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Oil Through the Looking Glass 26/10/20

*Libya Lifts Force Majeure On El Feel Oil Field on Way To 1 Mil B/D Output* The El Feel oil field, also known as the Elephant, has had the force majeure lifted. The 70,000-bpd field is ramping up production to reach the target of 1 million barrels per day which would double current levels of …

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DCE falls on supply glut

Iron ore futures continued to fall throughout the trading session due to high port inventory and slowing demand. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange then went down to an almost one-month low at RMB 760.50 per mt on Monday, down 3.31% on daily basis. The steel rebar contract …

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Capesize rates firm up on improving market

Capesize freight rates continued the upward momentum on better market sentiments and improving physical markets. The Capesize 5 time charter average inched up by $212 day-on-day to $18,749 on Friday, despite some profit-takings during the trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also went up by 1% or 14 points day-on-day to 1,415 readings, given …

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Morning Oil Report 26/10/20

Brent crude was down 89 cents, or 2.1%, at $40.88 by 0647 GMT. U.S. WTI dropped 89 cents, or 2.2%, to $38.96. Brent fell 2.7% last week and WTI dropped 2.5%.   The weekend provided a plethora of different stories for crude and oil news this weekend in what has been a month predominantly dominated …

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