OIL PRICE: NEAR $79
Vladimir Vinogradov
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Brent fell $4.07, or 4.9%, to $78.15 a barrel. WTI was down $4.83, or 6.1%, at $73.56 a barrel.
Investors were also watching China's response to the U.S. release of millions of barrels of oil from strategic reserves in coordination with other large consuming nations, part of its bid to cool prices.?
Such a release is likely to swell supplies in coming months, an OPEC source said, based on findings of a panel of experts that advises ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The Economic Commission Board expects a surplus of 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December, rising to 2.3 million bpd in January and 3.7 million bpd in February if consumer nations went ahead with the release, the OPEC source said.
The forecasts cloud the outlook for a Dec. 2 meeting of OPEC and its allies, known as OPEC+, when the group will discuss whether to adjust its plan to increase output by 400,000 bpd in January and beyond.
Account Specialist at Nordson EFD
3 年Biden Admin releasing oil from strategic reserves is a short-term window dressing tactic to show "your Government is doing something". If he was really serious about reducing gas prices he would reduce the government-mandated Ethanol percentage content, retract his new pipeline construction policies, stop investigating oil companies for perceived "oil price gouging", etc.