A few reminders. Any efforts by the US to engage other nations in boosting oil supply are not because the US *needs* Russian oil, or any specific country's oil.
The US - and the globe - need enough oil to adequately meet demand. Foreign, or domestic. #OOTT
If our production magically increased tomorrow by 3 million barrels a day, that would go a long way. But it can't.
there isn't an easy way out of the shortfall that's growing and going to get worse following the Russian invasion as the markets get more skittish. #OOTT
But again. It's a global energy market. The total supply matters. The country with the most in reserve (as is generally the case) is Saudi Arabia. #OOTT
So the deal isn't that the US relies "on foreign oil." (it does, to a point, but most of that foreign oil is Canadian, and to a lesser extent, Mexico).
It's a global market. Prices respond accordingly. #OOTT
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Afternoon folks. Hard to tweet while putting out headlines on the wire itself, editing articles and running from spot to spot here. Were I not an editor! But still, a long thread on #CERAWeek
We’re in a growing energy crisis that seems like it’s going to get worse – I’ll get to that later. The tenor of the conference here has been a combo of some dread – the reality of the surge in oil prices, emerging shortages in fuel and unfinished oils, and rising natgas prices.
The original plan was to do a lot of talk of renewables and transition – even though the usual first couple days would have been dominated by oil. But that’s not how it turned out, of course, and the conference organizers recognized that shift. #OOTT reuters.com/business/energ…
When oil became waste: a week of turmoil for crude, and more pain to come reut.rs/2xYTiFz
So a bit more on this. A lot right now rests on what happens next, both in terms of various economic regions trying to recover a bit and find ways to do a bit more business - and whether that's possible. #OOTT#OPEC
After all it's not often you see a nation like Azerbaijan tell a BP-led consortium that yes, you have to stop producing. Usually the big oil companies are exempt from this sort of thing. #OOTT#OPEC
WEDNESDAY MORNING IN ENERGY: Where I'm mostly just going to leverage the #Kentucky election to talk about Justified to try to get some eyeballs, mostly because lots going on! #OOTT#energy
So today is where we've got a big day in Brazil - where they're auctioning off offshore rights on a whole load of acreage. #OOTT
If all the areas receive a bid, Brazil’s government will net 106.5 billion reais ($26.7 billion) in signing bonuses - and that will plug holes in the country's leaky budget.
Brazil is one of few non-OPEC countries boosting production, meanwhile. #OOTT
FRIDAY MORNING IN ENERGY: And I’d like to talk energy, but really, I’ve got to talk trade first after we’ve got new tariffs coming, a lot of research notes, and very nervous markets… #OOTT#tradewar#China#trade
… as always you can follow our coverage here on Reuters.com. Our lead story right now is, the US escalated the trade war with more tariffs after the Chinese made major changes in the agreement that blew everything up earlier in the week.
WEDNESDAY MORNING: Once again. Too much to explain, so best to sum up.
First off, #OPEC and its rapidly disintegrating deal, and Trump's part in that as well. #OOTT#Iran
As is known, #Trump went out again on oil prices this morning - a week before the #OPEC deal that ratchets up, again, the tensions on whether #OPEC will do anything (which they're likely to do).
But figures we have show Saudi Arabia/Russia are already abandoning - or at least pulling away from - the deal. #OPEC#OOTT
13 Jun - RTRS - RUSSIA'S OIL PRODUCTION STOOD AT 11,1 MLN BARRELS PER DAY FROM JUNE 1-12, HIGHER THAN A QUOTA SET BY OPEC+ OIL CUT DEAL - TWO SOURCES