With the announcement the Federal Reserve was going to print another $600 billion in U.S. dollars to buy up government debt in an attempt to stimulate the economy, oil prices, and other commodities, have been pushed up as the value of the U.S. dollar continues to plummet.
That means the industry is under tension, and when anything is added to the mix, oil prices can spike, like they have today with the reported attack on a Nigerian oil rig.
The main contract for light sweet crude for December delivery in New York surged to 87.49 a barrel, reaching its highest level since the latter part of 2008.
In Nigeria an oil rig in the Okoro field was attacked, with five crew members thought to be taken hostage. Usually that results in a ransom demand being made and paid to criminal gangs operating in the region.
So with the new implementation of quantitative easing, every time something major happens affecting oil prices, one way or the other we'll see swings in price in response to them.
Going forward, most of that will probably be on the upside for oil, as well as a number of other commodities.
Showing posts with label Oil Prices Going Up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oil Prices Going Up. Show all posts
Monday, November 8, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Venoco Inc. (NYSE:VQ), Whiting Petroleum (NYSE:WLL), Rosetta Resources (Nasdaq:ROSE) Soar on Increasing Oil Prices
Venoco Inc. (NYSE:VQ), Whiting Petroleum (NYSE:WLL), Rosetta Resources (Nasdaq:ROSE) all rose in price Thursday, increasing with the broader commodity sector on news of the quantitative easing about to be implemented by the Federal Reserve, which will add about $600 billion to the money supply over the next several months, placing the value of the U.S dollar at even more threat.
Oil price, as well as most commodity prices, responded as expected, moving up across the board, with gold growing to record levels again, closing in on $1,400 an ounce, while silver increased to over $26 an ounce. Aluminum was boosted to price levels not seen since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading session increasing $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Venoco Inc. closed at $15.64 Thursday, rising $0.67, or 4.48 percent. Whiting Petroleum surged to close at $106.86, gaining $3.84, or 3.73 percent. Rosetta Resources was up to $25.41 at the end of the trading session, gaining $1.29, or 5.35 percent.
Oil price, as well as most commodity prices, responded as expected, moving up across the board, with gold growing to record levels again, closing in on $1,400 an ounce, while silver increased to over $26 an ounce. Aluminum was boosted to price levels not seen since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading session increasing $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Venoco Inc. closed at $15.64 Thursday, rising $0.67, or 4.48 percent. Whiting Petroleum surged to close at $106.86, gaining $3.84, or 3.73 percent. Rosetta Resources was up to $25.41 at the end of the trading session, gaining $1.29, or 5.35 percent.
Encana (NYSE:ECA), Petrohawk (NYSE:HK), Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) Soar on Rising Oil Prices
Encana (NYSE:ECA), Petrohawk (NYSE:HK), Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) all moved up Thursday on the inflationary measures announced by the Federal Reserve through QE2, which pushed the broader commodity market up, along with commodity companies within each sector, including the oil and gas producers.
Commodity prices increased in general, including silver, which rose to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices surged to all-time record highs as well, moving toward the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum soared to its highest levels since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading session increasing $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Encana Corp. closed at $29.31 Thursday, rising $0.97, or 3.42 percent. Petrohawk surged to close at $16.84, gaining $0.35, or 2.12 percent. Valero Energy was up to $18.93 at the end of the trading day, rising by $0.79, or 4.36 percent.
Commodity prices increased in general, including silver, which rose to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices surged to all-time record highs as well, moving toward the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum soared to its highest levels since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading session increasing $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Encana Corp. closed at $29.31 Thursday, rising $0.97, or 3.42 percent. Petrohawk surged to close at $16.84, gaining $0.35, or 2.12 percent. Valero Energy was up to $18.93 at the end of the trading day, rising by $0.79, or 4.36 percent.
Hess (NYSE:HES), Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) Surge on Rising Oil Prices
Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES), Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) were all moving up Thursday on the inflationary measures put in place by the Federal Reserve through QE2, which pushed the broader commodity market up, along with raw materials companies within each sector, including the oil producers.
Commodity prices overall rose, including silver, which increased to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices rose to all-time record highs again, closing in on the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum surged to its highest levels since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading day up $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Hess Corporation closed at $69.25 Thursday, rising $2.81, or 4.23 percent. Petrobras surged to close at $20.42, gaining $0.96, or 4.93 percent. PetroChina was up to $131.06 at the end of the trading day, rising by $2.25, or 1.75 percent.
Commodity prices overall rose, including silver, which increased to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices rose to all-time record highs again, closing in on the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum surged to its highest levels since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading day up $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Hess Corporation closed at $69.25 Thursday, rising $2.81, or 4.23 percent. Petrobras surged to close at $20.42, gaining $0.96, or 4.93 percent. PetroChina was up to $131.06 at the end of the trading day, rising by $2.25, or 1.75 percent.
