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Crude oil prices trade at highest levels since 2018, nearing $80 a barrel

Olumide AdesinabyOlumide Adesina
1 year ago
in Commodities, Markets, Spotlight
Oil up but Set to Close the Week With its largest Weekly Loss Since March, Dow retreats while tech leads amid drop in oil price

Dawn over petroleum pump.

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The price of crude oil was up in London on Friday morning, climbing for a fourth day amid tighter supplies and a strong appetite for riskier assets like crude oil, as well as high hopes for an economic recovery following COVID-19.

After reaching a two-month high on Thursday, Brent oil futures edged near $77 a barrel on Friday, closing at their highest level since October 2018.

There seems to be no end in sight to crude prices, as they are headed upwards. Taking risks at an excessive rate.

Read: Time for Nigeria to forget crude oil

Additionally, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveal U.S. East Coast refinery capacity utilization has reached 93%, the highest level since May 2019.

Read: NNPC says global gas crisis may push oil prices up by $10 in 3 months

The supply of crude oil in the United States dropped to its lowest level in almost three years this week, as hurricanes Ida and Nicholas caused lower inventories.

Read: Nigeria’s crude oil & gas exports proceeds fall by 42%

A Chinese government sale of state reserves earlier in the day temporarily devalued the black liquid. A source with direct knowledge of the auction said PetroChina and private refiner and chemical producer, Hengli Petrochemical purchased four cargoes totalling about 4.43 million barrels.

In addition to declining output due to underinvestment or maintenance delays caused by COVID-19, some members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies (OPEC+) have also been challenged to raise output.

In the meantime, American refiners continue to get their supply of U.S. Gulf crude from Iraq and Canada, while Asian buyers are switching to supplies from oil producers in the Middle East and Russia.

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