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Market Analysis Crude Oil Brent and WTI pries remained bullish till Friday before moving south primarily due Hurricane Irma and Chinese aim to reduce capacity of its teapot refineries. Hurricane Irma is expected to make landfall on Saturday and expected to impact the demand for
Market Analysis Crude Oil Brent and WTI pries remained bearish in the first half of the week, and then recovered in the second half. Market is still weighing the impact of Hurricane Harvey as 25% of US refining capacity are down. However long term outlook
Market Analysis Crude Oil Crude prices remained bullish through out the weak due to weaker USD and inventory number, US rig data, though second half of the week the market sentiments focused on Hurricane Harvey, which brought additional bullish dimension. The crude and gasoline prices
Market Analysis Crude Oil Crude prices remained bearish till Wednesday on over supplied situation, however gained momentum from Thursday on strong demand number, US rig data, weaker USD and traders attempt to cover short positions. Brent price closed at $52.88, increased by 1.50% from last
Market Analysis Crude Oil Crude oil resumed the volatile, however price tone were more govern on long term supply situation as OPEC production cut compliance is also becoming an issue. The prevailing re-balancing of oil market doesn’t is not bringing confidence in the market as
Circles of light One sweltering summer we invited our partners in Thailand for a round of meetings in Karachi. The year was 2006 and the city was mostly dug up as newly found money for development made way for flyovers, underpasses, road extensions and traffic
Market Analysis Crude Oil Crude oil resumed the bullish tone on Monday and remained strong till Wednesday and then corrected a bit, and overall prices remained stable, however, long term outlook still is very fragile. Oil price drivers this week have been EIA inventory number,
Market Analysis Crude Oil Crude oil resumed the bullish tone on Monday and remained bullish through out the week. However market participants still concerned about the fragility of the upward price movement. This week bullish trend is attributed to US inventory number, weaker USD, global
Crude Oil price outlook 2020-2030. If you are interested in crude oil as an investor, an analyst or a consumer there is no shortage of conflicting opinions out there. For industry outsiders it is even worse – crude oil price outlook is a puzzle with