EU governments have not agreed on an embargo on Russian oil but will continue talks on a deal to ban seaborne deliveries while allowing deliveries by pipeline
30 May 2022 - 12:20
byNoah Browning
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London — Oil prices rose on Monday, hitting their highest in more than two months, as traders waited to see whether a planned EU meeting would reach an agreement on banning Russian oil imports.
The Brent crude futures contract for July, which will expire on Tuesday, was up 54c, or 0.5%, at $119.97 a barrel at 9.12am GMT. The August Brent contract, which is more active, rose 69c, or 0.6%, to $116.25 a barrel.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures jumped 62c, or 0.5%, to $115.69 a barrel, extending solid gains made last week.
The EU is due to meet on Monday and Tuesday to discuss a sixth package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, actions which Moscow calls a “special military operation”.
“The macro backdrop keeps changing and that will determine how much crude demand improves over the next 12 months,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda.
“Geopolitics are still important but much of the impact of Europe lessening its dependency of Russian energy has been priced in.”
EU governments failed to agree on an embargo on Russian oil on Sunday but will continue talks on a deal to ban seaborne deliveries while allowing deliveries by pipeline, ahead of the summit on Monday afternoon, officials said.
“It's still quite difficult for the European group to reduce its energy dependency on Russia in the near term. That said, an immediate import ban is less possible, and demand may keep oil prices afloat in the near term,” said Leona Liu, analyst at Singapore-based DailyFX.
Any further ban on Russian oil would tighten a crude market already strained for supply amid rising demand for petrol, diesel and jet fuel ahead of the peak northern hemisphere summer demand season in the US and Europe.
Underscoring market tightness, oil cartel Opec+ are set to rebuff Western calls to speed up increases in output when they meet on Thursday. They will stick to existing plans to raise their July output target by 432,000 barrels per day, six Opec+ sources told Reuters.
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Oil prices hit highest in more than two months
EU governments have not agreed on an embargo on Russian oil but will continue talks on a deal to ban seaborne deliveries while allowing deliveries by pipeline
London — Oil prices rose on Monday, hitting their highest in more than two months, as traders waited to see whether a planned EU meeting would reach an agreement on banning Russian oil imports.
The Brent crude futures contract for July, which will expire on Tuesday, was up 54c, or 0.5%, at $119.97 a barrel at 9.12am GMT. The August Brent contract, which is more active, rose 69c, or 0.6%, to $116.25 a barrel.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures jumped 62c, or 0.5%, to $115.69 a barrel, extending solid gains made last week.
The EU is due to meet on Monday and Tuesday to discuss a sixth package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, actions which Moscow calls a “special military operation”.
“The macro backdrop keeps changing and that will determine how much crude demand improves over the next 12 months,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda.
“Geopolitics are still important but much of the impact of Europe lessening its dependency of Russian energy has been priced in.”
EU governments failed to agree on an embargo on Russian oil on Sunday but will continue talks on a deal to ban seaborne deliveries while allowing deliveries by pipeline, ahead of the summit on Monday afternoon, officials said.
“It's still quite difficult for the European group to reduce its energy dependency on Russia in the near term. That said, an immediate import ban is less possible, and demand may keep oil prices afloat in the near term,” said Leona Liu, analyst at Singapore-based DailyFX.
Any further ban on Russian oil would tighten a crude market already strained for supply amid rising demand for petrol, diesel and jet fuel ahead of the peak northern hemisphere summer demand season in the US and Europe.
Underscoring market tightness, oil cartel Opec+ are set to rebuff Western calls to speed up increases in output when they meet on Thursday. They will stick to existing plans to raise their July output target by 432,000 barrels per day, six Opec+ sources told Reuters.
Reuters
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