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Let see tonight Crude Oil condition, if exceed USD 51, then next week will touch RM 0.6. Look at Crude Oil movement today, lesser deviation. Hence, the possibility is higher... :).
hahaha~ i am not work as fortune teller, but i like to share my view to you guys sometimes!! i just hope it may can help in sometimes, but anyway it is just my view, u can ingnore it! hope you guys understand arr, hehe~
Lucas Chan and Nasaie24 are nonsense but then shares value is always up or down in any given days. Try to be professional in your action and give facts to support your views.
Aiyo..U.S. crude (CLc1) closed up 20 cents at $49.63, the highest settle since late July, while Brent crude (LCOc1) ended 40 cents down at $52.65 on Friday....isn't it we are more emphasis on WTI US crude price...
Oil Prices Today Could See Biggest Weekly Rise Since 2009
By Alex McGuire, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @AlexMcGuire92 • October 9, 2015
Oil prices today (Friday) moved higher following yesterday's FOMC minutes release and the ongoing Syrian conflict. Today's rise puts oil prices on track for the biggest weekly gain in more than six years. oil prices 10/09/15WTI Crude Oil Prices Today
At 9:40 a.m., WTI crude oil prices were up 1.2% to $50.04 a barrel, it's highest level in two months. The U.S. benchmark has soared 9.9% this week and could see its largest weekly rise since 2009.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is the oil price benchmark for the New York Mercantile Exchange. WTI is considered "sweet" crude because it contains 0.24% sulfur. Brent Crude Oil Prices Today
Brent crude oil prices today gained less than their U.S. counterpart. They were up 0.02% and trading at $53.39 a barrel. The international benchmark is up 9.4% this week and 8.8% this month.
Brent crude is the international price benchmark. It's considered "light" crude because of its low density and sulfur content.
Here's why oil prices are surging to a six-year high… Two Reasons Why Oil Prices Today Are Climbing
The boost in oil prices today came after the U.S. Federal Reserve released minutes from last month's meeting. The FOMC meeting minutes showed that the majority of policymakers agreed to keep interest rates near zero. Chairwoman Janet Yellen cited a global economic slowdown, low U.S. inflation, and market volatility as reasons for not hiking rates.
"With a slowdown in both the U.S. and the global scene, the U.S. Federal Reserve seems to be growing more dovish," said Daniel Ang, analyst at Phillip Futures, to The Wall Street Journal. "Oil prices gain support as a result of a weaker U.S. dollar strength as this makes USD-denoted oil cheaper."
Russia's involvement in the Syrian civil war has also supported oil prices. On Wednesday, Russia launched military airstrikes against rebels trying to oust Syrian President Assad. The conflict interrupts oil transports in the region, which increases global demand.
But Russia is involved in another conflict that has big implications for the future of oil prices…
This Week In Energy: Can This Current Rally Last? By Evan Kelly Posted on Fri, 09 October 2015 19:48 | 0
After weeks of floundering in the mid-$40s per barrel, a new rally for crude oil got underway this week. WTI jumped to $50 per barrel and Brent is now over $53 per barrel. There are several reasons behind the rally, some of which we have touched on before. U.S. oil production is declining, despite confusing weekly data from the EIA that sometimes suggests otherwise. The rig count fell sharply last week, which underpinned the notion that the sector is contracting.
This week, a few more bullish developments surfaced. One was a sudden weakness in the U.S. dollar. After minutes were released from the latest Fed meeting, global financial markets saw hesitation on the behalf of the central bank to raise interest rates. The possibility that the Fed might hold off pushed down the dollar, which tends to push up the price of crude.
Related: Does This Offhand Gov't Comment Signal A Big Oil Opportunity?
Another reason oil prices are rising is the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are raising concerns about a worsening conflict. It is hard to imagine that the war in Syria, now more than four years old, could possibly get worse. However, Russia’s intervention adds even more complexity and potential for deterioration. The U.S. military is dramatically scaling back its assistance to Syrian rebels after the multiyear effort has proved to be an utter failure. The move is also being made with an acknowledgment about the seriousness of Russia’s intervention. Privately, the Obama administration believes that Russia will get itself bogged down in a conflict that has no viable solution at this point. In any event, it has been a while since geopolitical conflict has slapped a risk premium on the price of crude oil, but Russia’s actions appear to be doing just that. ... http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/This-Week-In-Energy-Can-This-Current-Rally-Last.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to lift a 40-year-old U.S. ban on crude oil exports.
The House approved the bill on a 261-159 vote. Supporters said an ongoing boom in oil and gas drilling has made the 1970s-era restrictions obsolete. Lifting the export ban would lower prices at the pump, create jobs and boost the economy, said House Speaker John Boehner.
"In my view, America's energy boom has the potential to reset the economic foundation of our economy and improve our standing around the world," Boehner said.
Rep. Fred Upton chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said times have changed and that U.S. policy should embrace a new reality of energy abundance.
While the Obama administration "claims to support an all-of-the-above energy policy, their actions don't match the rhetoric," Upton said.
The White House called the bill unnecessary and argued that a decision on whether to end the ban should be made by the Commerce secretary.
Opponents said the bill would mainly benefit big oil companies.
"This bill is an unconscionable giveaway to Big Oil at the expense of American consumers," said Rep. Kathy Castor, a Florida Democrat.
