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Oil Edges Higher as Market Eyes Trade Talks Later This Week


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By Elizabeth Low and Alex Longley
(Bloomberg)

Oil pared its biggest weekly drop since July ahead of the resumption of U.S.-China trade talks later this week that may sway a cloudy demand outlook.

Futures in New York added as much as 0.8% after losing 5.5% last week. Chinese officials are signaling they’re increasingly reluctant to agree to a broad deal pursued by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the discussions, before high-level talks that are set to resume Thursday.

WTI is close to testing June and August lows

Oil fell for eight days through Thursday as a slew of disappointing economic data highlighted the increasing toll the trade war is taking on the global economy. Prices are now well below the level just before the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia, even amid a lack of progress in resolving tensions in the Middle East. The end of the U.S. summer driving season is also eroding demand, with hedge fund bets on a crude price rally falling to an eight-month low.

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“The two parties are going to sit down again this week and let’s see what happens,” said Tamas Varga, analyst at PVM Oil Associates. “Looking at the supply-demand balance, I think this market should be higher, but it’s driven by sentiment.”

West Texas Intermediate for November delivery added 28 cents to $53.09 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as of 10:48 a.m in London.

Brent for December settlement added 22 cents to $58.59 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe Exchange. The global benchmark crude traded at a premium of $5.59 to WTI for the same month.

Senior Chinese officials have indicated in meetings with U.S. visitors to Beijing in recent weeks that the range of topics they’re willing to discuss has narrowed considerably, the people familiar with the discussions said. It’s emblematic of what analysts see as China’s strengthening hand as the Trump administration faces an impeachment crisis.

Other oil-market news
  • Newly commissioned Permian Basin crude pipelines have yet to boost U.S. crude exports, as the ongoing U.S-China trade war weighs on demand from Asia.
  • Equinor’s giant Johan Sverdrup oil field began producing at the weekend, with output set to reach 440,000 barrels a day by the middle of next year.
  • Nigeria and other members of OPEC are ready to cut crude supplies further if prices continue to tumble, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva said in an interview. However, the African producer has increased its oil-output target to 1.774 million barrels a day from 1.685 million a few months ago, he said.


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