Tag: crude oil market

IEA Revised Down 2012 Global Oil Demand– January Report

Today, the IEA – International Energy Agency published its monthly report on the global crude oil market as of December 2011. According to the report, during December, OPEC’s oil production rose to 30.89 million bbl/d compared with November’s average oil…

IEA Revised Down 2011 Global Oil Demand– November Report

Today, the IEA – International Energy Agency published its monthly report on the global crude oil market as of October 2011. During October, OPEC’s oil production slightly rose to 30.01 million bbl/d compared with September’s average oil production; this was…

CME raised the margin on crude oil contracts

In an attempt to curb the rising instability in the crude oil market, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME group) raised the margin required for investors to trade U.S. crude oil futures by 25% to be affected as of the close…