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17.12.2020

Nov 12, 2018 Contango shows that markets are concerned about oversupply as Iranian crude oil will not see sharp drop in near term. Feb 11, 2020 Oil prices climbed on Wednesday as China reported its lowest daily number of new Brent crude was up $1.48, or 2.7%, at $55.47 per barrel. Demand worries flipped the oil market into a contango last week, a market  Feb 11, 2020 Brent crude has moved into a full “contango” structure in which each monthly contract is cheaper than the next, suggesting a glut in supply. Global  Feb 11, 2020 The oil market came under further pressure yesterday, with ICE Brent In last month's report the EIA forecast that US crude oil production  A Farewell Contango? The storage of crude oil and petroleum products at sea has been an important factor in the tanker market throughout 2009. It can  6 days ago Traders openly betting on contango as Saudi Arabia attempts to flood the market with oil leading to an unusually high demand for large crude  Aug 29, 2019 Financial data indicates that the global oil market has tightened notably in the past few weeks. Hong Kong, Crude Oil, Oil Refinery, Harbor, Gasoline. Getty Backwardation indicates a tight market, contango the reverse.).

Contango indicates that the markets are concerned about oversupply at the moment. The recent fall in oil prices was triggered because the US granted waivers to eight countries to continue importing crude oil from Iran (including India and China, top buyers of Iranian crude oil) for 180 days.

In recent weeks Brent crude oil, the global oil benchmark, has shifted into backwardation – a state when spot prices are higher than prices for futures contracts,  Feb 4, 2020 For U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude the contango between March and July prices was $0.60 a barrel. The structure of the market has  Nov 27, 2019 A contango market is one where futures contracts trade at a premium to the spot price. For example, if the price of a WTI crude oil contract today  Feb 5, 2020 Contango is a structure which shows longer-dated oil futures trading higher than the prompt price, incentivizing traders to store crude in 

Feb 5, 2016 The EIA estimates that contango trade will be unviable until contango conditions reach $10–$12 per barrel. Citigroup suggests that if oil prices 

Feb 11, 2020 The oil market came under further pressure yesterday, with ICE Brent In last month's report the EIA forecast that US crude oil production  A Farewell Contango? The storage of crude oil and petroleum products at sea has been an important factor in the tanker market throughout 2009. It can  6 days ago Traders openly betting on contango as Saudi Arabia attempts to flood the market with oil leading to an unusually high demand for large crude  Aug 29, 2019 Financial data indicates that the global oil market has tightened notably in the past few weeks. Hong Kong, Crude Oil, Oil Refinery, Harbor, Gasoline. Getty Backwardation indicates a tight market, contango the reverse.). Apr 17, 2018 When the oil futures curve is in backwardation, the price of oil in the to indicate a tighter oil market or undersupply of crude, while contango  mination of futures prices in the market for crude oil is the theory of storage, security for the right to delay delivery; and “contango” referred to a fee paid by the  

Feb 11, 2020 Oil prices climbed on Wednesday as China reported its lowest daily number of new Brent crude was up $1.48, or 2.7%, at $55.47 per barrel. Demand worries flipped the oil market into a contango last week, a market 

in the event of a crude oil futures market where near month contracts trade at a lower price than next month contracts, a situation described as ‘‘contango’’ in the futures market, then absent the impact of the overall movement in crude oil prices the value of the benchmark contract would tend to decline as it approaches expiration.

May 14, 2015 Remember back in March, when oil prices plunged below $44 per barrel? At that time there was a slew of stories about a crude oil glut, 

Jan 26, 2017 Crude oil is now into a 25 month stretch of contango with 11 months all commodity boats, when there is a switch in oil to backwardation from