SINGAPORE, Could 15 (Reuters) – Oil costs rose a couple of greenback a barrel on Monday on the prospect of tightening provides in Canada and elsewhere, though recession fears saved pressuring the market.
Brent crude futures had been up $1.33, or 1.8% to $75.50 a barrel at 12:02 p.m. EDT (1602 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $71.34 a barrel, up $1.30, or 1.9%.
Wildfires raged in Alberta, Canada, shutting in massive quantities of crude provide, and costs rose on fears they might worsen, stated Mizuho analyst Robert Yawger.
At the very least 300,000 barrels of oil equal per day (boepd) manufacturing was shut in final week in Alberta. In 2016, wildfires knocked greater than 1,000,000 boepd of manufacturing offline there.
Additionally supporting oil costs, the U.S. might begin repurchasing oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after finishing a congressionally mandated sale in June, Vitality Secretary Jennifer Granholm informed lawmakers on Thursday.
International crude provides might additionally tighten within the second half as OPEC+ – the Group of the Petroleum Exporting Nations and allies together with Russia – plan extra output cuts.
Flows of northern Iraqi crude oil to Turkey’s Ceyhan port have but to renew following Baghdad’s request to restart them final week, business sources stated on Monday, serving to hold international provides tight.
Fears of a slowdown within the international financial system restricted positive factors in oil costs.
Final week, oil benchmarks fell for a fourth consecutive week, the longest streak of weekly declines since September 2022, over fears of a U.S. recession and dangers of a historic default on authorities debt in early June.
“If credit score circumstances ease over the approaching months, allaying financial fears for the world’s largest financial system, oil costs might bounce again with out help nevertheless it appears a little bit untimely at this level,” stated OANDA analyst Craig Erlam.
Reporting by Florence Tan; Enhancing by Muralikumar Anantharaman
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