Brent

Middle East tensions after last week's tanker attacks cap losses

Attacks on two oil tankers in Gulf of Oman this week give prices floor

Incident followed last month's sabotage attacks on vessels off Fujairah emirate

US Energy Information Administration cuts forecast for 2019 world oil demand growth

Russia says it might support an extension in OPEC-led supply cuts

US withdrawal of tariff threat against Mexico removed cloud over global economy

Falih told conference $60 a barrel was too low to encourage investment in industry

Get some support after Riyadh says consensus is emerging about extending supply cuts

Riyadh indicates OPEC+ will continue managing global crude supplies to avoid surplus

Brent futures are heading for 10% slide in May and WTI for 13% drop

Chinese diplomat ramps up rhetoric by comparing actions from the US to economic terrorism

OPEC output cuts and political tensions in Middle East, however, offer some support

Investors remain concerned that trade war can dent fuel consumption

Supply cuts have helped Brent crude rise by 29% this year

Worries over US-China trade developing into a more entrenched dispute have hit prices

Brent is set for its biggest weekly fall in 12 weeks and WTI in 15 weeks

Analysts, however, say oil markets remain tight amid OPEC-led supply cuts

Iran says it will resist US pressure, declining talks under current circumstances

UAE energy minister says producers are capable of filling any market gap

US sanctions on Iran add to supply curbs resulting from an OPEC-led pact

Brent looks poised to breach the upper bound of its recent $70-73 a barrel price range: Citi

Crude inventories climb 8.6m barrels in the week to May 10 to 477.8m

Saudi energy minister, however, says production and exports are continuing without disruption

Two Saudi Arabian oil tankers among vessels targeted by 'sabotage attack'

US increases levies on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25%

Heightened tensions between world's two biggest economies cloud outlook for global growth

US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela and supply cuts by OPEC and Russia support prices

US sanctions have halved Iranian crude exports over the past year to below 1 million bpd

US president said he would sharply raise tariffs on Chinese goods this week

OPEC+ will still need to hold back production to balance the market: analyst

Prices are still supported by political crisis in Venezuela, US sanctions against Iran

US president urged OPEC and top oil exporter Saudi Arabia to lower oil prices

Moscow plans to start supplying clean oil via pipeline on April 29

Poland and Germany have suspended imports of Russian crude citing poor quality

US expected to announce sanctions on countries who continue to import Iranian oil

US crude inventories fell by 1.4m barrels in the week to April 12, EIA data shows

Global supply has been tightened further by US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran

Analysts also believe US crude stocks may have risen by 1.9m barrels last week

Drop in output from Iran and Venezuela limits losses

Brent crude oil futures heading for 1.9% weekly gain and US WTI for 2.3% weekly gain

Russian comments signaling willingness to pump more dampen the rally

Russia says OPEC and allies should raise output from June

Surprise increase in American inventories, however, caps gains

OPEC-led production cut lends support to prices

US inventories rose last week by 2.8 million barrels

Brent crude has traded in a narrow range of $64 to $69 a barrel throughout March

Expectations of a further drop in US inventories support prices

Concerns about potential US recession emerge after remarks by Federal Reserve

Market torn between high US oil output and OPEC+ compliance with production cuts

US, China appear close to a deal that will roll back US tariffs on $200b worth of Chinese goods