Investing in Crude Oil

OPEC is facing one of its toughest challenges in years following the US government's planned oil grab in Venezuela.

The consequences for global oil markets of US intervention in Venezuela are not being priced into traditional benchmarks.

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) October Oil Market Report has cast a sober light on the global energy outlook.

In the wake of US sanctions announced against Russia's two largest oil companies we ask what this will mean for global energy markets?

In commodities, precious and industrial metals have been on a charge. Beneath the surface lies a deeper story.

A busy data docket awaits, including the latest US & UK inflation figures, China GDP, and the start of Q2 earnings season

Markets ended last week subdued, with the US closed for Independence Day. This week, a barren docket awaits, with Treasury supply in focus

Nitesh Shah, head of commodities at fund manager WisdomTree, joins our editor for an in-depth looks at commodities markets action.

Oil and gas prices led the main basket of commodities prices tracked by WisdomTree in June on the back of Middle East tensions.

Geopolitical events were in sharp focus over the weekend after US strikes on Iran, but President Trump had time to criticise the Fed again

For the biggest crude importer, the geopolitical turmoil is a short-term amplifier of inflation and a stress test for energy security.

The ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel is driving up oil and gold prices, but are investors taking it seriously enough?

There are clear reasons for traders to trim back on risk exposure or to layer on portfolio hedges and geopolitical tensions dominate the week

Oil stocks, Balfour Beatty, Airlines are Tony Cross's three key topics from today's UK stock market open

By launching strikes on Iran, Israel has again ratcheted up the political stakes in the Middle East and created volatility in the oil market.

The Trump administration's tariff policies are creating a bull market in industrial and precious metals investors should not ignore.

Oil traders look over-optimstic about China's latest manufacturing data as OPEC struggles to keep Kazakhstan on message.

OPEC+ would like to boost production in April, but a peace deal over Ukraine could have implications for oil above $70.

WTI's decline of more than $2 in a single session reflects investor uncertainty and concern over the imminent increase in OPEC+ production.

OPEC+ looks like it is struggling to keep oil futures prices where it wants them, producing a narrow trading range for WTI contracts.

Remarks from the US president about potential US or Israeli strikes on Iranian oil infrastructure is driving crude oil futures up sharply.

Despite the threat of wider conflict in the Middle East, oil markets remain razor-focused on the state of the Chinese economy.

Ongoing hostilities in the Middle East have caused more oil buying short term, but China slowdown remains a big worry.

In the wake of their meeting at the weekend, OPEC+ countries seem to have fewer options than before with central banks still dithering.

As Israel retaliates against Iran in the latest phase of the Middle East war, many traders are long oil, but is this the best option?

Oil prices are on the march again this week, following Ukraine drone attacks and better than expected China economic data.

Oil continues to trade up on news from the Middle East, despite an increase in supply from markets like Libya and good inventory data.

It's another busy week. Watch for moves in Chinese markets, US earnings season big hitters are in play and energy commodities are on the move

With the Middle East looking increasingly turbulent, the WTI oil market seems oddly rudderless - what is causing this?

Here's our list of 2024 market predictions to watch out for as we embark on a year of elections and Middle East turbulence

Oil prices are increasingly likely to rise towards the end of the year following Saudi Arabia production cuts and growing Red Sea tensions

The oil market faced a hiccup after OPEC+ decided to postpone its regular meeting because members couldn’t agree on cutting of production.

AIM-listed Corcel was getting plenty of love last week as it updated the market on drilling results for its Tobias-13 onshore well.

Kosmos production increases by 17% against 2Q23 following the successful startup of the Jubilee South East development in Ghana

Kosmos Energy is due to publish results next week. Can the Dallas-based junior continue its strong momentum of the past few years?

