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Oil Set for Second Weekly Gain With U.S. Storm Impact Lingering


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(Bloomberg) Oil headed for a back-to-back weekly gain as traders weighed the impact of Hurricane Ida on U.S. oil infrastructure, and ahead of key American jobs data. West Texas Intermediate futures rose further on Friday and were 2.2% higher for the week. Exxon Mobil Corp. is tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve with more than 90% of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil production still shut after the hurricane, while Louisiana’s refineries are still reeling from the impact of the storm.
Oil is set for its second weekly gain for the first time since July

 

Oil has climbed as the market appears set to remain in deficit even as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies push ahead with reviving supply and concerns persist about the impact of the pandemic on energy demand. OPEC+ has said crude stockpiles in developed countries are falling and an economic recovery is accelerating.

There have been signs of revival in Asia, where Covid-19 infections had surged. China’s independent refiners are buying more crude and gasoline consumption in India in improving. The return of Iranian supply also looks even further away.

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“Oil prices continue to trade at relatively elevated levels despite OPEC+ reaffirming plans to normalize output and Covid-19 demand woes still present,” said Jens Pedersen, senior analyst at Danske Bank. “A strong jobs report could reverse the drop in the dollar and hit oil prices,” while the market continues to assess the impact of Hurricane Ida, he said.

Further details on the disruption from Ida may come later Friday when President Joe Biden visits Louisiana to survey some of the damage. He will meet with Governor John Bel Edwards and local officials in the state, where hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remain without electricity.

Prices:
  • WTI for October delivery was 39 cents higher at $70.31 a barrel at 8:25 a.m. in New York
  • Brent for November settlement was 0.7% higher at $73.54

Options markets have also mirrored the positive sentiment in crude. The premium of bearish put options for global Brent benchmark over bullish calls fell to its narrowest since mid-June this week. That’s a sign that traders aren’t paying as much to protect against falling prices.

Related coverage:
  • Once key producers restore oil output to pre-pandemic levels, prices may reach $55 to $60 a barrel, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin told the Izvestia newspaper.
  • OPEC+ will probably approve two more monthly production hikes and then pause in December, according to Standard Chartered Plc.
  • Legislation to block oil drilling in most U.S. waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has edged closer to passage.


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