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Global Oil Price Surges, As Nigeria’s Bonny Light Crude Jumps To 22.7%
The global oil price is increasing, as countries open their economy, Nigeria’s Bonny Light Crude has stepped up by 22.7% increase in sales.
As more countries are easing their coronavirus lockdowns, output cuts by OPEC+ and other top oil-producing countries have started to gain supply excess.
Brandnewsday gathered that the oil market improvement has continued on Tuesday, thus making oil prices strive higher, as a result of an increase in demand by some countries that are opening their economy.
Bonny Light Crude: Nigerian Headline Crude Light:
On May 5, 2020, the Nigerian headline crude light, Bonny Light Crude experienced a spike in sales as it sold for $23.24 per barrel; compared to the $18.94 per barrel which was sold on 4 of May. Consequently, this is the highest in the last 21 days, with a 22.7% increase.
Meanwhile, the recovery of crude oil prices from last month’s original crash seems to be moving swiftly, the Brent crude surged to $31.06 per barrel, while the American WTI crude is selling at $24.69 per barrel.
As the demand in crude oil surge globally, oil prices have been on an upward wave, just as the market expects improvement based on the hope of output cuts by OPEC+ and oil-producing countries.
Backing up this claim, the oilprice.com disclosed that the oil demand has risen by 2.5 million barrels per day from its low point in mid-April 2020.
According to an American Petroleum (API) report, the crude oil inventory was expected to rise to 8.44 million barrels just last week as against the 9.98 million barrels that were presumed in a week before then.
In a similar vein, in an effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak which later resulted in the lockdown, the oil market has been in turbulence as a result of the global lockdown.