Jim Colburn

From This Week In Petroleum: “As the Brent-WTI spread began widening to average $5/b in the first five months of 2018 and $9/b on June 1, East

From OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report (released Monday), here is their look at their expectations for world supply/demand:

The EIA’s Today in Energy has a nice informative piece on US refinery runs: “For the week ending July 6, 2018, the four-week average of U.S. gross

John Kemp, Reuters, compiles CFTC data to construct a chart showing long liquidation by funds: ”Hedge funds resumed their liquidation of

Rebecca Elliott and Bradley Olson, Wall Street Journal, write about rising costs for oil producers here... “American oil companies—primed to reap the

The Wall Street Journal’s Daily Shot shows the three currencies under intensive pressure: Here is Turkey: And, Russia:

 By not including US oil in the tariff slate, the market remains competitive... Here is Bloomberg:  “China’s original plan to target U.S. crude came