Episode 105 - The $0.99 WTI episode | Resurge in demand? | Oil storage

Published: April 21, 2020, 5:15 a.m.

b'Oil Prices Slump as Crude Storage Shortage Intensifies
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/oil-prices-slump-as-crude-storage-shortage-intensifies-11587382034
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\\ufeffU.S. oil falls more than 10% to lows not seen since 1999
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Why Oil Is $11 a Barrel Now but Three Times That in Autumn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-oil-is-11-a-barrel-now-but-three-times-that-in-autumn-11587392745

- WTI contract for May is about to expire and no one wants to buy so its basically fallen to pennies
- But will demand actually go up even when the economy restarts? Will people be willing to go out?
- regional variance?
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Saudi oil official refutes claim that crude exports to the US rose last month
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/04/17/saudi-arabias-oil-exports-to-us-skyrocketed-amid-coronavirus-lockdowns.html?

Oil War And Peace: A Russian-Saudi Standoff Is Over -- At What Cost To The Kremlin?
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-saudi-standoff-oil-war-peace-kremlin-cost/30557642.html

Biggest Oil ETF Shakes Up Structure
https://www.etf.com/sections/features-and-news/biggest-oil-etf-shakes-structure?nopaging=1

Railroad Commission of Texas Considers Oil Production Cuts
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/railroad-commission-texas-considers-oil-production-cuts
- Will they prorate?
- Sense from the hearing is that prorating isn\\u2019t going to happen because implementation is too difficult and the market implications would be harmful in the long run.
- Physical waste vs. ergonomic waste
- What would Exxon do? Could argue that what they produce isn\\u2019t actually oil.

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