Reuters is reporting that the US will signal a willingness (plan?) to replienish the strategic petroleum reserve in the $67-72 range. The idea is that they want private companies to continue to drill and they believe that price is high enough to stimulate investment.
The front month contract is at $83 so that’s a ways off but the December 2023 contract is at $74 and Dec 2024 is at $69 so there’s a real benefit here for them.
The report also said that the US is prepared for more SPR releases this winter if needed and that product exports to combat rising prices is possible.
Perhaps most importantly, the report says that the 15 million barrels is part of the already announced 180 million barrel SPR release and that the delivery time has been extended to December. The idea that these would be new barrels helped to put downward pressure on oil prices earlier. The delivery of the news could end up being bullish but that depends on how credible you think the idea of more SPR releases is.
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Crude oil is the most popular tradable instrument in the energy sector, offering exposure to global market conditions, geopolitical risk, and economics. The instrument is strategically relied upon and situated in the global economy. Crude oil has proven to be a unique option for traders given volatility and the efficacy of both swing trading and longer-term strategies. Despite its popularity, crude oil is a very complex investing instrument, given the litany of fluctuations in oil prices, risk, and impact of politics stemming from OPEC. Short for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC operates as an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries, helping set and dictate the global oil market.How to Trade Crude Oil Crude oil is most commonly traded as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or through other instruments with exposure to it. This includes energy stocks, the USD/CAD, and other investing options. Crude oil itself is traded across a duality of markets, including the West Texas Intermediate Crude (WTI) and Brent crude. Brent is the more relied upon index in recent years, while WTI is more heavily traded across futures trading at the time of writing. Other than geopolitical events or decisions by OPEC, crude oil can move due to a variety of different ways. The most basic is through simple supply and demand, which is affected by global output. Increased industrial output, economic prosperity, and other factors all play a role in crude prices. By extension, recessions, lockdowns, or other stifling factors can also influence crude prices. For example, an oversupply or mitigated demand due to the aforementioned factors would result in lower crude prices. This is due to traders selling crude oil futures or other instruments. Should demand rise or production plateau, traders will bid increasingly on crude, whereby driving prices up. Read this Term rose earlier on private inventories but isn’t showing any immediate reaction to this, though it’s a very thin time of day.
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