Oil plunging to unprecedented lows with more output cuts on the way

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Oil Plunges to More Than 18-Year Low in Glutted Market

Despite a near 10-million-barrel-per day production cut agreed on Sunday by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, crude prices continued to fall this week on concerns that actual loss of demand to the pandemic could be as high as 30 million bpd.

Adding to that dilemma, U.S. crude supplies have climbed for 12 weeks in a row, with the increase of 19.2 million barrels reported by the Energy Information Administration for the week ended April 10 the largest weekly rise on record.

The supply gains come as demand is expected to see a record drop this year amid efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The International Energy Agency estimated a drop in demand of 9.3 million barrels a day this year, equivalent to a decade’s worth of growth.

https://sputniknews.com/amp/us/2020...s-to-more-than-18-year-low-in-glutted-market/
 
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Well gee cut air traffic , shut down the cruise industry , and take sixty percent of vehicles off the road . What a surprise not as much gas and oil is being consumed .
 

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WTI Crude
4.780 -51.78%

It's actually at 1986 prices right now.
 

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right now there is no point in even producing oil in Canada.

Apparently I can buy the good stuff for $5 a bbl.

Will the world even return to believing that oil is worth $100 a bbl?

I mean these small old wells in the Gulf pump away for 20-30 years - and every year the price of the stuff goes up and up while the cost of making it goes down and down?
 

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Futures & IndexesLastChange% ChangeLast Updated
WTI Crude 1.500.......(20 Minutes Delay)



Brent Crude 26.34.......(10 Minutes Delay)



Mars US 19.67.............(2 Days Delay)



Opec Basket 17.73.........(4 Days Delay)



Canadian Crude Index 13.82............(16 Minutes Delay)
 

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right now there is no point in even producing oil in Canada.

Apparently I can buy the good stuff for $5 a bbl.

Will the world even return to believing that oil is worth $100 a bbl?

I mean these small old wells in the Gulf pump away for 20-30 years - and every year the price of the stuff goes up and up while the cost of making it goes down and down?
Buy as much as you want , not good for anything unless you have a refinery .
 

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Just heard on the radio that WTI is trading in the negatives on the futures markets
Well they can keep producing all the oil they want , with the world wide economy shut down there is no use for it . Demand will rebound soon , it will take time to use up existing inventories however these low prices will not last forever . Enjoy the break while you can .
 

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Well they can keep producing all the oil they want , with the world wide economy shut down there is no use for it . Demand will rebound soon , it will take time to use up existing inventories however these low prices will not last forever . Enjoy the break while you can .


No doubt... I suspect that there are a lot of traders that will be getting their ass handed to them in the next month or 2.


WTI futures were quoted in the negatives as the US (and Canada) have essentially run out of storage space... Cost of tankage rental is rising by the minute and the floating storage is costing tens of thousands a day.