Oil ends lower after US crude stockpiles jump, gasoline demand sinks

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[NEW YORK] Oil prices fell on Wednesday after US crude inventories rose last week by the most since 2016, while gasoline demand suffered its biggest weekly drop ever due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more at The Business Times.

"The likelihood of distressed cargoes, increased freight rates, force majeures, strains on storage capacity, VLCC availability will be combining in placing additional downside pressures on petroleum prices," Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates, said in a report.

Mr Trump invited several energy industry executives, including the chief executives of Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp, to a meeting on Friday to discuss aid for the industry, including possible tariffs on oil imports from Saudi Arabia, an administration source confirmed. "Demand is a disaster," said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho in New York."That's the whole problem here. It's horrible."

 

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