Oil prices fell on Thursday on worries that rising inflation and interest rate increases are reducing the fuel usage. The trend was exacerbated by more COVID-19 lockdowns measures in China. The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at $92.36, down by 4.3%. WTI crude ended 3.3% lower at $86.61.
read more... 02/09/2022
Oil prices declined for the week but were flat on Friday due to a stronger dollar and worries that a slowing economy would limit demand. Thus, the price of Brent crude oil ended up at $96.72 a barrel. At the same time, WTI crude decreased slightly by 0.3% to $90.77.
read more... 22/08/2022
Oil prices rose on Thursday as a result of an increase in the International Energy Agency's forecast for this year's growth in oil demand as some consumers switch to oil due to rising natural gas prices. Consequently, WTI crude jumped by 2.6% to $94.34 a barrel and Brent crude increased by 2.3% to settle at $99.60 a barrel.
read more... 12/08/2022
The news that some oil supplies on the Russia-to-Europe Druzhba pipeline that crosses through Ukraine had been stopped combined with worries that a slowing economy could cut demand, resulted in a modest decline in oil prices on Tuesday. As such, Brent crude oil price settled 0.4% lower at $96.31, while WTI crude ended 0.3% down to settle at $90.50 a barrel.
read more... 10/08/2022
Crude oil prices were volatile on Thursday, buoyed by supply concerns ahead of the meeting between OPEC and its allies. However, gains were limited by global economy recession fears. Thus, Brent crude rose by 0.5% to settle at $107.14 a barrel and WTI crude decreased by 0.9% to $96.42 per barrel.
read more... 29/07/2022