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HOUSTON: Oil prices climbed more than 2% on Friday and were set to rise for a second consecutive week, shrugging off concerns about global economic growth as impending European Union sanctions on Russian oil raised the prospect of tighter supply.

Brent futures rose $2.4, or 2.1%, to $113.15 per barrel by 10:58 a.m. ET (1458 GMT), while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed $2.31, or 2.2%, to $110.64 a barrel.

“In the near term, the fundamentals for oil are bullish and it is only fears of an economic slowdown in the future that is holding us back,” said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group WTI was on track to gain about 6% and Brent set to rise nearly 4% this week after the EU set out the embargo on Russian oil as part of its toughest-yet package of sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.

The EU sanctions proposal includes phasing out imports of Russian refined products by the end of 2022 and a ban on all shipping and insurance services for transporting Russian oil.

The EU is tweaking its sanctions plan, which needs unanimous backing from the 27 countries in the bloc, in a bid to win over reluctant states, three EU sources told Reuters on Friday.

“The looming EU embargo on Russian oil has the makings of an acute supply squeeze. In any case, OPEC+ is in no mood to help out, even as rallying energy prices spur harmful levels of inflation,” PVM analyst Stephen Brennock said.

Ignoring calls from Western nations to hike output more, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and allied producers, a group known as OPEC+, stuck with its plan to raise its June output target by 432,000 barrels per day. nL2N2WX0IO] However, analysts expect the group’s actual production rise to be much smaller as a result of capacity constraints.

“There is zero chance of certain members filling that quota as production challenges impact Nigeria and other African members,” said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst Asia Pacific at OANDA.

A US Senate panel on Thursday advanced a bill that could expose OPEC+ to lawsuits for collusion on boosting oil prices.

Investors are also eyeing higher demand from the United States this autumn as Washington unveiled plans to buy 60 million barrels of crude for its emergency stockpiles.

Demand concerns on signs of a weakening global economy capped the price rise.

The Bank of England on Thursday warned that Britain risks a double-whammy of a recession and inflation above 10% as it raised interest rates to their highest since 2009, hiking by a quarter of a percentage point to 1%.

And strict COVID-19 curbs in China are creating headwinds in the second quarter for the world’s second-largest economy.

In the latest ratcheting up of restrictions, Beijing authorities on Friday said all non-essential services in its biggest district Chaoyang, home to embassies and large offices, would shut.

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samir sardana May 07, 2022 08:42am
As I said on https://www.brecorder.com/news/40170755/toronto-index-falls-as-commodity-linked-stocks-weigh on the 3rd of May,2022 "US Fed rate hike will have no impact on Oil which will keep rising & will rise on the DAY OF THE HIKE & THEREAFTER ALSO !" TODAY IS DAY 3 OF THE RATE HIKE AND IS STILL UP ! RUSSIA SANCTIONS ARE PUSHING OIL UP - AS NO NATION CAN OFFSET THE RUSSIAN OIL - EVEN FROM THE SPR ! THAT ENSURES THAT RISSIA "GETS MORE:" CLIENTS FOR ITS DISCOUNTED OIL ! THAT ALSO ENSURES THAT EU PAYS MORE FOR IMPORTED OIL SO WHY THE RUSSIAN OIL SANCTIONS ! PRC AND INDIA CANNOT AFFORD 120 USD OIL ALSO - THERE IS NO DEMAND DESTRUCTION IN OIL - AND NO IMPACT OF RATE HIKES IN US/EU/AUSSIE AND UK - AND THERE IS ALSO NO IMPACT OF CHINESE COVID ! IT IS ALSO OBVIOUS THAT THE SAUDIS ARE IMPLICITLY SUPPORTING THE RUSSIANS BY NOT HIKING PRODUCTION - THUS BENEFITTING RUSSIA AND OPEC ! dindooohindoo OIL RATES ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE FED AND POLICY MAKERS - IF THEY CAN SENSE IT !
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