Roughly 85 per cent of worldwide onshore storage full as of last week, according to Kpler data
On April 17, Hin Leong Trading filed an application to the Singapore High Court for a debt moratorium (bankruptcy protection) as it seeks to restructure debts of almost $4 billion
Oil traded at a negative price on a one-month West Texas Intermediate futures contract, but it didn't for successive months' futures contracts
Traders can benefit from price volatility in the months to come
The auto fuels today maintain almost the same price levels at pumps that was existing on March 14, when government raised the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 3 per litre
Fuel demand has tumbled roughly 30% worldwide as the coronavirus pandemic destroyed demand for transport
The March average of Indian Basket price was lowest in the last 15 years at $33.36 a barrel last month
The crash in futures may not benefit India
Over 20 per cent fall comes despite OPEC+ agreeing to reduce production
Oil's chaotic collapse deepened, and stocks around the world dropped on Tuesday as the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic turns markets upside down
All 11 S&P 500 sector indexes fell 1.6 per cent or more, with energy sliding for the seventh time in eight sessions
Conventional wisdom is that when crude oil prices drop, India benefits as it is dependent on imported oil to the tune of about 85 per cent of its total consumption
Investors rushed to safe-haven bet US dollar due to market uncertainty after oil prices slumped into negative territory in US markets
Oil producers are paying buyers to take the commodity off their hands.
The May US WTI contract fell $55.9, or 306 per cent, to settle at a discount of $37.63 a barrel after touching an all-time low of -$40.32 a barrel
The S&P energy index tumbled 3.7 per cent after the front-month May US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract actually turned negative
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Brent crude was up 69 cents, or 2.5%, at $28.38 a barrel by 0102 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 56 cents, or 2.8%, at $20.43
We may see it was the worst year in the history of global markets, said Fatih Birol, head of the IEA