Equity continues to trade heavily and the bearish momentum in EU and US equity indices suggest this is still a sellers’ market

Brent crude oil price up 2% as traders focus on Middle East and the energy market with Biden arriving in Israel

In this episode, we discuss the outlook for commodities with Nitesh Shah, Head of Macroeconomic Research & Commodities at WisdomTree

Will economic data and US earnings move the dial or will newsflow from the Middle East consume attention and direct sentiment?

Investors in Predator Oil & Gas are keeping close tabs on a current projected downstream energy deal for its Moroccan project.

West Texas crude prices have risen to their highest in more than a year on Thursday on what is suspiciously looking like a short squeeze.

Here are our top six misconceptions about commodity investing, designed to help investors better understand commodities

We added NYSE listed Globalstar Inc to our portfolio in August, plus we have updates on Bitcoin and Crude Oil

As Saudi Arabia and Russia seek to increase their prices, concern over rising inflation pressures globally is climbing.

Commodities should be on the radar, with Crude Oil on a tear and many questioning how long it takes for it to test $100

Stavros Lambouris of HYCM International makes the case for the potential rise in the price of oil for the remainder of the year

Latest data from derivatives platforms shows traders are balancing OPEC cuts with slow down in China economy.

Analysts are seeing some major shifts in the price action for both crude oil and natural gas prices in the next few weeks.

We added Man Group and Borussia Dortmund to our portfolio in July, plus we have an update on our Crude Oil short and Bitcoin

Traders are already building positions in heating oil as the market starts to look extremely tight, well ahead of cold weather.

Oil trades are looking for upside positives this week as Chinese government plans for private sector support boost crude.

Saudi Arabia has implemented a projected cut in oil production in an effort to boost crude oil prices, but it does not look like enough.

Following its first capital markets day in two years, analysts are mulling over the plans of new CEO Wael Sawan and his team.

It looks like OPEC and the hedge fund industry will be having another stormy debate in the oil market in June.

North Sea gas explorer has reported progress with getting its Blythe H2 well moving back towards production by the end of June.

As anticipated, the OPEC+ production cut seems to have done little more than force some bearish hedge funds out of the market.

Iofina continues strong growth in revenue and earnings, looking to continue investment and expand business through acquisitions of bolt-ons to subsidiary operations

May and June oil futures markets were in a bullish mood Wednesday in the wake of the latest US CPI release.

Oil explorer and producer Canadian Overseas Petroleum has provided insight into current WTI hedging and early plans for 2023 operations

OPEC+ has come out with all guns blazing, reversing the recent bear market in crude oil, but will it last over the medium term?

Canadian Overseas Petroleum has announced a $13.6m commitment in convertible bond financing which has brought new stability to the company.

This webinar in collaboration with CME group will explore how Commodities may perform in 2023

Crude Oil prices have been a little firmer this week as better data out of China offsets weaker demand in the US

Crude oil price declines across the week as US Inventory hits highest point since Jan'21; market fears more Fed rate rises and US recession

Oil prices are set for a significant increase as global demand heads for record levels fuelled by the loosening of Covid restrictions in China.

In this podcast, we take a look ahead to the markets in 2023 with Wael Makarem, Senior Market Strategist with Exness

Here's our November 2022 monthly review. We look at our selections over the month and how they have performed since we started tracking them

Petro Matad shares are on a run in London at the moment as its license application for Heron 1 creeps forward in Mongolia.

Several different factors are impacting the oil market in December, but is anything going to alleviate the lockdowns in China?

We assess the event risk and potential land mines for the week ahead including US, Australia, China and OPEC

Philip Jones-Lux of Sparta, the Geneva-based pre-trade analytics platform, provides his winter fuel forecasts for experienced traders.

In this podcast, we chat to Nitesh Shah of WisdomTree about a range of commodities, China's economy, inflation and the energy transition

Baron Oil publishes upgraded resource results for Chuditch project in Timor-Leste; shares fall by 30% in morning trading

As the energy sector enters the final quarter of 2022, attention has moved past supply shortages and record earnings seen this summer.

Following this week's OPEC meeting we review the likely US response to seek to put a lid on crude oil prices.

