Oilholics Synonymous Report

As widely anticipated, OPEC did indeed rollover its ongoing oil production cuts of 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd), set in place with 1...

The deed is done and not a single Iranian appeared visibly riled in the end. Following the conclusion of OPEC's 174th Ministerial Mee...

We were led to believe that a $100 per barrel oil price was not a case of "if" but "when." Over April, and early on i...

The Oilholic has arrived in Vienna, Austria to gauge the crude temperature ahead of the 173rd meeting of OPEC ministers. Going by the e...

If sounbites were the sole influencers of the oil market direction, Brent ought to be near $60 per barrel. ( see chart on the left, click...

Manic few weeks of travel and speaking engagements meant the Oilholic could not pen his thoughts on the Saudi-Russian agreement over the ...

After a fact finding trip to Houston, Texas, the Oilholic finds himself back in Vienna, Austria for the 169th OPEC Ministers’ meeting. Ba...

Having spent the entire week gauging the oil market mood in Houston, Texas, several key themes seem to be emerging. US shale oil explorat...

Oil markets are likely to face further bouts of volatility. When Saudi Arabia and Russia, together with Venezuela and Qatar, offered the ...

Successive bouts of over 10% week-on-week/five-day price declines have hit the oil market for six and made for a wretched start to 2016. ...

Both Brent and WTI futures are trading at their lowest levels since 2008 and previous weeks have offered some spectacular declines, if th...

OPEC decided to roll over its 'previous quota' published at 30 million barrels per day, but declined to put a figure in its offic...

The Oilholic reckons it will take at least another six months in the New Year to ease the current oil oversupply glut. More so, as OPEC i...

Does the Iranian nuclear settlement make a $60 per barrel Brent price seem too optimistic as a median level for the current year - that&#...

It was over in a jiffy – that’s the best explanation one can come up with. So the OPEC ministers arrived at 10am CET, did their customary...

The scribes, the analysts, the bloggers and the camera crews are all bundled into the media briefing room as the 12 OPEC ministers begin th...

We’ve been here before dear readers, we’ve been here before. Main headline at the conclusion of the 164th OPEC conference here in Vienna is...

There should be no shock or horror – it was coming. Ahead of taking a decision on its production quota, president of the 164th OPEC confere...