Oil price pullback4 May 2023 07:21
The price of Brent oil futures on ICE fell below $75 for the first time since March, falling to $74/barrel.
Oil prices dropped more than $1. Brent oil price fell below $75 for the first time since March to $74.
The price of Brent oil, which rose to the level of $87/barrel in mid-April due to the OPEC+ members' decision to voluntarily cut production by more than 1 million barrels, turned down due to concerns about the US economy, continued fragility in the banking sector and continued weakness in the manufacturing sector in China. . In an environment where the concerns that the global economic growth will slow down, Morgan Stanley 's forecast that there will be an excess supply of 500 thousand barrels / day in the global oil market in 2024 and that the Brent price forecast for the end of the year to $ 75 accelerated the decline in Brent oil today.
The barrel price of Brent oil, which is a type of crude oil extracted from the North Sea and whose barrel is accepted as the international standard, fell by more than 1 dollar to 74 dollars, while the barrel price of West Texas oil decreased by more than 1 dollar to 70.37 dollars.
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