Global Oil Prices
Saudi 2019 budget boosts spending in bid to spur sluggish economy
Tue, Dec 18, 2018
The economy shrank last year and, although the government estimates it grew 2.3 percent in 2018, that is much slower than the boom years early this decade - and not enough to put much of a dent in a record jobless rate of 12.9 percent among Saudis.
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Oil stable as U.S.-China trade row weighs, Iran sanctions cut supply outlook
Mon, Aug 27, 2018
Oil prices dipped slightly on Monday on concerns that a U.S.-China trade dispute will erode global economic growth, although looming U.S. sanctions against Iran`s oil sector kept crude from falling further, traders said.
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Oil gains after surprise drop in Saudi crude output
Mon, Aug 06, 2018
Saudi Arabia pumped around 10.29 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude in July, two OPEC sources said on Friday, down about 200,000 bpd from a month earlier. That came despite a pledge by the Saudis and top producer Russia in June to raise output from July, with Saudi Arabia promising a "measurable" supply boost.
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Oil prices pinned near five-month low as supply glut weighs
Fri, May 05, 2017
"So far OPEC`s strategy to draw down inventories has not worked ... It seems obvious to us that OPEC will need to keep the cuts in place for longer than the next 6 months if their strategy is to have any chance of success," Neil Beveridge, senior oil and gas analyst at AB Bernstein in Hong Kong said in a note to clients on Friday.
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Oil bounces off November lows, but bloated U.S. stockpiles pressure market
Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Prices for front-month Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil, were at $50.94 per barrel at 0146 GMT, up 30 cents, or 0.59 percent, from their last close. That came after Brent briefly dipped below $50 a barrel the previous session for the first time since November.
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Oil prices hit three-month low as U.S. rig count climbs
Mon, Mar 13, 2017
U.S. drillers added oil rigs for an eighth consecutive week, Baker Hughes said on Friday, as energy companies increased spending to take advantage of a recovery in crude prices since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to cut output.
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Oil prices edge up despite unexpected U.S. crude inventory build
Fri, Dec 30, 2016
Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Friday shrugging off a second consecutive week of U.S. crude oil inventory builds, with a U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report late on Thursday indicating an unexpected rise in crude stocks.
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