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Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on increasing concerns about tightening European supply after Russia, a key oil and natural gas supplier to the region, cut gas supply through a major pipeline. Brent crude futures for September settlement rose $1.66, or 1.6%, to $106.81 a barrel by 0618 GMT, extending a 1.9% gain in the previous day. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for September delivery increased $1.47, or 1.5%, to $98.17 a barrel, having gained 2.1% on Monday. Russia tightened its gas squeeze on Europe on Monday as Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany would drop to just 20% of capacity. read more Russia's cut in supplies will leave countries unable to meet its goals to refill natural gas storage ahead of the winter demand period. Germany, Europe's biggest economy, faces potentially rationing gas to industry to keep its citizens warm during the winter months.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on increasing concerns about tightening European supply after Russia, a key oil and natural gas supplier to the region, cut gas supply through a major pipeline. Brent crude futures for September settlement rose $1.66, or 1.6%, to $106.81 a barrel by 0618 GMT, extending a 1.9% gain in the previous day. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for September delivery increased $1.47, or 1.5%, to $98.17 a barrel, having gained 2.1% on Monday. Russia tightened its gas squeeze on Europe on Monday as Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany would drop to just 20% of capacity. read more Russia's cut in supplies will leave countries unable to meet its goals to refill natural gas storage ahead of the winter demand period. Germany, Europe's biggest economy, faces potentially rationing gas to industry to keep its citizens warm during the winter months.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on increasing concerns about tightening European supply after Russia, a key oil and natural gas supplier to the region, cut gas supply through a major pipeline. Brent crude futures for September settlement rose $1.66, or 1.6%, to $106.81 a barrel by 0618 GMT, extending a 1.9% gain in the previous day. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for September delivery increased $1.47, or 1.5%, to $98.17 a barrel, having gained 2.1% on Monday. Russia tightened its gas squeeze on Europe on Monday as Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany would drop to just 20% of capacity. read more Russia's cut in supplies will leave countries unable to meet its goals to refill natural gas storage ahead of the winter demand period. Germany, Europe's biggest economy, faces potentially rationing gas to industry to keep its citizens warm during the winter months.

Oil and gas production in Texas rose month on month, according to the latest preliminary figures from the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC). The preliminary reported total volume of crude oil in Texas in March was 110.9 million barrels, equating to 3.57 million barrels per day, the RRC highlighted. The preliminary reported total volume of natural gas in March was 829.45 billion cubic feet, equating to 26.75 billion cubic feet per day, the RRC revealed.

Mexico refused to extend a cut in oil production to the end of July which was agreed by OPEC members and other key producers. The OPEC and its allies agreed on Saturday to extend through July the historic output cuts for May and June. But during a visit to a petrochemical plant in Veracruz state, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle told reporters that Mexico would not comply.

With the oil prices surging, following the historical “Zero-Dollar” oil façade; economies have begun to reopen. But, oil executives from Shell and BP believe that we might have already reached peak demand for oil and are amid a crisis of uncertainty. Demand destruction on the order of nearly 30 million barrels per day (mb/d) may have been brief, but we are a long way from the old 100-mb/d oil market.

After the US crude futures collapsed into negative territory, the suppliers have become very cautious. According to the sources, crude and condensate sellers to Asia have added 'zero price' clause in their contracts. This will prevent the prices of their crude to go down below $0 and protect their interests. The new clause has been appreciated by Asian buyers.

According to the sources, Saudi Arabia has planned to cut crude supplies to China by at least 500,000 bpd. This decision has been taking keeping in the slower refinery demand after the coronavirus outbreak. China is the world's largest crude importer and takes 1.8 million bpd to 2 million bpd of Saudi crude. Due to slower demand, the refineries in China have also cut their crude processing rate in February.

Libyan state-run National Oil Corporation yesterday informed that the country's oil production fell by almost 80% ever since the Libyan National Army blocked its five key ports on January 18. The blockade has pushed the oil major to enact force majeure on exports from the terminals. NOC took to Twitter to inform that Libya's oil output tumbled to 284,153 b/d on January 24, from over 1.2 million b/d.

According to the sources, OPEC and its allies were close to agreeing on one of the deepest output cuts of the decade. The group might increase the current cuts of 1.2 million barrels per day by more than 400,000 bpd. Saudi's Energy Minister has commented that he "feels good" about this week's meeting. Since 2017, OPEC+ has been curbing the output in order to balance the increasing output from US.

Vietnamese state-backed Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co (BSR) has reached an agreement with SOCAR to purchase 5 mln barrels of crude in 2020. A statement on BSR’s website read that SOCAR will supply 5 mln barrels of Azeri Light crude to BSR-operated Dung Quat refinery. Vietnam has seen increased dependence over imported crude due to slow domestic output and China's stance in the region which hampers offshore exploration.

EIA weekly report showing record US crude production last week sent oil prices on a downhill today. International Brent crude futures dropped 0.3%, to $66.87 per barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures fell 0.2% and were priced at $56.84 per barrel. EIA data released yesterday indicated crude oil production in US hitting 12 million bpd, making it the only country to reach 12 million bpd of production.

Oil prices on Wednesday gained over OPEC’s supply cut statement and US sanctions on Venezuela. International Brent crude futures rose 0.8%, to $62.93 per barrel. US WTI crude oil futures climbed 0.9% to $53.60 per barrel. OPEC on Tuesday said that the cartel had curbed its output by approximately 800,000 bpd in January to 30.81 million bpd.

Oil prices on Monday climbed over 1% in the International market. Benchmark Brent crude futures climbed by 1.1%, to $54.42 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures saw an increment of 0.8%, to $45.96 per barrel. Signs of recent price drop may start hampering supply from the United States fuelled the rise, though global economic outlook continues to weigh on investors.

Concerns about rising US crude inventories and widespread economic slowdown sent oil prices downhill on Wednesday. Benchmark Brent crude oil futures lowered by 1.1% to $61.37 per barrel. US WTI crude futures were down by 1.1%, to $52.64 a barrel. The API weekly report indicated a 5.4 million barrels rise in the US crude inventories to 448 million barrels.

Oil market struggled to gain its ground on Wednesday after falling by 7% in the previous session. The supply has taken a hike but at the same time demand has kept the investors on edge. Brent increased by 4%, at $65.51 per barrel. WTI dropped a little and was traded at $55.54 per barrel. This has been a major decline in the crude value since the collapse in 2014.

Crude oil prices dropped in the international market today, amid expected rise in US stocks. Official data is due for release on Wednesday. President Trump’s comments added further to the slump. Brent crude futures were down by 1% from Monday, trading at $69.42 per barrel. NYMEX December light sweet crude contract lowered 1.37%, to $59.11/b.

A strong dollar and increasing US crude supply restricted oil prices from gaining any further on the rates in last session. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were traded at $84.86 per barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were priced at $75.24 a barrel. Data released yesterday by API showed a rise of 907,000 barrels in the US commercial crude inventories.