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OIL
OIL: WTI & Brent have stuck to tight ranges during Asia hours, and both sit
around $0.15 below settlement levels. This comes after WTI shed ~$0.65 on
Thursday, while Brent lost ~$0.40. The latest IEA monthly report added some
pressure to crude on Thursday, even as demand growth exp. were left unch.,
unlike the recent EIA & OPEC reports, with both of those bodies trimming their
respective '19 demand exp. The IEA noted that "while the relentless stock builds
we have seen since early '18 have halted, this is temporary. Soon, the OPEC+
producers will once again see surging non-OPEC oil production with the implied
mkt balance returning to a sig surplus & placing pressure on prices. The
challenge of market management remains a daunting one well into '20."
- Elsewhere, the OPEC+ JMMC meeting was a bit of a damp squib. The Omani Oil Min
noted that the '20 outlook is not very good, while we learnt that Iraqi &
Nigerian non-compliance to production cuts was a major point of discussion &
perhaps a hindrance to deeper cuts. The Iraqi Oil Min tried to provide some
reassurance that his country will provide deeper production cuts in Oct, while
Saudi committed to sub-10mn bpd production through year-end.
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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