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U.S Oil Price Surpasses $75 Amid Rumor Of OPEC+ Increasing BPD Output

The US oil price moved past $75 per barrel for the first time since October 2018. Thus, the prospect of expanding global crude oil output due to globally increasing demand.

Brandnewsday gathers that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies (OPEC+) could expand the producing power output in the coming months.

According to Reuters, at the OPEC+ meeting, members leaned toward adding about 2 million barrels per day (BPD) of oil to the market between August and December.

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Similarly, the source who spoke to Reuters disclosed that monthly output increases by the group which includes OPEC and Russia would amount to less than 0.5 million BPD.

US Oil Price Surpasses $75 Amid Rumor Of OPEC+ Increasing BPD Output

The US oil price increase is consequently a drop in crude inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for U.S oil, to their lowest since March 2020. This supply caused by the inventory’s decline has caused the U.S oil to be so bullish today.

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Remarkably, an OPEC+ panel had earlier this week revealed that crude oil demand was projected to grow by 6 million BPD in 2021 led to the surge in oil prices to fresh multi-year highs.

However, the projections as led some market participants to remain doubtful of the foreseen oil pricse.

Moving on, Bob Yawger, the director of energy futures, at Mizuho Securities stated, “Everybody is drinking the OPEC Kool-Aid here and buying the story that demand is going to increase by 5 million barrels in the second half of the year, and if that’s not somebody talking their position, I don’t know what is.”

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While Yawger expects some type of uptick, he said OPEC’s demand forecast doesn’t account for the possibility of increased supply from Iran, the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant affecting demand and reduced seasonal U.S. gasoline use.

Outbreaks of the Delta variant of the coronavirus are raising concerns that the demand recovery may be short-lived. Renewed lockdowns and rising costs weakened momentum in Asia’s factory activity in June.

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