Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'oil inventories'

Oil hits $34/bbl

The blog's oil price forecasts have had a stellar record this year. Last month, with its $70/bbl forecast having been realised, the blog continued to worry about downside risk: "If refiners are forced to cut runs for December, then it...

OPEC targets stocks, not prices

There is some interesting material on the OPEC website, following this week's Summit, which clarifies their current strategy. The key points are: • OPEC is currently targeting inventories, not prices. Their policy is to keep OECD crude stocks within the...