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Oil rises to 3-week highs as OPEC+ agrees to deep cuts, U.S. stockpiles fall

October 5, 202211:04 AM Reuters0 Comments

NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Wednesday to three-week highs, as OPEC+ agreed to its deepest cuts to production since the 2020 COVID pandemic, despite a tight market and opposition to cuts from the United States and others.

Prices also rose on U.S. government data that showed crude and fuel inventories fell last week.

Brent crude rose $2.01, or 2.2%, to $93.81 a barrel by 11:40 a.m. EDT (1540 GMT). Brent reached a session high of $93.96 per barrel, its highest since Sept. 15.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $1.78, or 2.1%, to $88.30 a barrel. It reached $88.42 per barrel during the session, the highest since Sept. 15.

Both Brent and WTI rose sharply in the last two days.

The 2 million-barrel-per-day (bpd) cut from OPEC+ could spur a recovery in oil prices that have dropped to about $90 from $120 three months ago on fears of a global economic recession, rising U.S. interest rates and a stronger dollar.

Oil had been rising this week in anticipation of the cuts, said Fiona Cincotta, senior financial markets analyst at City Index.

“The real impact of a large cut would be smaller, given that some of the members are failing to reach their output quotas,” Cincotta added.

In August, OPEC+ missed its production target by 3.58 million bpd as several countries were already pumping well below their existing quotas.

“We believe new output targets will mostly be shouldered by core Middle East countries, led by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait,” said Rystad Energy’s analyst Jorge Leon.

The United States was pressing OPEC+ producers to avoid making deep cuts, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as President Joe Biden looks to prevent a rise in U.S. gasoline prices ahead of midterm congressional elections on Nov. 8. read more

Biden has been grappling with higher gasoline prices all year, which have eased after a spike, something his administration has touted as a major accomplishment.

In U.S. supply, crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said. Crude inventories (USOILC=ECI) posted a surprise draw of 1.4 million barrels to 429.2 million barrels.

U.S. gasoline stocks (USOILG=ECI) fell more-than-expected by 4.7 million barrels, while distillate stockpiles (USOILD=ECI), which include diesel and heating oil, also posted a larger-than-expected draw, falling by 3.4 million barrels.

“It was definitely a bullish report this week with the across the board inventory declines, sizable ones in gasoline and distillates,” said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York.

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