The currency is benefiting from this week’s nearly 4% gain in oil prices after OPEC said that it is considering cutting oil production.

Trader educator Chris Tubby takes a look at what has been happening in the forex and energy markets recently.

We caught up with Doug Bartole, CEO of InPlay Oil, one of Canada's most successful oil exploration companies, at a recent event in Zurich.

Pharos Energy reports strong 2022 interim results on the back of strong oil prices, increased production and improved fiscal terms in Egypt

A short-term bull market for oil and gold as Putin ups the ante in Ukraine, but all eyes are on the FOMC meeting

BP share price up 54% YTD as profits surge, but with the threat of recession and subdued demand, can the company continue to outperform?

Energy markets are in focus with the OPEC+ meeting and Russia’s response to the G7’s plan to apply price caps on Russian oil imports

We run the numbers and take a look at the prospects for Saudi Aramco following its record profits - what next with oil dropping?

Libya is starting to ship more oil, but the big question for traders is whether Russia will cooperate with its OPEC+ buddies.

While the US and Europe share several issues in terms of demand, different supply issues in the two regions may stop prices dipping further

Could the latest lockdown measures in Shanghai and Beijing introduced Friday tamper with the commodities bull market?

Global oil sanctions are not what they are cracked up to be: we look at some of the current dynamics in oil trading.

Giles Coghlan, Chief Currency Analyst at  HYCM looks at the Ukraine/Russia  conflict and its effect on the financial markets

Massive moves in commodity markets have occurred since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, with more potentially to come.

We like the look of Seplat Energy, a Nigerian offshore oil and gas exploration and production company with plenty more coming online.

How high can the oil price go this time? The answer is very high indeed. We take a look at the current status of energy markets.

Investors focusing on agricultural and energy commodities and defensive stocks as the Ukraine crisis intensifies

As Russia faces a larger and larger set of international sanctions and boycotts, markets are braced for volatility on the FX open Sunday.

Stock markets are plunging leaving commodities as the current go-to asset, particularly oil with Brent crude flirting with $100 a barrel

Traders piling into gold CFDs all week long as Russia military action and threat of further economic sanctions focuses minds.

With traders on edge over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine,, the long crude oil hedge has seen plenty of momentum 

Short term increases in the oil price seem to be on the cards, but what will happen if production gets ramped up by OPEC?

88 Energy completed the drilling of the Merlin-1 well at Project Peregrine in Q1 2021, but could be caught up in Alaska environmental row.

With a massive capital raise in hand, and share price near its ATH, does Pantheon Resources look like a good oil stock to back in 2022?

The price of oil in the US has become much more of a political conundrum than simply an issue of setting a realistic price for a commodity

2021 has been a game of two halves for oil producer EnQuest - investors have recently focused on the poorer production from its Magnus field.

Headline jobs report will probably meet or beat the expected number given the fact we have seen mostly better-than-expected NFP indicators.

Traders have been expecting OPEC to open the taps but November Oil output small enough to push the commodity to recent highs

For Members Only: Arthur Millholland, CEO of Canadian Overseas Petroleum, talks exclusively to The Armchair Trader's James Norris.

All eyes on Jackson Hole and the Fed this Friday, but traders are also watching the spread of delta virus in US and oil prices.

Canadian Overseas Petroleum shares are back on the market following Atomic deal in Wyoming but the price is slipping.

Exante CEO Alexey Kirenko sees the oil market, Wall Street banks' results and US inflation report as themes to watch this week.

i3 Energy said the deal would provide it with considerable operational synergies plus predictable production flow.

UK Oil & Gas has commenced drilling operations in Turkey but is battling opposition to projects at Horse Hill and Isle of Wight.

As OPEC+ meets to determine oil output, Neil Wilson at Markets.com takes a look at some of the factors in play around WTI.

This week's OPEC meeting will be of especial interest for oil traders trying to gauge the impact of Iran election and COVID spread.

