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Oil and Ore Intraday Morning Technical 16/12/20

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Morning Oil Report 15/12/20

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 36 cents, or 0.8%, to $46.63 a barrel at 0506 GMT, while Brent crude futures fell 40 cents, or 0.8%, to $49.89 a barrel, erasing Monday’s gains.   Shale oil production is expected to fall by about 136,000 barrels per day in January to 7.44 million barrels …

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Capesize rates rebound on improving Atlantic market

Capesize freight rates rebounded on improved rates, despite some port closures in China due to bad weather and shipping accident. The Capesize 5 time charter average then went up by $393 day-on-day to $12,282 on Tuesday, after some market talks of raising coal quotas for Chinese importers. Thus, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) moved up …

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Oil Through the Looking Glass 14/12/20

*Singapore Bunker Demand Heads Back Towards 50 Million MT/Year Bunker demand in Singapore may jump to 50 million metric tons for the first time in three years after a 4.6% jump in sales in November from a year earlier and 2.8% increase from October’s figures. Prices for the VLSFO roofed as companies were looking to …

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Capesize rates recover despite mixed market sentiments

Capesize freight rates hiked up on better market sentiments as shipping demand improved toward year-end with support of the strong bunker prices. The Capesize 5 time charter average then went up by $938 day-on-day to $11,889 on Friday, albeit with considerably less activity on the FFAs. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also moved upward by …

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Morning Oil Report 14/12/20

Brent crude futures for February rose 38 cents, or 0.8%, to $50.35 a barrel by 0454 GMT before ticking up by over 50 cents to $50.61 to 0741, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures for January were up 32 cents, or 0.7%, at $46.89 a barrel.   Iran and its ministers are looking to …

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