libya Pipeline Blast
Gold Silver Reports – CrudeOil traded near the highest close in more than two years after an explosion at a pipeline carrying crude to Libya’s biggest export terminal curbed the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) nation’s production.
Crude Oil Speculative Longs Down For Fifth Week In Row
Gold Silver Reports — Large speculators and commodity traders decreased their net positions in the WTI crude oil futures markets last week for the fifth straight week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
CRUDE OIL FUTURES POSTS THIRD STRAIGHT WEEKLY LOSS
Gold Silver Reports — Crude oil futures edged higher Friday, but posted a third straight weekly loss amid further signs of robust U.S. production. Baker Hughes said the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil rose by 21 to 652 rigs this week, having surged higher just about every week this winter. U.S. crude oil inventories are already at record highs. The EIA said Wednesday that stockpiles rose another 4.5 million barrels last week.
US is Swimming in Crude Oil
Gold Silver Reports — The United States has got a lot of crude oil on its hands right now. According to data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), stockpiles swelled by a further 4.95 million barrels to 533.1 million barrels.