Oil falls after OPEC+ agrees to raise output targets
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July 6 : Oil prices fell on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August while exports from key producers via the Strait of Hormuz are recovering, potentially adding to global supplies.
Brent crude futures fell 41 cents, or 0.57 per cent, to $71.71 a barrel at 0942 GMT after settling 0.45 per cent higher on Friday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $68.32 a barrel, down 37 cents, or 0.54 per cent. There was no settlement for WTI on Friday as U.S. markets were closed ahead of the Independence Day holiday on Saturday.
Both contracts were little changed last week after mostly falling over the past few weeks, as investors kept a close eye on talks between the U.S. and Iran over the fate of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz while keeping tabs on the recovery in Gulf oil exports.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies including Russia agreed on Sunday to further increase output targets by 188,000 barrels per day from August, on top of similar increases for June and July.
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However, the increase has remained largely on paper because of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which closed the strait to tanker traffic for key OPEC producers, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, capping their output.
“They are selling into a falling market, offering little hope of an imminent price recovery,” said PVM analyst Tamas Varga. “However, lower oil prices will undoubtedly stimulate demand further down the line.”
Gulf oil exports in June jumped more than 3 million barrels from May to exceed 10 million barrels per day, although volume remained 40 per cent below pre-war levels, data showed.
“We now expect global oil demand to contract by 1.5 million barrels per day in 2026, reflecting a sharper-than-expected downturn in Q2, when year-on-year declines could reach 4 million bpd based on preliminary data,” ANZ said.
“However, we expect demand losses to moderate in the second half of the year as supply improves and some deferred consumption returns,” the bank added.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has sold about 16 million barrels of Emirati crude at wider discounts in a fifth spot tender issued since June, trade sources said, underscoring a surge in spot supply.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military said on Monday it struck oil refineries in Russia’s Yaroslavl and Leningrad regions overnight.
Source: Reuters
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