Oil price likely to hit sixth week high despite supply setbacks

/ Oil & Gas / Friday, 28 January 2022 13:19

Oil prices witnessed their sixth weekly gain, amid concerns of tight supplies as major producers, OPEC+ continues their policy of limited output increases amid rising fuel demand.

Brent crude futures climbed 49 cents, or 0.6%, to $89.83 a barrel after falling 62 cents on Thursday. However, prices did reach $91.04 earlier in that session, the highest since October 2014.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 62 cents, or 0.7%, to $87.23 a barrel, having declined 74 cents. WTI also reached a seven-year high of $88.54 earlier in the session.

Both Brent and WTI are set to rise for a sixth week, the longest weekly streak since October, when Brent prices climbed for seven weeks while WTI gained for nine.

This year, prices have gained about 15% amid geopolitical tensions between Russia, the world's second-largest oil producer and a key natural gas provider to Europe, and the West over Ukraine as well as threats to the United Arab Emirates from Yemen's Houthi movement that have raised concerns about energy supply.

An increase in oil output by producer nations cashing in on expensive crude has depleted the cushion of spare capacity that protects the market from sudden shocks and raised the risk of price spikes or even fuel shortages.

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