Tom Kool

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• Oil Prices Jump As China Seeks To End Trade War

  Published 18 January 2019 | viewed 36,387 times

  Oil prices were relatively quiet this week, bouncing around, but closed out the week on a positive note. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click…

• OPEC Cuts Are Already Paying Off

  Published 15 January 2019 | viewed 14,406 times

  Oil prices fell on Monday but regained ground on Tuesday. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)Chart of the Week (Click to enlarge)- Iraq’s oil production…

• The Oil Bull Market Is Back

  Published 11 January 2019 | viewed 19,804 times

  Oil is officially back in a bull market as confidence grows over both the global economy and the willingness of OPEC+ to adhere to its…

• Oil Posts Longest Rally In 17 Months

  Published 08 January 2019 | viewed 13,471 times

  Crude oil prices continued to rise on Tuesday, making the most recent rally the longest in 17 months.  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click…

• Flurry Of Bullish News Sends Oil Higher

  Published 04 January 2019 | viewed 24,017 times

  Bullish sentiment has returned to oil markets in 2019, with Saudi Arabia cutting production while China and the U.S. look to end the trade war.…

• Oil Prices Set To Rebound In 2019

  Published 28 December 2018 | viewed 43,538 times

  Crude prices finished off the year with a small rally, and analysts are suggesting oil could climb even higher in the coming months.  (Click to…

• OPEC+ Battles To Halt Oil Price Collapse

  Published 21 December 2018 | viewed 38,137 times

  Both Saudi Arabia and its partners from the Vienna meeting have been fighting to halt the recent oil price slide.(Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)…

• Oil Prices Crash To 1-Year Lows

  Published 18 December 2018 | viewed 21,730 times

  Rising global inventories are weighing on crude prices, pushing oil to one-year lows.  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)-…

• Has OPEC+ Stabilized Oil Markets?

  Published 14 December 2018 | viewed 15,240 times

  Oil prices plummeted further on Friday, despite a semi-bullish rig count report and the combined efforts of OPEC and its partners.   (Click to enlarge) (Click…

• Uncertainty Lingers In Oil Markets Despite OPEC Cuts

  Published 11 December 2018 | viewed 7,363 times

  Oil prices bounced on Tuesday after losing ground on Monday as news of unexpected outages in Libya helped buoy sentiment. (Click to enlarge) (Click to…

• OPEC Surprises Markets With Last Minute Deal

  Published 07 December 2018 | viewed 32,108 times

  In the last possible minute, OPEC+ managed to agree upon a massive cut of 1.2 million bpd, pushing oil prices up by over 3 percent. …

• OPEC+ Gears Up For Production Cuts

  Published 04 December 2018 | viewed 8,967 times

  Oil gained for a second day in a row on Tuesday, pushed up by a trade war truce, pending OPEC+ production cuts, and surprise mandatory…

• Saudi Arabia Squeezed As OPEC Meeting Nears

  Published 30 November 2018 | viewed 24,350 times

  Oil prices dipped over the week, but the next few days will be volatile due to escalating geopolitical concerns and trade war tensions (Click to…

• Saudi Arabia Struggles As Oil Prices Crash

  Published 27 November 2018 | viewed 21,848 times

  Oil prices are struggling to find a bottom, moving up on Monday but floundering in early trading on Tuesday. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)…

• Oil Prices Collapse On Supply Surge

  Published 23 November 2018 | viewed 39,245 times

  Oil prices collapsed on Friday, with WTI threatening to break the $50 mark and Brent falling below $60 for the first time in over a…

• Oil Companies Lose $1 Trillion As Prices Crash

  Published 20 November 2018 | viewed 23,976 times

  Bearish sentiment has taken hold of oil markets, with oil and gas companies having lost $1 trillion since oil began its latest slide.  (Click to…

• Oil Rebounds On Hopes Of OPEC+ Action

  Published 16 November 2018 | viewed 14,973 times

  Oil prices rose on Friday morning as markets hope OPEC and partners will take action to reverse bearish sentiment. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)…

• Oil Prices Fall To One-Year Lows

  Published 13 November 2018 | viewed 33,821 times

  Oil markets are looking increasingly oversupplied, and crude prices are beginning to reflect some analysts' biggest fears.  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to…

• Oil Prices Hit Multi-Month Lows

  Published 09 November 2018 | viewed 16,111 times

  Oil prices fell to multi-month lows at the end of the week, as a confluence of factors all point in a bearish direction. (Click to…

• Oil Prices Tumble As Iran Sanctions Set In

  Published 06 November 2018 | viewed 16,144 times

  Oil prices took a noticable hit on Tuesday morning, as markets adjusted to the "new normal" of U.S. sanctions on Iran.  (Click to enlarge) (Click…