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Oil Price - July 5

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:49 pm
by dan_s
At 1:30 PM CT WTI was trading at $76.33/bbl. OPEC does like to create a bit of "drama", but I think this will be resolved with UAE getting a bit of a hike in their quota within a few days.

OPEC+ Talks Abandoned Without a Deal, Sending Oil Prices Higher
(Jul 05, 2021 11:54AM ET)

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC+ failed to reach a deal, abandoning its planned meeting and leaving the oil market facing much tighter supplies than had been expected.

Several days of tense talks failed to resolve a bitter dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, delegates said, asking not to be named because the information wasn’t public. In absence of an agreement, the cartel’s current production limits will remain in place, depriving the global economy of vital extra supplies as demand recovers rapidly from the coronavirus pandemic.

Crude prices jumped 0.8% to $76.77 a barrel as of 4:25 p.m. in London.

The outcome is a significant failure for the cartel. Relations have soured between two core members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to such an extent that no compromise was possible. It damages the group’s self-image as a responsible steward of the oil market, raising the likelihood of a further inflationary price spike.