On Tuesday, oil prices are declining due to pressure from concerns over escalating trade tensions. Market participants are worried about the impact of increasing friction between the US and EU on economic activity and fuel demand.
The recent announcement of the US-China trade deal has helped European stock markets kick off the week on a positive note. Oil prices also held near a two-week high on Tuesday.
Bloomberg Opinion’s Javier Blas believes US shale oil output is likely to have peaked, yet further decline in production is not to be sharp. An increase in the Gulf of Mexico production will help offset the drop in shale output.
Markets welcomed the US and China’s decision to pause tariffs for 90 days and negotiate. However, the move is unlikely to convince Beijing to resume buying US energy commodities, according to Reuters.
According to recent Reuters reports, the volume of oil export from Kazakhstan via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is likely to decline considerably in May. Daily crude shipments from Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk are expected to drop to 1,5 million barrels per day (bpd).
On Tuesday, oil prices dropped from a two-week high as concerns over rising supplies weighed on the market. This decline came despite earlier optimism among traders following a pause in US-China trade tensions after both countries temporarily rolled back import tariffs, Reuters reported.
Recent developments in trade relations between the US and China are positively impacting oil prices. However, year-on-year dynamics of the prices lagged behind last year's performance. BCA Research attributes the decline to the actions of Saudi Arabia as the OPEC+ leader.
China boosted its crude oil imports in the first few months of this year. However, according to Reuters, this jump reflects inventory building rather than an actual surge in demand.
Shell has announced a delay in the startup of two wells at the Great White project of the Perdido field. According to the company's most recent information, they will be commissioned by the end of the year instead of the initially planned April.
According to the TankerTrackers vessel monitoring service, over the past year, suppliers have relabeled more than $1 billion worth of Venezuelan oil cargoes for China as crude from Brazil.
The oil market could soon face long-term pressure due to oversupply, according to the Bank of America analysts. They point to OPEC+’s planned production hikes, which threaten to exacerbate an already glutted market.
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