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On the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting in Hangzhou, the Russian and Saudi Arabian oil ministers met and agreed to create a producers’ group that would meet regularly to monitor the oil markets....
Venezuela has been selling off the nation's gold to make up for the oil losses in an effort to keep the country viable. Will it matter?
The poster child for the impact of low crude prices is Venezuela, a founding member of OPEC and the country with the largest proved reserves in the world.
In the week ended August 26, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 406, unchanged compared with the prior week.
The latest Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count finds the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totals 406.
Despite the price of oil being low, there are several key surprises in the latest OPEC monthly oil market report.
While OPEC no longer wields the same power over global oil markets it had 40 years ago, it can still make some noise when it wants to.
In its Monthly Oil Market Report for July, OPEC noted that its price for its reference basket rose in June, a fifth consecutive month of rising prices.
Platts reported Monday that OPEC production reached more than 32 million barrels a day in June, a level last achieved in August 2008.
In its Monthly Oil Market Report for June, released Monday morning, OPEC noted that its price for its reference basket rose by more than 14% in May.
In its Monthly Oil Market Report for May, OPEC noted that its price for its reference basket rose for a third consecutive month.
In its Monthly Oil Market Report for April, OPEC noted that its price for its reference basket rose by more than 20%, a second consecutive month of rising prices.
U.S. drivers can expect to gasoline prices this summer to average about 22% less than last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
OPEC coyly noted the positive sentiment in the oil markets "arising from the efforts of major producers to trim output" along with falling U.S. production and "healthy physical oil markets."
This 50% rally in oil has been met with broad skepticism, flooded with analyst warnings that it will not last.