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2021-08-21 Economy

[EN.ALGHADEERTV.NET] Oil prices rose, during trading today, Friday, moving away from its lowest level in 3 months, but it is still on its way to incur a weekly loss of more than 5%.Brent crude futures rose 0.4%, to $66.69 a barrel, after falling 2.6% yesterday, Thursday, to the lowest closing level since May 2021.

And US West Texas Intermediate crude futures for September 2021 delivery rose 0.6 percent, to $64.07 a barrel, after falling 2.7 percent yesterday. The October 2021 contract, the most active, rose 26 cents to $63.76 a barrel.

New lockdowns in countries facing increasing cases of the mutated delta strain of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)

coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)

...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
have dampened the outlook for fuel demand.

And China imposed new restrictions in light of its policy of the Corona virus, which requires not to allow any cases of infection, which affected global shipping and supply chains, in the meantime, the outbreak of the "Delta" strain in Australia and New Zealand led to the imposition of strict public isolation measures.

Posted by Fred 2021-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Usually when oil is under $70 a barrel, gas is around $2.50 a gallon. What is keeping the price up $0.50 higher than commonly usual?

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-21 05:45|| 2021-08-21 05:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Massive inflation is being factored in to every capital expenditure forecast and investment strategy by OPEC et Al would be my guess. Oh, and the Hunter Biden art program with 10% for the Big Guy?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-08-21 12:48|| 2021-08-21 12:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Local gas stations out of fuel. The times they are a changing. Yesterday premium now today other grades.

Posted by Dale 2021-08-21 13:34|| 2021-08-21 13:34|| Front Page Top

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