Free Trial

(1/2)"In the coming weeks, we expect............>

OIL
OIL: (1/2)"In the coming weeks, we expect Hurricane Harvey's impact to make it
harder for OPEC to rebalance the market and maintain bullish sentiment," said
commodity strategists at Barclays in a note.
- "Disruptions to refineries, production and trade will also make the weekly EIA
data even noisier and less useful as a high frequency indicator at the very time
OPEC needs it most," they said.
- While production impacts may linger going forward, demand will likely slip
sharply in coming weeks "due to a lack of driving-related demand," the
strategists said.
- "Harvey will raise product prices nationwide, denting demand, especially in
September," they said.
- "Flooding and destruction in 2005 and 2008 cut demand by more than 1 mb/d
between August and September, twice as much as the m/m seasonal downtrend,"
Barclays reminded.

To read the full story

Close

Why MNI

MNI is the leading provider

of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.

Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.