World News

Saudi Arabia Drastically Cuts Oil Prices

Saudi Arabia has announced the largest reduction in official export oil prices in the last 26 years. The state company Saudi Aramco will reduce the price of its main export grade Arab Light for August deliveries by $11 per barrel, reports The Moscow Times.

Oil storage tanks at the 'North Jeddah' oil distribution station, an Aramco oil facility in Saudi Jeddah. Illustrative photo. Photo: AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File

For the first time since 2020, Saudi oil will be sold at a discount of $1.5 relative to regional benchmark prices. The goal of this move is to make supplies more attractive to buyers in Asia after the resumption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The price reduction will affect the largest oil importers — China and India, which also remain the main buyers of Russian oil.

After the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf countries began to increase production. Up to 12 million barrels of oil are transported daily through the strait, which has increased supply on the global market and intensified pressure on prices.

Against this backdrop, the price of Brent oil has fallen by approximately 22% since early June, and Russian Urals oil had dropped to about $40 per barrel by early July. Analysts note that increased production by OPEC+ countries amid weak global demand could lead to an oil surplus on the market and further price reductions.

Comments

Now reading

A fitter from Orsha evaded the army in his homeland, only to die later for Putin. Before being sent to the slaughter, a disco with Africans was thrown for him 21

A fitter from Orsha evaded the army in his homeland, only to die later for Putin. Before being sent to the slaughter, a disco with Africans was thrown for him

All news →
All news

Mikola Statkevich Announced a Collection of His Prison Essays 3

Mikita Zalatarou: It felt wild — just to go out into the city and see people in normal clothes 20

In Minsk, a fifth-grader gave scammers over $10,000 from her parents' savings 1

All of Crimea Left Without Power 3

Bridge over Svislach near Victory Square closed for reconstruction 2

MES warned Belarusians about thunderstorms and stormy winds on Monday

How often should you brush your hair?

Will Streets Named After Losik and Intex-press Newspaper Appear in Baranovichi? Researcher — about the City's "Forbidden" Memory 15

Linguist and Diplomat Piotr Sadouski Passed Away 7

больш чытаных навін
больш лайканых навін

A fitter from Orsha evaded the army in his homeland, only to die later for Putin. Before being sent to the slaughter, a disco with Africans was thrown for him 21

A fitter from Orsha evaded the army in his homeland, only to die later for Putin. Before being sent to the slaughter, a disco with Africans was thrown for him

Main
All news →

Заўвага:

 

 

 

 

Закрыць Паведаміць