(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia called on Thursday for an emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers as it aims to reach a fair oil agreement to stabilize the oil market, state news agency SPA reported.
Oil surges 13% on reports that OPEC and allies are working on a deal to cut production amid the coronavirus pandemic Carmen Reinicke Apr. 3, 2020, 10:27 AM
* Oil prices surged Friday, continuing gains from the best day on record Thursday. * US West Texas Intermediate crude surged as much as 13% to $28.56 per barrel Friday, while Brent crude jumped 17% to $34.91 per barrel at its intraday highs. * A Reuters report that OPEC and its allies will meet Monday to discuss a production cut amid the coronavirus pandemic fueled the gains. * Watch oil trade live on Markets Insider. * Read more on Business Insider.
Oil climbed on Friday, extending gains from the best day on record Thursday, after OPEC and its allies said they will meet Monday to discuss a production cut amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters. US West Texas Intermediate crude surged as much as 13% to $28.56 per barrel after gaining 25% Thursday. International benchmark Brent crude jumped 17% to $34.91 per barrel at its Friday intraday highs, continuing the previous day's 21% gain. The cut could be around 10% of global supply, Reuters reported Monday, citing an OPEC source. The meeting to discuss a potential deal to curb production came after President Donald Trump told CNBC Thursday he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to announce a deal to drastically cut oil production.
WASHINGTON – Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS), Donald Trump percaya Rusia dan Arab Saudi akan berbincang semula dan mengakhiri perang harga minyak tidak lama lagi dengan menurunkan pengeluaran sekali gus menstabilkan semula harga minyak.
“Saya akan bertemu dengan pengeluar-pengeluar minyak pada hari Jumaat. Saya juga akan bertemu dengan pengeluar-pengeluar minyak bebas sama ada pada hari Jumaat atau Sabtu. Mungkin hari Ahad, kami ada banyak mesyuarat mengenainya,” katanya.
Tambah beliau, industri minyak di seluruh dunia telah musnah dan ia tidak baik untuk Rusia dan Arab Saudi.
”Maksud saya, tidak baik untuk kedua-duanya. Saya rasa mereka akan membuat perjanjian,” ujar beliau.
Harga minyak dunia telah jatuh kira-kira dua per tiga tahun ini kerana koronavirus yang telah menjejaskan ekonomi global.
Keadaan ini diburukkan lagi dengan limpahan minyak oleh pengeluar utama dunia, Arab Saudi dan Rusia.
Kejatuhan harga minyak memberi ancaman kepada industri penggerudian AS sekali gus mengakibatkan pemberhentian kerja besar-besaran dan muflis.
Trump dijangka membincangkan pelbagai pilihan untuk membantu industri, termasuk kemungkinan tarif import minyak dari Arab Saudi, menurut Wall Street Journal.
Presiden AS itu pada minggu ini menyifatkan perang harga minyak antara Rusia dan Arab Saudi sebagai ‘gila’.
Dua pemimpin tenaga dari dua negara itu kemudian saling berhubung dan bersetuju untuk meneruskan perbuncangan dengan pengeluar-pengeluar utama minyak global.
Malah, pentadbiran Trump juga merancang untuk menghantar wakil khas ke Riyadh untuk membincangkan mengenai penurunan pengeluaran.
Arab Saudi telah meningkatkan bekalan minyak mentah pada hari Rabu kepada lebih 12 juta tong sehari, menurut sumber industri, biarpun permintaan menurun. –
MOSCOW: Russia bersedia bekerjasama dengan Arab Saudi dan Amerika Syarikat (AS) untuk mengurangkan pengeluaran minyak, kata Presiden Vladimir Putin, semalam.
Beliau berkata, Russia sanggup membuat perjanjian dalam rangka kerja kumpulan OPEC+ dan bersedia bekerjasama dengan AS dalam isu itu, menurut satu kenyataan dikeluarkan oleh Kremlin.
“Saya percaya penggabungan usaha adalah perlu bagi menyeimbangkan pasaran dan mengurangkan pengeluaran,” menurut kenyataan itu.
Harga minyak jatuh dalam beberapa minggu kebelakangan ini susulan kemerosotan permintaan dan ketidaktentuan ekonomi global akibat pandemik COVID-19.
Bulan lalu, OPEC dan sekutunya gagal mencapai persetujuan berhubung pengurangan pengeluaran minyak selepas Moscow yang mengetuai OPEC+, enggan mengetatkan pembekalan bagi menangani kesan wabak berkenaan.
Putin dalam satu perbualan dengan Menteri Tenaga, Alexander Novak, berkata Russia bersedia berbincang mengenai ‘pengurangan kira-kira 10 juta tong sehari, sedikit kurang, mungkin sedikit lebih’.
Katanya, Russia berhubung rapat dengan Arab Saudi dan beliau juga telah bercakap dengan Presiden AS, Donald Trump, baru-baru ini. - AFP
(April 4, 2020, 8:57 AM GMT+8Updated on April 4, 2020, 8:41 PM GMT+8)
~ Meeting now tentatively scheduled for April 9, say delegates
~ Diplomatic row puts new agreement to curb production at risk
OPEC+ delayed a meeting aimed at ending the oil price war, as Riyadh and Moscow trade barbs about who’s to blame for the collapse in oil prices.
The alliance is tentatively aiming to hold the virtual gathering on April 9 instead of Monday as it previously intended, a delegate familiar with the matter said. Producers need more time for negotiations, said another. Beyond the alliance, Saudi Arabia and Russia have indicated they want other oil countries to join in any output cuts, complicating efforts to call a meeting, the delegate said, asking not to be named discussing diplomatic matters.
The delay came hours after Saudi Arabia made a pointed diplomatic attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin, opening a fresh rift between the world’s two largest oil exporters and jeopardizing a deal to cut production.