Rupert Thompson, Chief Investment Officer at Kingswood, looks at what is behind the ongoing surge in share prices.

We take a look at the oil price as some analysts predict it may soon reach and surpass $100 per barrel. What is drving demand?

The huge global oil reserves accumulated last year are almost drained paving the way for a price recovery just as the global economy picks up

Energy prices are expected to average more than one-third higher this year than in 2020, with oil averaging $56 a barrel.

Harbour Energy shares commenced trading this week following the merger between Premier Oil and Chrysaor Holdings

Latest data from artificial intelligence specialists Irithmics show that big investors have shifted to a very positive stance on BP stock.

While many investors are focused on the dividend yield and clean energy plans, near term worries swirl around the forecast for oil prices in 2021.

Tullow Oil is in the process of divesting itself of its Ugandan assets and recently agreed its debt capacity with its lending syndicate.

Canadian Overseas Petroleum share price up on settlement of a dispute with joint venture partners in Nigeria

Shares in Touchstone Exploration have shot up as results from its Cascadura oil field in the Caribbean have come out better than expected.

With the airline sector taking a beating from COVID-19, we ask whether there are some sectors which may be bouncing back as travel stocks languish.

A sudden surge in demand for WTI oil stocks has many traders speculating that we could see demand for crude oil picking up sooner than expected.

The negative price of the May WTI crude oil contract startled many commentators but was something that seasoned oil traders had been expecting.

Our resident commodities analyst takes a closer look at the Saudi-Russia talks on the oil price ahead of tomorrow's OPEC+ meeting.

Lower volatility in global equities and major currencies has given way to a new surge in crude oil price volatility to unprecedented levels

What does Goldman Sachs think about the impact of the coronavirus on financial markets? We review the key points of the recent US fund manager briefing.

Tullow Oil seems to be locked into a battle for survival if its latest results are anything to go by - can it keep pumping with the oil price now so low?

Georgia-focused oil play Block Energy is attracting feverish attention from oil bulls as the market waits for production data

After years of being exclusively owned by the Saudi Government, Aramco is now open to the public as the largest initial public offering in history debuts on the Riyadh Stock Exchange

Crude oil continues to grind higher in the belief that a growth stabilising phase one trade deal can be reached. However, the upside looks increasingly limited at this stage

In the aftermath of the drone strikes on Saudi oil production facilities at the weekend we look at what this means for the near term volatility in the oil market for CFD and futures traders

Oil prices had been trending lower in the past 3 months, but there has been an abrupt change following drone attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities by Houthi rebels over the weekend

We take a look at Union Jack Oil, which, if the hype is to be believed, could have made one of the most significant onshore oil finds in the UK in decades.

With tensions escalating in the gulf and the US and UK naval fleet mobilising around the Strait of Hormuz, Lionel Kruger looks at the effect on Oil prices

We take a look behind the scenes at Georgian oil specialist Block Energy as it inks a deal to store oil locally. We visited Georgia in 2015 and could see great potential there, but does this make Block a buy?

Traders have been very focused on the prospects for Sound Energy shares in recent weeks, but much hinges on the quality of concessions in Morocco.

While many traders have been focused on the Brexit talks in Brussels, slightly off the mainstream news agenda, the situation…

With three major development projects and oil prices at current levels, Cairn Energy will be in a good position to finance its projects over the year ahead

Commodities markets will be the ones for investors to watch in 2019 as share markets begin to grapple with the…

OPEC: the name has cowed governments, brought airlines to their knees, at one stage paralysed the developed world. But it…

It’s as if a trap door has suddenly opened underneath the oil markets. In the span of just six weeks, West Texas…

Saxo Bank has published its Q4 2018 Quarterly Outlook for global markets. Against an uncertain backdrop, the Outlook offered some interesting…

Upstream Oil & Gas services company Hunting is leader of the FTSE350 this morning, its shares up a handsome 10.8%…

Petrofac will be issuing interim results tomorrow and traders are expecting to see something exciting from a company that has…

Matt Vann shares his trades, thoughts and results, all designed to give you an insight into trading. You can post your questions at the bottom of this post.

