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Brent crude hits $70 as China energy demand outlook brightens
London - China Jan-Feb refinery output up 15%; Saudi Arabia cuts April crude volumes to some Asian buyers
Workers perform maintenance on oil pipelines Brega. Brent crude futures for May were steady at $69.21, down one cent a barrel by 1150GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude for April was at $65.62 a barrel, up one cent. — Reuters file
Oil prices rose on Monday, with Brent reaching $70 a barrel, as data showed China’s economic recovery accelerated at the start of 2021, boosting the energy demand outlook at the world’s largest oil importer.
Brent crude futures for May were steady at $69.21, down one cent a barrel by 1150GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude for April was at $65.62 a barrel, up one cent.
China’s industrial output growth quickened in January-February, beating expectations, while its daily refinery throughput data rose 15 per cent from the same period a year earlier, data showed.
“There is increasing confidence that global oil demand is rebounding as US Covid-19 death toll is decreasing while China’s apparent oil demand rebounded”,
Market structure which encourages prompt consumption of oil, a pact by top producers to keep output largely reined in and a rebound to demand due to vaccine roll-outs will keep pushing prices upwards despite any temporary setbacks, analysts said.
“Futures spreads remain in backwardation, and dips in prices remain shallow and short-lived,” said senior market analyst at Oanda Jeffrey Halley,
“Both (benchmarks) will find a procession of willing buyers if those regions are visited.”
The supply cuts come as the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies, a group known as Opec+, decided earlier this month to extend most of its supply cuts into April.
Further supporting prices, top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has cut the supply of April-loading crude to at least four north Asian buyers by up to 15 per cent, while meeting the normal monthly requirements of Indian refiners, refinery sources told Reuters on Friday.
Earlier in February, the United States overtook Saudi Arabia to be India’s second-largest supplier, data from trade sources showed.
Separately, US energy firms have cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating by one in the first weekly drop since November, according to Baker Hughes Co. — Reuters
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