PDC Energy (Nasdaq:PETD), PetroQuest Energy (NYSE:PQ), Plains Exploration (NYSE:PXP) Soar on Increasing Oil Prices
PDC Energy (Nasdaq:PETD), PetroQuest Energy (NYSE:PQ), Plains Exploration & Production (NYSE:PXP) all rose in price Thursday, increasing with the broader commodity sector on news of the quantitative easing about to be implemented by the Federal Reserve, which will add about $600 billion to the money supply over the next several months, placing the value of the U.S dollar at even more threat.
Oil price, as well as most commodity prices, responded as expected, moving up across the board, with gold growing to record levels again, closing in on $1,400 an ounce, while silver rose to over $26 an ounce. Aluminum increased to price levels not seen since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading session increasing $1.80a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
PDC Energy closed at $35.72 Thursday, rising $1.72, or 5.06 percent. PetroQuest Energy surged to close at $6.64, gaining $0.46, or 7.44 percent. Plains Exploration & Production was up to $29.55 at the end of the trading session, gaining $1.01, or 3.54 percent.
Oil price, as well as most commodity prices, responded as expected, moving up across the board, with gold growing to record levels again, closing in on $1,400 an ounce, while silver rose to over $26 an ounce. Aluminum increased to price levels not seen since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading session increasing $1.80a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
PDC Energy closed at $35.72 Thursday, rising $1.72, or 5.06 percent. PetroQuest Energy surged to close at $6.64, gaining $0.46, or 7.44 percent. Plains Exploration & Production was up to $29.55 at the end of the trading session, gaining $1.01, or 3.54 percent.
BP (NYSE:BP), Anadarko (NYSE:APC), Conoco (NYSE:COP) Surge on Rising Oil Prices
BP (NYSE:BP), Anadarko (NYSE:APC), Conoco (NYSE:COP) all rose Thursday on the inflationary measures implemented by the Federal Reserve via QE2, which drove the overall commodity market up, along with companies within each sector, including the oil producers.
Commodity prices in general increased, including silver, which increased to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices surged to all-time record highs again, approaching the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum moved up to its highest levels since April, and silver surpassed $26 an ounce.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the day up $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
BP closed at $43.91 Thursday, rising $1.54, or 3.63 percent. Anadarko surged to close at $65.96, gaining $2.32, or 3.65 percent. Conoco was up $61.25 at the end of the trading session, increasing by $1.84, or 3.10 percent.
Commodity prices in general increased, including silver, which increased to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices surged to all-time record highs again, approaching the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum moved up to its highest levels since April, and silver surpassed $26 an ounce.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the day up $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
BP closed at $43.91 Thursday, rising $1.54, or 3.63 percent. Anadarko surged to close at $65.96, gaining $2.32, or 3.65 percent. Conoco was up $61.25 at the end of the trading session, increasing by $1.84, or 3.10 percent.
Cameron International (NYSE:CAM), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO), Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) Soar on Rising Oil Prices
Cameron International (NYSE:CAM), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO), Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) were all moving up Thursday on the inflationary measures announced by the Federal Reserve through QE2, which pushed the overall commodity market up, along with companies within each sector, including the oil producers.
Commodity prices overall rose, including silver, which increased to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices increased to all-time record highs again, closing in on the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum soared to its highest levels since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading day up $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Cameron International closed at $45.59 Thursday, rising $1.93, or 4.42 percent. Marathon Oil surged to close at $33.83, gaining $0.76, or 2.30 percent. Devon Energy was up to $69.60 at the end of the trading day, rising by $1.38, or 2.02 percent.
Commodity prices overall rose, including silver, which increased to over $26 an ounce. Gold prices increased to all-time record highs again, closing in on the $1,400 an ounce mark. Aluminum soared to its highest levels since April.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled the trading day up $1.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $86.49.
Cameron International closed at $45.59 Thursday, rising $1.93, or 4.42 percent. Marathon Oil surged to close at $33.83, gaining $0.76, or 2.30 percent. Devon Energy was up to $69.60 at the end of the trading day, rising by $1.38, or 2.02 percent.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Sees Oil Prices Rising on Weak Dollar, Higher Demand
While oil prices could continue trading between $70 to $80 a barrel for the remainder of 2010, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) sees oil prices rising to the $100 a barrel range by the end of 2011.
Reasons cited were the weakening U.S. dollar and stronger oil demand that originally believed.
One thing that could hinder that assertion would be the recession continuing on into 2011, which could decrease demand levels, along with oil prices.
An analyst at Goldman believes the $100 a barrel mark could be reached sooner rather than later.
If the economy actually begins to improve, existing constraints could be removed and oil prices begin to surge.
Reasons cited were the weakening U.S. dollar and stronger oil demand that originally believed.
One thing that could hinder that assertion would be the recession continuing on into 2011, which could decrease demand levels, along with oil prices.
An analyst at Goldman believes the $100 a barrel mark could be reached sooner rather than later.
If the economy actually begins to improve, existing constraints could be removed and oil prices begin to surge.
Monday, September 27, 2010
JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Sees $90 Oil by End of 2010
JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) said the price of oil by the end of 2010 should reach close to $90 a barrel.
