WhySaudiArabiaLaunchedanOilPriceWar
Oilpriceshadoneofthebiggest-everfallsonMonday,takingthepriceofBrentcrudetonearly$30abarrel.BehindthiswasaneffectivecollapseofanagreementbetweenOPECandRussiatoenactproductioncutstosupportthemarket.
SaudiArabia,OPEC’sdefactoleader,wanteddeeperandmoreprolongedcutstocountertheeffectofthespreadofcoronavirusondemand.
TheInternationalEnergyAgencysaidthisweekthatoilconsumptionisexpectedtocontractthisyearforthefirsttimesince.Despitethis,RussiadidnotwanttoteamupwithOPEC,believingthebiggercutstoproductionwouldonlypropelrivalU.S.shaleproducers.
Sowhathappenednext??
SaudiArabiastartedapricewar.Evenastheworldrequireslessoilfromglobalproducers,thekingdomsaiditwouldputanother2.6millionbarrelsadayintotheoilmarket.Thistriggeredatit-for-tatresponsefromrivals.RussiasaiditwouldaddmoreoilintothemarketandsodidtheU.A.E.It’sthefirsttimesincethesthatwe’reseeingsuchaseveredemandshocknow
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