Thursday, October 9, 2014

Oil Prices Falling

Price War Expected
 
Brent fell to $89.29 today, a 20 percent decline from its June peak of $110. And Iran and Saudi Arabia trimmed prices for November crude shipment to Asia. (Bloomberg, 9 October)

The Saudis reduced prices to lowest since 2008, signaling the start of a potential price war between OPEC members seeking to maintain market share.

“The reporting that Iran (is also) cutting November prices is adding to concern that there will be a struggle with the Saudis over market share,” said Bob Yawger, director of the futures division at Mizuho Securities. (Bloomberg, 9 October)

File photo: Iran's oil export terminal at Kharq Island (Getty Images)
 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

extremely bad news for Iran.

Anonymous said...

Good news for Iran and bad news for the occupying thieves who are holding Iran to ransom.