Data perceived as positive for the economy is partly driving the outlook, but probably the weak U.S. dollar is the main catalyst, as the commitment by the Federal Reserve to interfere in the economy if it remains weak a a major driver as well, which is part of the loss of value of the dollar.
One possible thing that could derail the higher price is if consumers continue to hold back on traveling and spending, which could cause demand to go down and inventories to go up, which could push oil prices down to lower levels than expected.
For Friday, in afternoon trade West Texas Intermediate crude for November contracts was up to $76.35 a barrel, gaining $1.17 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Data perceived as positive for the economy is partly driving the outlook, but probably the weak U.S. dollar is the main catalyst, as the commitment by the Federal Reserve to interfere in the economy if it remains weak a a major driver as well, which is part of the loss of value of the dollar.
One possible thing that could derail the higher price is if consumers continue to hold back on traveling and spending, which could cause demand to go down and inventories to go up, which could push oil prices down to lower levels than expected.
For Friday, in afternoon trade West Texas Intermediate crude for November contracts was up to $76.35 a barrel, gaining $1.17 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Crude Oil Futures Up
Crude Oil Futures
After a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration that gasoline stocks had fallen last week by 2.9 million barrels, the price of crude oil shot up as high as $83.03 a barrel, its highest levels since early January.
The benchmark contract settled to $80.96 as the day went on, a decrease of 0.5 percent a barrel.
Other news affecting the price of oil was the announcement from OPEC that crude demand per day would rise by over 190,000 barrels a day over its previous estimate of 28.94 million barrels a day.
Crude Oil Futures
After a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration that gasoline stocks had fallen last week by 2.9 million barrels, the price of crude oil shot up as high as $83.03 a barrel, its highest levels since early January.
The benchmark contract settled to $80.96 as the day went on, a decrease of 0.5 percent a barrel.
Other news affecting the price of oil was the announcement from OPEC that crude demand per day would rise by over 190,000 barrels a day over its previous estimate of 28.94 million barrels a day.
Crude Oil Futures
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
CFTC Caves in to Government
Government Interference in Oil Markets
Somehow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has always said it has never found a correlation between speculation and oil price swings, has suddenly got regulation religion, and now says it's ready to go before Congress and 'admit' speculators are playing a huge role in price runups. This is plain evil, and an investigation needs to be conducted on where this new found information has come from, and if shady politicians and some big energy companies are behind the new found information.
Any price swing in any commodity can happen short term with commodity investors, but to say that is what's behind the price swing of last year which pushed oil prices up is in itself huge speculation, and just another attempt by the socialist Obama and Democrats to attempt to play god, thinking they can alter the age-old reality of supply and demand.
One of the major reasons this is ludicrous is commodity investors can make money when prices go up and down, and so the idea they can push prices up on their own has no merit, and supply and demand always bring it back to reality either way, as consumer respond to price swings. It's as simple as that, and the strong-arming and dishonesty emerging concerning so-called speculators being able to manipulate the market in any meaningful way is just ugly and a lie.
Some Democrats need to be investigate concerning this, along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to see if there is any criminal activity concerning this sudden turn around by the CFTC, which is unprecedented.
Misguided and misinformed watchers say this will help consumers. No it won't. Consumers do struggle at times when prices swing up, but they also profit tremendously when prices go down. To say government regulation of the oil market will make a difference is stupid and ignorant.
The failure of socialism and turning of communist countries to capitalism has already shown that governments cannot and should not attempt to interfere with any market, as the unintended consequences that always follow never seem to teach them to stick to minding their own business, rather than interfering with the market place.
Government Interference in Oil Markets
Somehow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has always said it has never found a correlation between speculation and oil price swings, has suddenly got regulation religion, and now says it's ready to go before Congress and 'admit' speculators are playing a huge role in price runups. This is plain evil, and an investigation needs to be conducted on where this new found information has come from, and if shady politicians and some big energy companies are behind the new found information.
Any price swing in any commodity can happen short term with commodity investors, but to say that is what's behind the price swing of last year which pushed oil prices up is in itself huge speculation, and just another attempt by the socialist Obama and Democrats to attempt to play god, thinking they can alter the age-old reality of supply and demand.
One of the major reasons this is ludicrous is commodity investors can make money when prices go up and down, and so the idea they can push prices up on their own has no merit, and supply and demand always bring it back to reality either way, as consumer respond to price swings. It's as simple as that, and the strong-arming and dishonesty emerging concerning so-called speculators being able to manipulate the market in any meaningful way is just ugly and a lie.
Some Democrats need to be investigate concerning this, along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to see if there is any criminal activity concerning this sudden turn around by the CFTC, which is unprecedented.
Misguided and misinformed watchers say this will help consumers. No it won't. Consumers do struggle at times when prices swing up, but they also profit tremendously when prices go down. To say government regulation of the oil market will make a difference is stupid and ignorant.
The failure of socialism and turning of communist countries to capitalism has already shown that governments cannot and should not attempt to interfere with any market, as the unintended consequences that always follow never seem to teach them to stick to minding their own business, rather than interfering with the market place.
Government Interference in Oil Markets
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