I bought some, as per my previous posts to support this counter. Obviously, not enough. But my imitial assessment was that this was a good buy even at low RM 1++
So, no problem at all. Can accumulate slowly. If we focus on oil price then means we have no real worries.
When Saudi and Russia working together to cut down oil production to reach the goal of high oil price ie more than USD80! No one could stop them but to accept the fact that no more cheap oil for everyone!
Brent crude futures rose above $80 a barrel for the first time since early May amid signs of tightening supplies and slower-than-expected US inflation. Prices have climbed since OPEC+ heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Russia pledged even more output reductions in an effort to rebalance the market. Russian crude production is now showing signs of dropping, with average shipments falling below February averages.
Futures rose as much as 0.8% in London and were last at $79.95 a barrel. (Bloomberg)
Yes, Hibiscus eventually goes with oil. But better not say it here. SOPHISTICATED investors hate this claim. So the correlation graph is a shock to some.
Russia crude oil prices capped at USD60. With the raising crude oil price, Russia crude oil is selling more than USD 60. NATO alliance et al will immediately ban the export of Russia crude oil if selling price hitting ceiling price of USD 60. This further reduces the crude oil supply and hence pushing the crude oil price up!
One more thing, Wagner troops moved to Belarus and may cause bloodbath around the countries. Both Russia and Belarus governments could not do anything on them as they are not part of Russia or Belarus. Well planned move by Putin! Crude oil price will just hit the ceiling by then!
LONDON (Reuters) - Global benchmark Brent crude hovered above $81 a barrel on Friday, with bullish sentiment over U.S. demand bolstered by supply disruption in Libya and Nigeria.
Both the Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contracts had risen for three straight sessions and in early Asian trade on Friday, poised to register a third straight week of gains for the first time since April.
On Thursday some oilfields in Libya were shut down because of a local tribe's protest against the kidnapping of a former minister. Separately, Shell (LON:RDSa) suspended loadings of Nigeria's Forcados crude oil owing to a potential leak at a terminal.
The Libya disruption is halting an estimated 370,000 barrels per day (bpd) while the loss from the Nigerian outage is pegged at 225,000 bpd, said PVM analyst Tamas Varga.
With the "market in thrall of a ‘tightening’ narrative", any more outages will push the oil price to levels that not even the most ardent bull would have predicted for the second half of the year, Varga added.
Russian oil exports have also decreased significantly - and if this trend were to continue next week – this would probably drive the price up further, particularly since Russian oil exports are set to be reduced by 500,000 bpd in August, added Commerzbank (ETR:CBKG) analysts.
Both Brent and WTI futures traded flat at 1013 GMT, with Brent at $81.36 a barrel and WTI at $76.89.
Further price support came from Thursday's reports by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), predicting that oil demand will pick up in the second half of the year, particularly in China, despite broader macroeconomic headwinds.
National Australia Bank said in a research note on Friday that it expected the OPEC forecast, if realised, "to deliver oil prices well above $100 a barrel", adding that the softening value of the U.S. dollar continued to boost commodity prices.
Cooling U.S. inflation has also given markets hope that the U.S. Federal Reserve could be close to ending its fastest monetary policy tightening campaign since the 1980s.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world's biggest oil exporters, this month agreed to deepen oil cuts in place since November last year, providing further support to crude prices.
Heatwave hitting many countries from US to Europe and now spreading to Japan… Energy especially crude oil or gas usage will be exponentially higher than ever! Cheers!
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Brent oil USD 79.56! Cheers!