Selling U.S. oil to foreign markets will result in higher gas prices at the pump and ultimately benefit China and other economic rivals, Castor said.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat, said the bill is not needed as long as U.S. continues to import millions of barrels of oil every day.
"Every barrel exported by this bill will have to be replaced by a barrel of imported oil," she said.
The measure now goes to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain.
3 reasons why oil is back above $50 By Ivana Kottasova @ivanakottasova
So much for even cheaper gas!
World oil prices have charged higher this week, breaking back above the psychological barrier of $50 a barrel for the first time since July.
U.S. crude futures were trading two percent higher at $50.50 early on Friday.
As recently as last month some analysts were warning of a risk that prices would collapse to $20 a barrel. What's going on?
Here are three reasons for the bounce:
1. Geopolitical worries
Tensions in the Middle East, the biggest oil producing region, have pushed prices up.
Russia launched a military operation in Syria this week, marking the beginning of a new and closer cooperation between Moscow and the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The West has criticized Russia for the move.
Investors are worried more violence in the region could impact production and transport. Reports of Russian cruise missiles falling short and landing in Iran haven't helped settle their nerves. oil friday
2. Dovish Fed minutes
Minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve meeting released Thursday showed the central bank is not in a rush to raise U.S. interest rates. The minutes weighed on the dollar -- it was down 0.75% against the euro on Friday -- which in turn supported global oil prices.
Oil and other commodities are priced in dollars, so a weaker dollar makes them more affordable meaning prices can rise to compensate.
3. Falling U.S. production
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said U.S. crude oil production declined by 120,000 barrels per day in September compared with August.
It said U.S. production will continue declining until the middle of next year, before growth returns in late 2016. The agency also said it expects global demand for oil in 2016 to grow at its fastest in six years -- that's also good for prices.
Related: Cracks emerge in U.S. oil boom
Oil has been under pressure in recent months, having crashed more than 50% since last summer. Prices fell to their lowest level in six and half years in August, trading below $42 a barrel.
This week's rally has sparked hope that the market may have finally turned, but some analysts are still cautious.
UPDATE 2-U.S. oil output on brink of "dramatic" decline, exec says Tue Oct 6, 2015 5:31pm GMT
* World prices seen too low to support U.S. shale oil output
* Lack of bank financing seen for new shale developments
* Risk low production levels may cause price spike
* U.S. oil sector productivity improvements seen near limit (Recasts; adds U.S. production forecasts)
By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Ron Bousso
LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Oil executives warned on Tuesday of a "dramatic" decline in U.S. production that could pave the way for a future spike in prices if fuel demand increases.
Delegates at the Oil and Money conference in London, an annual gathering of senior industry officials, said world oil prices were now too low to support U.S. shale oil output, the biggest addition to world production over the last decade.
"We are about to see a pretty dramatic decline in U.S. production growth," the former head of oil firm EOG Resources Mark Papa, told the conference.
Papa, now a partner at U.S. energy investment firm Riverstone Holdings LLC, said U.S. oil production would stall this month and begin to decline from early next year. He said the main reason for the decline would be a lack of bank financing for new shale developments.
Official data show that nationwide U.S. output has already begun to decline after reaching a peak of 9.6 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, although production in some big shale patches, including North Dakota, has held steady thus far. The Energy Information Administration forecast on Tuesday that output would reach a low of around 8.6 million bpd next year.
Until this year, U.S. oil output was growing at the fastest rate on record, adding around 1 million bpd of new supply each year thanks to the introduction of new drilling techniques that have released oil and gas from shale formations.
But oil prices have almost halved in the last year on oversupply in a drop that deepened after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in 2014 changed strategy to protect market share against higher-cost producers, rather than cut output to prop up prices as it had done in the past.
Benchmark Brent crude was up 5 percent, or $2.50 a barrel, at $51.75 on Tuesday as investors digested news from the London conference. It peaked in recent years above $115 a barrel in June 2014.
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The chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc agreed, saying U.S. oil producers would struggle to refinance while prices remained so low, leading to lower output in future.
"Producers are now looking for new cash to survive and they will probably struggle to get it," Ben van Beurden said.
Longer term, there was a risk that low levels of global production could bring a spike in oil prices, he said.
If prices remained low for a long time and oil production outside OPEC and the United States declined due to capital expenditure cuts, there was not likely to be any significant spare capacity left in the system, he said.
"This could cause prices to spike upwards, starting a new cycle of strong production growth in U.S. shale oil and subsequent volatility," van Beurden said.
Adam Sieminski, administrator at the U.S. Energy Information Administration, told reporters on the sidelines of the conference the U.S. oil industry had reacted to lower prices by improving its productivity.
But this process could not continue forever.
"Now we are seeing the limits at least in the near term and it is beginning to impact production," Sieminski said. "We see (U.S. oil production declines) continuing into next summer."
The Secretary-General of OPEC, Abdullah al-Badri, said oil supply growth from non-OPEC producers might be zero or negative in 2016 because of lower upstream investment.
But Papa said if U.S. light crude oil prices went back up to $75 a barrel, U.S. oil production would resume growth at around 500,000 bpd - or around half the record growth rates observed in the past few years.
"I see the United States as a long-term growth producer," he said. "If low oil prices prevail - then the correction in oil prices will be much more severe."
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pm session will be more interesting....