Oil Prices steady above $88 a barrel amid business activity drop

Oil prices steadied above $88 a barrel on Wednesday after rallying in the previous session on a surprise fall in U.S. crude stocks and a drop in business activity in the world’s largest oil consumer.

Brent crude futures fell 24 cents, or 0.27%, to $88.18 a barrel by 1024 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost 33 cents, or 0.4%, to $83.03 a barrel.

That reversed some of Brent’s roughly 1.6% gain from the previous session, when the market was also buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar and as investors dialled down concerns over conflict in the Middle East.

Challenger Energy Group plc (LON:CEG) is a Caribbean and Atlantic margin focused oil and gas company, with a range of petroleum assets located onshore in Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname, and offshore in the waters of The Bahamas and Uruguay.

Click to view all articles for the EPIC:
Or click to view the full company profile:
Facebook
X
LinkedIn
Challenger Energy

More articles like this

Challenger Energy

Oil markets stable amid geopolitical and OPEC+ discussions

Oil prices maintained a steady trajectory on Wednesday as global markets responded to a newly brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and looked ahead to an important OPEC+ meeting scheduled for Sunday. By mid-morning, Brent crude

Challenger Energy

Oil prices rise as OPEC+ delays production rollback

Crude oil prices began the week on an upward trend, with an increase of over $1 per barrel. This rise followed news that OPEC+ had decided to postpone its planned partial rollback of production cuts. Originally,

Challenger Energy

Challenger Energy appoints Stifel as Joint Broker

Challenger Energy Group plc (LON:CEG), the Atlantic-margin focused energy company, with production, appraisal, development and exploration assets across the region, has announced that it has appointed Stifel Nicholaus Europe Limited as the Company’s Joint Broker, with immediate effect. Challenger Energy is

Challenger Energy

Approval granted for Chevron and Challenger offshore agreement

Challenger Energy’s farmout agreement with Chevron for the offshore exploration license AREA OFF-1 has received approval from Uruguay’s regulator, ANCAP. The agreement, which was initially announced in March, marks a significant step for both companies in