Oil slides more than 5 percent as hopes for output cut fade!
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Brent oil fell more than 5 percent on Tuesday, while U.S. crude slid below $30 per barrel, hit by worries about the demand outlook and rising supply, while hopes for a deal between OPEC and Russia on output cuts faded.
Brent for April delivery LCOc1 was down $1.82 at $32.42 a barrel by 9.39 a.m. ET, after settling down $1.75, or 4.9 percent, in the previous session.
The front-month contract for U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) CLc1 was down $1.63 at $29.99, after falling to a low of $29.92. It fell $2.00, or 5.9 percent, the session before.
Russia’s energy minister and Venezuela’s oil minister discussed the possibility of holding joint consultations between OPEC and non-OPEC countries in the near future, the Russian Energy Ministry said on Monday.
But Goldman Sachs said it was “highly unlikely” the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries would cooperate with Russia to cut output, saying such a move would also be self-defeating as stronger prices would bring previously shelved production back to the market.
“It’s hard to see a successful agreement between OPEC and Russia to cut production and people are starting to see that,” said Andy Sommer, senior energy analyst at Axpo Trading in Dietikon, Switzerland.
He said there was a good chance that oil could fall back below $30 per barrel this month.
Didier Houssin, president of French Institute for Petroleum and New Energies said that a deal would benefit Russia and OPEC’s main competitor, the United States.
