Risk level: RED RED: Severe (+/- 4%) ORANGE: High (+/- 3%) YELLOW: Elevated (+/- 2%) BLUE: Guarded (+/- 1%) THE BOOSTER SHOT OPEC+ arrangement a victory in rhetoric only. Energy Intelligence forecasts swift declines outside the OPEC group. Looking at US hegemony as the effort to contain the spread of communism collapsed in Vietnam in … More “A nightmare of global organization.”
-Thesis clashes with the antithesis and yields something new. -Mexico called to play nice, though the US and others given a free ride. The breakdown of a plan to trim at least 10 million barrels per day from the global market early Friday shows not only the difficulty in coordinating across multiple fronts but also … More The Daily Dose
-Trump no longer hates OPEC. -Any OPEC cuts would come from already extraordinary heights. Some 6.6 million Americans lost their jobs last week, though equities markets are showing a return to optimism amid early signs of a slow pandemic recovery. In the American oil sector, however, the pain is severe and enduring, with investments receding … More The Daily Dose
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