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Oil Prices Slip on Eased Tensions, OPEC+ Supply Signal

Easing Middle East tensions, bearish hedge-fund positioning coupled with OPEC+’s planned 411,000 barrels per day August increase have undercut prices.

A pumpjack operates at the Vermilion Energy site in Trigueres, France, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
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Overview

  • Oil prices fell about 1% on Monday, bringing Brent to roughly $67.11 and WTI to $64.58 per barrel.
  • Markets have stripped out most of the wartime risk premium after a U.S.-brokered truce between Iran and Israel.
  • OPEC+ delegates signaled a further 411,000 barrels per day output boost for August, marking the fifth consecutive monthly increase.
  • U.S. operating oil rigs declined by six last week to 432, the lowest level since October 2021, according to Baker Hughes.
  • Both Brent and WTI posted their steepest weekly drops since March 2023 yet are set for a second straight month of gains in June.