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Oil Market Sizzles With WTI Set for Sixth Straight Weekly Gain


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(Bloomberg) Oil is headed for a sixth straight weekly gain, with prices trading near a seven-year high as crude makes a roaring start to 2022.

West Texas Intermediate rose near $87 a barrel, taking its advance this week to more than 2%, while the global Brent benchmark approached $90 as robust demand tightened global markets. Heightened geopolitical risks driven by fears that Russia may invade Ukraine have also contributed to crude’s climb.

Oil is headed for a sixth weekly gain as demand recovers amid tight supplies

Oil’s stellar run comes despite a soft patch in global equity markets after the Federal Reserve signaled it’s ready to tackle inflation. For now, crude prices have defied the pull of weaker risk sentiment elsewhere, with consumption on the brink of returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Attention will shift next week to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies as they meet Feb. 2 to assess the market and decide on supplies for March. While OPEC+ has been steadily easing output curbs, there’s concern members have been unable to deliver the promised volumes in full.

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“The $90 level is still proving a tough nut to crack for the European benchmark,” but “fresh upside impetus may well materialize next week when OPEC+ sets out its production strategy,” said PVM Oil Associates analyst Stephen Brennock. Until then, “it will likely be a case of ‘wait and see’.”

Prices
  • WTI for March delivery rose 0.4% to $86.97 a barrel at 10:12 a.m. London time.
  • Brent for March settlement climbed 0.7% to $89.96 a barrel.

In a sign of the market’s strength, prices remain heavily backwardated — a bullish pattern whereby near-term contracts trade above those further out — indicating tight immediate supply. Brent’s prompt timespread was at $1.20 a barrel in backwardation on Friday, up from 41 cents at the start of the month.

As crude advances, key product prices have been dragged higher. Wholesale gasoline in the New York market has surged to the highest seasonal level in three decades of record keeping. Average pump prices across the U.S. are headed for a monthly gain after jumping 46% last year.

Related coverage:
  • Europe’s ICE gasoil crack jumped to its highest in almost two years on Thursday, and is on course to rise even higher Friday.
  • Russia’s refineries look set to churn through a lot more of the nation’s own crude this year, potentially crimping exports.
  • A slump in global diesel stockpiles has left the market vulnerable to price spikes.


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