WTI Oil Technical Analyses: U.S. oil may break a resistance at $86.20 per barrel, and rise into a range of $87.30-$88.80. Image source: Thomson Reuters The bullish momentum is pretty strong, as illustrated by the consecutive gains over the past few days. The contract could be riding on a wave …
Brent Oil advanced near $60 a barrel as global supplies tighten and the demand outlook improves with the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.
Crude oil prices have stormed higher since falling to multimonth lows at the start of November, climbing over 40% in the last 6 weeks on the back of positive Covid-19 vaccine progress and the decision by OPEC+ to ease output cuts more moderately than expected.
Crude Oil was steady in New York ahead of the rollout of the first Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S., raisingoptimism of a recovery in fuel demand in the world’s biggest crude consumer.
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said 91% of offshore crude oil production remains shut in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Delta, which made landfall on Friday.
Oil edged higher after a report pointed to a drop in U.S. crude stockpiles and on signs that additional supply from OPEC+ next month won’t be as much as previously anticipated.
Crude oil prices rose on Monday, supported by tighter supplies and a string of data expected to show economic recovery across the globe and despite a spike in coronavirus cases in the United States and other countries.
Futures in New York slid as much as 30%, snapping a four-day recovery as the United States Oil Fund LP said it will move all the money it invested in the front-month June WTI oil contract starting today, triggering a massive swing in the price relationship between the June and July contracts.
West Texas Intermediate oil jumps for June delivery gained $1.16 to $12.73 a barrel at 6:04 p.m. in New York. That stemmed a massive selloff over the past two days that took the May contract below zero.
The crude oil price on the futures contract for West Texas crude that is due to expire Tuesday fell into negative territory — minus $37.63 a barrel. The reason: with the pandemic bringing the economy to a standstill, there is so much unused oil sloshing around that American energy companies have run out of room to store it. And if there’s no place to put the oil, no one wants a crude contract that is about to come due.