PVM analyst Tamas Varga said oil had ignored falling equity markets on Wednesday and had firmed on the back of US tariffs against Venezuela and lower US crude and fuel inventories
The oil fundamentals have swiftly moved into bullish zone amid fear of sanction on Iran and Venezuela getting stricter from the Whitehouse, Crude oil and gasoline prices on Monday
Oil prices have gained support from Trump's vow to continue the US assault on Yemen's Houthis unless they end their attacks on ships in the Red Sea
That would delay delivery of crude to refiners. It could also expose parties involved in facilitating the trade to reputational damage and sanctions, the sources said
Brent futures were down 15 cents at $75.89 a barrel by 0916 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 34 cents to $71.91
Widened sanctions on Moscow by Western countries including the United States have roiled global oil trade and forced buyers of discounted Russian crude to find new ways to maintain their purchases
Trump said on Sunday that the US is making progress with Russia to end the Ukraine war, but he declined to provide details about any communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin
The Reserve Bank of India may cut the benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent later in the day
Iran's oil minister Mohsen Paknejad told Al Ghais that imposing unilateral sanctions on crude producers would destabilise energy markets
The meeting comes after Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, America's top trading partners, in a move that roiled financial markets and gave oil prices some support
Trump will include a process for Canada and Mexico to seek specific exemptions for certain imports, adding that new tariffs would become effective on March 1
Lower corporate costs also enabled the company to beat profit estimates, said RBC Capital Markets analyst Biraj Borkhataria. Earnings from producing gasoline and diesel were $323 million
Chevron's downstream business lost $248 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared with a profit of $1.15 billion in the same period a year ago
Investors are also looking ahead to a ministerial meeting by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, together called Opec+, scheduled for Feb 3
Supply concerns eased after Libya's National Oil Corp said on Tuesday export activity was running normally after it held talks with protesters demanding a halt of loadings at one its main oil ports
The slogan 'Drill, baby, drill' was coined in 2008 by Michael Steele, a Republican politician and the first African-American lieutenant governor of Maryland
Brent crude futures were down $1.52, or 1.9 per cent, at $78.63 per barrel at 1406 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down by $2.14, or 2.8 per cent, at $75.74
US refining utilization averaged 90.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, up from 87.6 per cent in the same quarter last year, according to Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co
Both benchmarks fell more than 1 per cent on Wednesday as a stronger dollar and the bigger-than-expected rise in US fuel stockpiles weighed on prices
Indian markets took a sharp hit in the previous session as foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turned wary ahead of the Fed's policy outcome