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Oil Tanker Owners Pay to Move Crude in Wake of Supply Cuts

Saudi Arabia’s oil production cuts have hit the tanker market so hard that owners of the biggest vessels are effectively subsidizing cargo deliveries on the industry’s main trade route.

January 20, 2021
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Oil Slumps on Dollar Strength, Cooling Consumer Sentiment

Oil slid by the most in three weeks as a stronger dollar and weak U.S. economic data stoked concerns over an economic rebound.

January 15, 2021
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Saudis Curb Oil Supply to Some Buyers After Vow to Pump Less

Saudi Arabia reduced crude oil supplies to at least 11 refiners in Asia and most buyers in Europe after the kingdom volunteered to cut its production by 1 million barrels a day for February and March.

January 13, 2021
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Exports Boosted US Shale Market, but Long-Term Demand Uncertain

These past five years could very well go down as the best years that U.S. shale oil exporters will ever see.

January 12, 2021
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Oil Dips Below $52 With Dollar Rising as Rally Takes Breather

Oil fell as the dollar strengthened, with the steam coming out of a rally that pushed crude to the highest level in 10 months.

January 11, 2021
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US Imports No Saudi Crude Oil for First Time in 35 Years

The U.S. didn’t import any Saudi crude the week of Dec. 28 for the first time in 35 years, a reversal from just months ago when the Kingdom threatened to upend the American energy industry by unleashing a tsunami of exports into a market decimated by the pandemic.

January 6, 2021
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Crude Climbs in Wake of Weaker Dollar, Expected Supply Drop

Oil advanced with support from a weaker dollar and expectations of declining U.S. crude inventories.

December 29, 2020
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Oil’s Brief Rally Fades With Supply Risks Countering Stimulus

A brief rally in crude oil deflated Dec. 28 as investors ignored a broader market surge that pushed equities to an all-time high and focused instead on looming new supply from OPEC+.

December 28, 2020
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Oil Advances to Eight-Month High on Demand Optimism

Oil extended gains, trading at its highest level since March, on mounting optimism that recent breakthroughs on a COVID-19 vaccine will lead to a swift recovery in global energy demand next year.

November 25, 2020
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Oil Jumps Past $45, Dow Eclipses 30,000

Oil reclaimed heights not seen since the pandemic shocked markets in the spring, with the start of the U.S. presidential transition and improved vaccine prospects infusing optimism across markets.

November 24, 2020

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