Not looking good for oil |
After OPEC decides against the cut, Brent crude oil plunged as much as $6.50 a barrel on Thursday, and U.S. crude fell by nearly as much, posting the steepest one-day falls since 2011.
Benchmark Brent futures settled at $72.58 a barrel, down $5.17, after hitting a four-year low of $71.25 earlier in the session. The contract was on track for its biggest monthly fall since 2008.
U.S. crude was last down $4.64 at $69.05 a barrel.
This is definitely not a good news for oil producing countries like Russia and even Malaysia.
PRICE WAR?
It is going to be a price war. The US crude may even slide to below $65 a barrel in coming weeks and this could be a factor against the economy of the Northern American shale oil production.
While many were saying the oil price may have hit a bottom, some analysts have a differing point of view.
If it's going into price war, any bottom may just be difficult to predict.
Expect the O&G sector in Malaysia to be affected when the trade starts today.
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