Oil prices continue to rise, Brent is above $121 a barrel
14:03 08.06.2022 10648
Oil prices continue to rise on traders' expectations that the demand for energy resources on the world market will exceed their supply due to the start of the automobile season in Western countries, as well as the lifting of anti-COVID restrictions in China, Interfax reports.
«Morgan Stanley» analysts Martijn Raths and Amy Sergeant expect the oil market to face a 500,000 bpd deficit in the second half of this year. The «bullish» scenario of experts (playing on the increase in prices) provides for an increase in oil prices to $150 per barrel in the third quarter.
The cost of August futures for Brent oil on the London ICE Futures exchange by 8:20 Moscow time on Wednesday was $121.15 per barrel, which is $0.58 (0.48%) higher than the price at the close of the previous session. As a result of trading on Tuesday, these contracts rose by $1.06 (0.9%) to $120.57 per barrel.
The price of futures for WTI oil for July in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) by this time amounted to $120.11 per barrel, which is $0.7 (0.59%) higher than the final value of the previous session. The day before, the cost of these contracts increased by $0.91 (0.8%) to $119.41 per barrel, which is the highest since March 8.
At the auction, products of the State Corporation “Turkmennebit” and “Turkmenchemistry” were sold for foreign currency
14 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Turkmenistan and Russia are not competitors in the field of gas supplies to China, - Russian Ambassador
Russia and Turkmenistan are not competitors in the field of gas supplies to China. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Ashgabat Ivan Volynkin in an interview with TASS.
Trade turnover between Turkmenistan and China in the first half of the year increased by 12.3%
In the first six months of 2023, the trade turnover between Turkmenistan and China increased by 12.3% compared to the same period last year, amounting to about $5.55 billion, according to the General Administration of Customs of China.
The Presidents of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will discuss the prospects for cooperation at the summit in Ashgabat
Today, August 4, a summit of the heads of state of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will be held in Ashgabat. In the morning, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon arrived in the Turkmen capital, according to TDH.
The Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belgium confirmed Ashgabat’s readiness to strengthen partnership with the EU in the field of energy
Ashgabat’s readiness to strengthen cooperation with the European Commission in the energy sector was announced by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Belgium Sapar Palvanov at a meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.