Gerald Jansen

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• Middle East Producers Cannot Afford To Significantly Hike Oil Prices

  Published 01 March 2023 | viewed 9,323 times

  As the OPEC+ meeting in the first days of February only confirmed the oil group is intent on maintaining its strategy and will avoid sudden…

• Why Middle East Producers Cut Prices In The Face Of Soaring Chinese Oil Demand

  Published 30 January 2023 | viewed 12,605 times

  China is back, and even the most ardent skeptics of Beijing’s policy easing will be compelled to admit that there is great upside in global…

• The Top 5 Exploration Prospects of 2023

  Published 06 January 2023 | viewed 20,881 times

  Upstream companies are starting to adapt to an environment where oil prices will be higher for longer, one where OPEC+ production discipline and US shareholder…

• Middle East Producers Cautious To Hike Oil Prices At Start Of 2023

  Published 26 December 2022 | viewed 13,045 times

  Middle Eastern OSPs – December 2022 The oil markets have come full circle. In a year that saw the Russia-Ukraine war disrupt crude flows across…

• Middle East Oil Producers Under Pressure To Cut Prices Again

  Published 28 November 2022 | viewed 20,715 times

  The Middle East has been steadily reaping the benefits of its oil bounty throughout 2022, arguably one of the most successful years for the region…

• Middle East Producers Cautious To Hike Prices After OPEC+ Production Cuts

  Published 24 October 2022 | viewed 17,476 times

  Heading into November 2022 with the firm knowledge that intra-OPEC+ cohesion has been restored to the fullest and the oil group has been given a…

• Gulf Producers Hike Crude Prices Despite Recession Fears

  Published 25 July 2022 | viewed 10,597 times

  In hindsight, June 2022 might go down as the last month when the markets at large were still yet to go into full panic, acknowledging…

• Middle East Producers Move To Cut Prices As Extreme Backwardation Eases

  Published 25 May 2022 | viewed 81,886 times

  Recently, China made it clear that it plans to move away from its rigid string of lockdowns, arguably the main demand-curbing trend in Asia over…

• Middle East Producers Eager To Hike Prices As Russian Oil Ban Looms

  Published 20 April 2022 | viewed 8,523 times

  The volatility that we have seen in the oil markets over March will most certainly become part of history books. In the same month that…

• Saudi Arabia Hikes Oil Prices Despite Record Discounts For Russian Crude

  Published 28 March 2022 | viewed 89,665 times

  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has simultaneously both eased and complicated the task of Middle Eastern national oil companies. On the one hand, it had pushed…

• Russia’s Invasion Leaves Global Coal Markets In Turmoil

  Published 09 March 2022 | viewed 7,065 times

  Just as oil prices soared above $115 per barrel and European gas prices moved up to $60 per mmBtu, coal markets have been suffering through…

• Middle Eastern Oil Nations Hike Prices As Production Falters

  Published 21 February 2022 | viewed 16,999 times

  When OPEC+ agreed on its 400,000 b/d monthly increases back in August 2021, the overwhelming expectation for the first months of 2022 was a gradual…

• Asian Refiners Underwhelmed By Middle Eastern Oil Prices

  Published 19 January 2022 | viewed 6,773 times

  Expectation is the root of all heartache, a proverb that resonates particularly well with Asian refiners at the moment after yet another set of monthly…

• Saudi Arabia Doubles Down On Asian Demand

  Published 27 December 2021 | viewed 17,370 times

  The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has been spooking the oil community at large and despite OPEC shrugging off any major demand disruption in…

• Adapt Or Die: Nigeria’s Oil Industry Faces A Huge Challenge

  Published 06 December 2021 | viewed 3,060 times

  Nigeria has had to face countless challenges in the past months, ranging from purely oil-related supply disruptions and oil spills to just casual violence making…

• Aggressive Middle East Oil Price Hikes Hint At Strong Demand In Asia

  Published 17 November 2021 | viewed 8,348 times

  Panic-driven market narratives can play a huge role in aggravating seemingly usual situations. Take, for instance, arguably the biggest story of the past weeks. Namely,…

• Iraq Cuts Its Once-Popular Basrah Light Crude Oil Blend

  Published 04 November 2021 | viewed 2,961 times

  When Iraq introduced Basrah Medium into its portfolio of crude grades, it was believed that a stricter delineation of qualities could finally put an end…

• China Is Determined To Kill The Coal Price Rally

  Published 25 October 2021 | viewed 5,845 times

  Coal has come back to the global energy market in a fashion that very few could have anticipated – on the back of a massive…

• The Battle For Oil Market Share Heats Up Within OPEC

  Published 19 October 2021 | viewed 12,636 times

  The ongoing energy crunch has put a lid on what seemed to be the ideal bull run for this year’s autumn season – OPEC+ has…

• Coal Is Making A Comeback In Europe As Gas Prices Explode

  Published 05 October 2021 | viewed 8,069 times

  As European gas prices have continued their surge throughout the past couple of weeks, the role and importance of coal has sparked a new wave…