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    Oil dips further as China worries counter supply cuts

    August 14, 2023
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    Houston — Oil prices dipped on Monday as concerns about China’s faltering economic recovery and a stronger dollar took the momentum out of seven weeks of gains on tight supply.

     

    Brent crude futures were down 63 cents at $86.18 a barrel by 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude lost 59 cents to $82.60 a barrel.

    Market participants are torn, weighing a tight supply-demand balance against signs of weakening demand from China, said Phil Flynn, analyst at Price Futures Group.

    “Part of it seems to be the Monday morning blahs. I think we still have to face a market that’s very tight,” Flynn said.

    Vandana Hari, founder of oil market analysis provider Vanda Insights, said a correction may be on the cards for crude markets.

    “Crude has been in overbought territory for some time now, defying expectations of a correction,” Hari said. She added that the focus had been on U.S. economic optimism, to the exclusion of economic headwinds in the euro zone and China.

    Weighing on oil prices, the U.S. dollar index extended gains after a slightly bigger increase in U.S. producer prices in July. That lifted Treasury yields despite expectations the Federal Reserve is at the end of hiking interest rates.

    A stronger dollar pressures oil demand by making the commodity more expensive for buyers holding other currencies.

    Separately on Monday, a Shell spokesperson said exports of Nigeria’s Forcados crude oil resumed on Sunday, roughly a month after loadings of the medium sweet grade were suspended because of a potential leak at the export terminal.

    The suspension contributed to Nigeria becoming the second-biggest contributor to the drop in OPEC crude oil output in July, a Reuters survey showed.

    Supply cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia, part of the OPEC+ group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, are expected to erode oil inventories over the rest of the year, potentially driving prices higher, the International Energy Agency said in a monthly report on Friday.

    Around the Black Sea, merchant ships remained backed up in lanes on Monday as ports struggled to clear backlogs amid growing unease among insurers and shipping companies a day after a Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo vessel.

    Reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston; Additional reporting by Natalie Grover in London, Florence Tan in Singapore and Mohi Narayan in New Delhi; Editing by Sonali Paul, Jason Neely, Alexander Smith and Jan Harvey – Reuters

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