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Oil Slides After Report of Partial Saudi Cease-Fire in Yemen


These translations are done via Google Translate

By Heesu Lee and Alex Longley

(Bloomberg) Oil fell after a report that Saudi Arabia has moved to impose a partial cease-fire in Yemen, bringing hope of easing tensions in the Middle East.

Futures declined as much as 1.5% in New York. Saudi Arabia has agreed to a cease-fire in four areas in Yemen, including San’a, Dow Jones reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the plans. Crude had already been heading for a weekly decline as OPEC’s largest producer is about a week ahead of its repair schedule following attacks last week and is pumping more than 8 million barrels a day, according to people familiar with the matter.

Crude falls on report of partial Saudi ceasefire in Yemen

While the return of production in Saudi Arabia has weighed on prices this week, the decline also reflects a deepening manufacturing slump in Germany, more signs of economic weakness in China and rising crude stockpiles in the U.S. The potential cease-fire in Yemen will likely help to cool growing political tensions in the region, after the attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure on Sept. 14 knocked out 5% of global production and resulted in the U.S. planning to move more troops to the region.

If a cease-fire is agreed “then we should return to $60 as we are back to focusing only on growth and demand worries,” said Ole Hansen, head of commodities strategy at Saxo Bank.

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West Texas Intermediate for November delivery declined 62 cents to $55.79 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 11:51 a.m. London time.

Brent for the same month dropped 91 cents, or 1.5%, to $61.83 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe Exchange, and traded traded at a $6.05 premium to WTI.

The U.S., Saudi Arabia and major European powers have all blamed Iran for the attacks, though Tehran has denied the allegations. Houthi rebels, which the Saudis are battling in Yemen, have claimed responsibility for the assault.

Other oil-market news
  • The U.K.-flagged tanker Stena Impero left the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Friday, more than two months after it was seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
  • Iran has installed powerful new centrifuges in contravention of its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers and is preparing new measures that will allow it to reconstitute its stockpile of enriched uranium, an International Atomic Energy Agency report shows.
  • Nations including the U.S. are showing interest in shipping jet fuel cargoes to Europe to offset supplies lost by the attacks on Saudi Arabia. Interest in exports from the U.S. is also pushing up prices in cash markets in the Gulf Coast refining hub.


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