Canada Oil Recovery Faces Threat From Potential Rail Strike

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Canada Oil Recovery Faces Threat From Potential Rail Strike — On Tuesday, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers each gave Canadian Pacific a 72-hour strike notice informing the company of their plans to strike at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on April 21.

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OPEC Russia Talks Set to Keep Oil Cuts Even as Glut Vanishes

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – OPEC Russia Talks Set to Keep Oil Cuts Even as Glut Vanishes –  Almost 16 months of output curbs by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners have seen crude rally to a three-year high near $70 a barrel. That’s replenishing their coffers after the worst oil slump in a generation, encouraging the producers to extend their intervention even as Venezuela’s petro-economy implodes and Donald Trump threatens Iran with sanctions.

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Crude Oil Investors Rally Behind the Rally With Record Bets on Rise

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Their bets that Brent crude futures will climb reached a new high as growing tensions across the Middle East are putting almost half of the world’s supply at risk. The escalation of strife in the region sent the key crude benchmark to its highest in more than three years, while volatility surged.                                         

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Crude Oil Rises Most in 2 Weeks as Concerns Over Trade War Ease

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Crude Oil Rises Most in 2 Weeks as Concerns Over Trade War Ease — Futures jumped as much as 2.5 percent in New York as equities rose and the dollar dipped, boosting oil’s appeal. While President Donald Trump predicted China will be first to buckle in the tug of war, his top economic adviser said the countries are holding “back-channel discussions” to resolve the dispute.                                                  

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Crude Oil Pares Rally Amid Signals of Expanding American Crude Surplus

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Crude Oil Pares Rally Amid Signals of Expanding American Crude Surplus — Futures closed 0.3 percent higher in New York on Thursday, wiping away most of the gains made during the session. Data provider Genscape Inc. was said to report inventories at the key pipeline hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, expanded, taking the wind out of a rally earlier driven by an unexpected Arab Light crude price increase by Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter.

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Bahrain’s Biggest Crude Oil Find Since 1932 Dwarfs Reserves

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Bahrain’s Biggest Crude Oil Find Since 1932 Dwarfs Reserves — The shale oil and natural gas discovered in a deposit off the island state’s west coast “is understood to dwarf Bahrain’s current reserves,” Bahrain News Agency reported, without giving figures. The country currently pumps about 45,000 barrels of crude oil a day from its Bahrain Field, and it shares income from a deposit with Saudi Arabia that produces about 300,000 barrels a day, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.                                           

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