Oilholics Synonymous Report

Before the recent global stock market carnage hit, bulls in the oil market had already revised their pipe-dream of $100 per barrel Brent pri...

On June 2nd, OPEC+ decided to adopt a pensive position rather than a defensive or offensive one and it promptly sent the oil market into a t...

Crude oil benchmarks have been bouncing up and down for over 10 days in the wake of geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Predictably, mu...

We're four months from the end of crude trading year 2023 and oil prices appear to be stuck at $80+ per barrel levels. And for all the m...

The Oilholic had to leave OPEC HQ prior to the conclusion of a rather fractious OPEC+ meeting which resulted in no agreement being reached ...

Of late, the global oil market has seen what can aptly be described as range-bound volatility. No matter what the bulls throw at it, move...

Its a day to say thanks and feel a tad nostalgic, as the Oilholic woke up this Christmas eve morning to the realization that today marks ...

As the crazy month of May comes to a close, commentators using the supply constriction and geopolitical risk premium pretexts to big up pri...

The Oilholic has had a hectic start to 2019 for sure, even though the crude market has behaved pretty predictably in January, having recove...

Here's how the 2018 oil market shaped up ( click to enlarge chart below ), and some thoughts on what OPEC's shale dilemma means for ...

In case you haven't heard dear readers, which the Oilholic doubts or you wouldn't be reading an oil market blog - OPEC has calmed t...

Two charts real quick while waiting for OPEC to make an announcement - (1) Direction of the OPEC price basket (including Qatar) and (2) Whe...

It's the usual manic start to the 175th OPEC Ministers' Meeting here in Vienna, Austria. For those unfamiliar with the drill, he...

The Oilholic arrived for visit number 25 to Vienna, Austria, for the 175th Meeting of OPEC Ministers on Wednesday (December 5) with a ...

As the Oilholic headed for a splash and dash visit to the familiar surroundings of Vienna on another early morning British Airways flight t...

What a commotion we had in the oil markets last week, when Tuesday's (November 13) session saw an intraday decline of 8% for the West...

It has been another crazy fortnight in the crude markets, with Brent not only having retreated from $70 per barrel, but trading below $65, a...

It is great to be back in Vancouver, Canada for Christmas. Of course, no trip some 4,700 miles westward goes without the Oilholic taking ...

It's official - OPEC and non-OPEC producers have extended their joint 1.8 million barrels per day of oil production cuts until Decemb...

Its official OPEC ministers' and Russia's quips in favour of extending oil production cuts beyond June appear to have worked. Oil b...