In a statement early on Saturday, the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said comments by Putin laying blame on Riyadh for the end of the OPEC+ pact between the two countries in March were “fully devoid of truth.”
The direct criticism of Putin, echoed in a statement by Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, threatens a new agreement to stabilize an oil market that’s been thrown into chaos by the global fight against coronavirus. President Donald Trump had devoted hours of telephone diplomacy last week to brokering a truce in the month-long price war between Moscow and Riyadh.
“We always remained skeptical about this wider deal as U.S. producers cannot be mandated to cut,” said Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at consultant Energy Aspects Ltd. “If so, Russia doesn’t come to the table. And if everyone doesn’t cut, Saudi Arabia’s long held stance is that they will not cut either.”
The prospect of a new deal spurred a 50% recovery in benchmark oil prices last week as traders saw some relief from the catastrophic oversupply caused by a lockdown of the world’s largest economies, in a bit to halt the coronavirus pandemic. With billions of people forced to stay at home, demand for gasoline, diesel and jet has collapsed by about as much 35 million barrels a day.
“Russia was the one that refused the agreement” in early March, the Saudi foreign ministry said. “The kingdom and 22 other countries were trying to to persuade Russia to make further cuts and extend the agreement.”
Sponsored by Trump, who’s fretting about the future of America’s shale industry, momentum for a new agreement had built in recent days.
A delay is “not a good sign,” said Ayham Kamel, head of Middle East and North Africa at the Eurasia Group consultancy. “This entirely plays negatively for the discussions.”
“Part of Putin’s comments are about saving face and also justifying why the oil price crashed and partly to deter criticism from the U.S. Putin doesn’t want to be blamed for any losses in the U.S. energy industry. It seems to me that there’s both a defensive effort to shield from criticism abroad for both the Saudis and the Russians,” Kamel said.
The alliance (OPEC+) is tentatively aiming to hold the virtual gathering on April 9 instead of Monday as it previously intended, a delegate familiar with the matter said.
Meeting suppose on April 6 (Monday), delayed to April 9 (Thursday). So, got 3 more days for us to Sailang on O & G stocks before it’s share price spike up to sky high ! Huat ah ! Heng ah ! Ong ah !
Oil set to ‘crater’ Monday as OPEC meeting delayed, tensions flare between Saudi Arabia and Russia
PUBLISHED SAT, APR 4 202012:00 PM EDT
~ The virtual meeting between OPEC and its allies scheduled for Monday has been postponed, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC, as tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia mount.
~ The meeting will now “likely” be held on Thursday, sources said.
~ The Monday meeting was set after President Donald Trump said to CNBC on Thursday that he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to announce a deal on production cuts.
The virtual meeting between OPEC and its allies scheduled for Monday has been postponed, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC, amid mounting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia. The meeting will now “likely” be held on Thursday, sources said.
The Monday meeting was set after President Donald Trump said to CNBC on Thursdaythat he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to announce a deal to cut production by up to 15 million barrels, and that he had spoken to both countries’ leaders.
The delay is likely to hit oil prices next week following a record-setting comeback week for crude. U.S. oil surged 25% on Thursday for its best day on record, and gained another 12% on Friday. It finished the week with a 32% surge, breaking a 5-week losing streak and posting its best weekly performance ever, back to the contract’s inception in 1983.
“It’s probably going to crater,” Again Capital’s John Kilduff said. “There was a lot of optimism priced into oil Thursday and Friday. With this new Saudi, Russia spat, it doesn’t look like it’s going to come together.”
Despite last week’s surge, West Texas Intermediate crude is still down nearly 40% in the last month on the heels of demand destruction from the coronavirus outbreak, and the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Friday’s jump was fueled by a Reuters report that OPEC+ was contemplating a production cut equivalent to about 10% of world supply, and that Putin said a cut of 10 million barrels a day appeared possible.
Both Saudi Arabia and Russia have sought U.S. cooperation in balancing the world oil supply. American drillers are still pumping near record levels as the world is coming to the edge of its ability to store oil.
U.S. oil executives met with the president Friday at the White House, and there was speculation he would ask them to cooperate in cuts. No agreement came of the meeting, but Trump did seem to reflect an industry view that market forces should determine prices.
“These are great companies and they’ll figure it out,” he said at a White House briefing following his meeting with the energy CEOs. “It’s a free market, they’ll figure it out.”
At its March meeting, OPEC proposed cutting production by 1.5 million barrels per day in an effort to combat the demand slowdown, but OPEC-ally Russia rejected the additional cuts. The meeting ended with no agreement, and in retaliation Saudi Arabia slashed its oil prices in an effort to gain market share, and subsequently increased its production to a record high of more than 12 million barrels per day.
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia have escalated since. In comments Friday, Putin blamed the collapse in oil prices on Saudi Arabia pulling out of the more than 3-year-old OPEC plus deal, along with its increase in production and agreements for discounts, all of which exacerbated the blow from the coronavirus.
Saudi Arabia lashed back. In a statement Saturday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan reportedly said Putin’s comments were “devoid of truth.”
Saudi Arabia energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman also issued a statement Saturday saying comments from Russia’s energy minister Alexander Novak “were categorically false and contrary to fact.” The statement said the Saudi minister “expressed his surprise at the attempts to bring Saudi Arabia into hostilities against the shale oil industry.” The minister noted that Saudi Arabia was a major investor in the U.S. oil sector.
“Now we have two issues,” said Helima Croft, head of global commodities research at RBC. “After President Trump’s statement it seems rather unlikely any production commitment is forthcoming. And it looks like we might have a new diplomatic rift between Russia and the Saudis…The Saudi minister is pushing back furiously on the Russian minister’s assertion that the Saudis are targeting shale.”
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