Supply Risks From Rosneft to Libya Push Crude Back Toward $60 - Bloomberg:
Oil jumped back above $58 a barrel and was set for the longest run of gains in more than a year as U.S. sanctions on Russia’s largest producer and conflict in Libya shifted the focus to supply threats from virus-driven demand concerns.
The U.S. sanctioned a unit of Russia’s Rosneft PJSC for maintaining ties with Venezuela’s president and its state-run oil company, threatening to crimp the nation’s ability to export crude. In Libya, fighters loyal to eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar shelled Tripoli’s port, forcing a halt to shipping and leading to the suspension of cease-fire talks.
Oil is extending its longest rally since January 2019 after surging last week on optimism that the worst economic impacts of the deadly coronavirus had been accounted for. Any disruptions to global supply could go some way to offsetting the demand destruction from the outbreak, just as China and other nations in Asia roll out stimulus packages to cushion the blow.
Oil jumped back above $58 a barrel and was set for the longest run of gains in more than a year as U.S. sanctions on Russia’s largest producer and conflict in Libya shifted the focus to supply threats from virus-driven demand concerns.
The U.S. sanctioned a unit of Russia’s Rosneft PJSC for maintaining ties with Venezuela’s president and its state-run oil company, threatening to crimp the nation’s ability to export crude. In Libya, fighters loyal to eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar shelled Tripoli’s port, forcing a halt to shipping and leading to the suspension of cease-fire talks.
Oil is extending its longest rally since January 2019 after surging last week on optimism that the worst economic impacts of the deadly coronavirus had been accounted for. Any disruptions to global supply could go some way to offsetting the demand destruction from the outbreak, just as China and other nations in Asia roll out stimulus packages to cushion the blow.
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