Oil futures have come off their highs from earlier in the year with the $80 barrel now looking less and less likely.

Brent crude prices are expected to hit $80 in the third quarter - should the bulls get back into this market?

The political crisis in Italy is dampening risk appetite among buyers of crude oil.

Gold prices are higher as the Italian political rift attracts buyers while Oil prices hit by Russian and Saudi plans to raise output

Oil prices have also come off as the market suspects OPEC will move shortly to increase production.

Matt Vann shares his trades, thoughts and results, all designed to give you an insight into trading. You can post your questions at the bottom of this post.

Petrofac seems to be shaking off the gloom surrounding a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the company as it announces more orders from oil companies.

Legg Mason fund manager Mark Whitehead says he will avoid UK banking stocks because of pressures on consumers.

Matt Vann shares his trades, thoughts and results, all designed to give you an insight into trading. You can post your questions at the bottom of this post.

AJ Bell Investment Director, Russ Mould on the rise of the oil price and how investors can benefit

The Trump administration's withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran is likely to push the oil price even higher, warns wealth manager.

Markets are very focused on the possibility of US military action in Syria at the moment, but does this all look the same from a Russian perspective?

With Brent crude at $70 per barrel, can the price make any further progress or is it time now to sell?

A range of factors are conspiring to drive Brent crude towards the $70 mark in Q1 2018.

Strong first half lifts Ashtead while a major pipeline closure send Oil north and US equities continue their record run

FTSE and Pound look to UK manufacturing data for direction; OPEC agreement boosts Oil and US Equities rise in anticipation of tax cuts approval

Brent Crude strength helping BP and Shell while G4S and Associated British Foods are the morning's biggest fallers

Arrest of senior Saudi nobility pushes Brent and WTI prices higher ahead of OPEC meeting in Vienna.

Has Brent crude oil finally thrown off the fetters of fracking or will it crash back to earth?

The FTSE, CAC and DAX are all down in early trading as Energy stocks take the brunt of a weaker oil price

BP and Shell suffer 1% decline as oil hits $45.50 per barrel, its worst price since November 2016

Why are commodities declining while stocks remain bullish?

Brent Crude is now below $47 per barrel, its lowest point in almost a year

Latest analysis of energy markets shows how traders are monitoring the flow of oil around the world to predict price movements.

Delicate balancing act for OPEC members and Russia as shale producers wait in the wings.

Oil stocks stored on water are decreasing rapidly as OPEC cuts start to take effect.

Proposed changes to futures trading in India should be beneficial for traders

After a good six month run, is there still upside in this Indian resources giant?

The first reaction of commodities to any dollar depreciation is an increase in prices – though usually short-lived

After all the Brent Crude excitement of this morning Monday has been a thorough disappointment, with little sign of a Santa rally ahead of a busy week for data

With little to rival it, oil slipped into the spotlight this Monday following news of yet another historic output cut

The 14-member cartel will attempt to agree to production cuts alongside non-OPEC producers such as Russia in order to boost the oil price

OPEC meeting is driving oil prices higher already and in turn is being seen as delivering much of the upside in the FTSE-100 during the early part of Tuesday’s session

London’s FTSE-100 has started the week with some healthy gains, taking a lead from a decent overnight session in Asia

The FTSE-100 appears to be doing a fine job of proving something about Sir Isaac Newton’s law of gravity

While the European indices continued to benefit from the reports of an OPEC output deal, Brent Crude itself seemed a…

London’s FTSE-100 is starting Thursday’s session with a meaningful bounce

Crude oil can be traded as Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), a variant of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Ongoing concern about the state of the global economy, some of it overdone in our opinion, frequently returns to the state of the oil industry and the downward direction of energy prices

What is certain in the financial markets is that 2016 is already setting itself up to be a highly volatile year for traders