Oil Falls as Middle East Exports Recover and G7 Releases Emergency Stocks

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Oil prices fell in Asian trading on Monday as rising Middle East crude exports and a planned G7 release of emergency stocks eased immediate supply concerns. Brent crude futures expiring in December fell 0.7% to $101.58 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate futures for November slipped 1.1% to $90.14 per barrel. The G7 agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of crude and fuel products from emergency reserves, with a substantial portion of diesel to be released within 20 days. Middle Eastern crude exports rose above pre-war levels on four days during the final week of September, reaching between 19.5 million and 22.5 million barrels per day on Sept. 24 and between Sept. 27 and 29, while the seven-day moving average stood at 18.5 million bpd on Oct. 1, above the pre-war average of 18 million bpd. Saudi Aramco unexpectedly cut its November Arab Light official selling price to Asia by $3 a barrel to a discount of $5 to the Oman-Dubai average, the widest discount since June 2020, and OPEC+ agreed to keep November production targets unchanged, with its next meeting set for Nov. 1.

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Consumer Staples▲ · 1 stocks
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⛏Brent Crude Oil Futures
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Recovering Middle East crude exports and planned G7 reserve release ease supply worries, pressuring Brent

⛏Crude Oil WTI Futures
WTI
▼ NegativeSupplyrelevance

Rising Middle East exports and G7 emergency stock release ease supply concerns, pushing WTI lower

Off-coverage companies 1

Saudi AramcoPrivate▼ Negative
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Saudi Aramco unexpectedly cut its November Arab Light official selling price to Asia by $3 a barrel

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