Up Up and Away We Go

Market was nearly flat this morning until the EIA released its weekly fuel inventory report. Crude inventory was down 3.410 million bbls, expectation was up 0.714 million bbls. Gasoline inventory was down 1.231 million bbls, expectation was up 0.710 million bbls. Diesel inventory was down 1.647 million bbls, expectation was down 1.007 million bbls. This…

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The Spring Surplus

Crude is lower this morning due to focused attention on the global surplus again. It seems that every time there is a dull news week we realize just how oversupplied our market still is. OPEC nations continue near record production in their ongoing goal to maintain market share. Weaker petroleum demand brought by poor economic…

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Oil’s Next Misdirection

If we have learned anything in the past few years, it’s the fact that no one can predict the future of oil prices. It seems to be a guessing game with an ever increasing number of variables. However, there are a few indicators that we can look at to estimate wisely. CNBC released an article today…

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Monday Market Moves

Last week the Baker Hughes rig count dropped to 88 operating rigs, down from a high of 1,609 in 2014. The rig count is a sign of production activity in the oil industry and shows the effects of the oversupply of Crude still in existence. The continued drop in operating oil rigs will lead to…

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