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Jan 8, 2024 — Oil prices fell over 3% on Monday on sharp price cuts by top exporter Saudi Arabia and a rise in OPEC output that offset supply concerns generated by escalating geopolitical tension in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Brent crude settled down $2.64, or 3.4%, at $76.12 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost $3.04, or 4.1%, at $70.77 a barrel.<\/p>\n

Both contracts climbed more than 2% in the first week of 2024 as geopolitical risk in the Middle East intensified after attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on ships in the\u00a0Red Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, rising supply and competition from rival producers prompted\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u00a0to cut the February official selling price (OSP) of its flagship Arab Light crude to Asia to the lowest level in 27 months.<\/p>\n

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“That’s raising concerns about demand in China and global demand as well,” Price Futures Group analyst Phil Flynn said. “The stock market is off to a weak start this year and this news from Saudi Arabia has caused the bottom to fall out.”<\/p>\n

A Reuters survey on Friday found that OPEC oil\u00a0output rose<\/a> in December as increases in Angola, Iraq and Nigeria offset continuing cuts by Saudi Arabia and other members of the wider OPEC+ alliance.<\/p>\n

The boost came ahead of further OPEC+ cuts in 2024 and as Angola exited from OPEC starting this year, factors which are set to lower January output and\u00a0market share<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“If we were just to focus on the fundamentals, including higher inventories, higher OPEC\/non-OPEC production and a lower than expected Saudi OSP, it would be impossible to be anything other than bearish on crude oil,” said IG analyst Tony Sycamore.<\/p>\n

“However, that doesn’t take into account the fact that geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are undeniably rising again, which will mean limited downside.”<\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held more talks with Arab leaders on Monday as part of a diplomatic push to stop the war in Gaza from\u00a0spreading further<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The conflict has already sparked violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and also led to Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping lanes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the oil price slide was tempered by a\u00a0force majeure<\/a> by Libya’s National Oil Corporation on Sunday at its Sharara oilfield, which can produce up to 300,000 barrels per day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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