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Traders play 'hot potato' with U.S. oil contract as it crashes to $5 a barrel

While oil-producing nations have agreed to cut output and major global oil companies are also trimming production, those cuts will not come quickly enough to avoid a massive clog in the next couple of weeks. Four weeks ago, the storage hub was half full – now it is 69% full, according to U.S. Energy Department data. …read more […]

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United Airlines sees $2.1 billion loss as coronavirus hits LatAm growth hopes, seeks more federal aid

United Airlines said on Monday it expects to report a pretax loss of about $2.1 billion for the first quarter, after the coronavirus outbreak smothered its growth aspirations in Latin America and led the company to seek another $4.5 billion in government aid.

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Saudi Arabia gets physical with Russia in underground oil bout

Behind a Saudi-Russian truce to stabilise oil markets with a record output cut, market players are seeing the two production heavyweights still trading blows in the physical market. It is here, rather than in the world of futures prices, that a long-standing battle for market share carries on, particularly in Asia, shipping data analysed on Monday by Reuters shows. “Beyond the cooperative statements the fight is still going on,” a source at a trading firm told Reuters, adding that Saudi Arabia’s official selling prices (OSPs) signalled that the kingdom was targeting the Asian market, where demand remains relatively …read more […]