EBC Markets Briefing | Oil prices down as Trump targets Saudi

Oil markets fell on Friday after US President Trump pressured OPEC and Saudi Arabia to lower prices in an effort to boost crude production.
EBC Financial Group | 167 дней спустя

Oil markets sank on Friday, a day after US President Donald Trump pressured OPEC and its de facto leader Saudi Arabia to lower prices in a broad push to drive up crude production.

Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports in November jumped to their highest in eight months. Iran delivered a conciliatory message to Western leaders in Davos, denying it wants nuclear weapons.

Trump said he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine. Kremlin said Russia had so far received no specific proposals for talks.

He also said his administration would "probably" stop buying oil from Venezuela. The country/s oil exports to the US soared 64% to some 222,000 bpd last year, making it its second-largest export market behind China.

Shrinking US crude inventories, which hit their lowest level since March 2022 last week according to the EIA. But the drawdown was smaller than analysts had expected.

Trump's tariffs policies with Canada and Mexico likely the first victims, and the potential the newly inaugurated president will push for higher US oil output, also weighed on crude oil prices, analysts said.

Brent crude remained below 200 SMA, with few signs of recovery. As such a push lower towards $75.6 is in the cards.

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