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NEW YORK: Oil prices were flat to a little higher on Thursday as a stronger US dollar offset supply concerns after the European Union laid out plans for new sanctions against Russia including an embargo on crude in six months.

In addition, traders noted OPEC+ again rebuffed consumer calls for a faster pace of output rises.

Brent futures rose 74 cents, or 0.7%, to $110.88 a barrel by 11:22 a.m. EDT (1522 GMT), while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 31 cents, or 0.3%, to $108.12.

The US dollar rebounded on Thursday but held below 20-year highs reached last week, a day after the Federal Reserve affirmed that it would take aggressive steps to combat inflation but played down the prospect of even larger rate hikes.

A strong dollar makes oil more expensive for holders of other currencies.

The EU sanctions proposal, which needs unanimous backing from the 27 countries in the bloc, includes phasing out imports of Russian refined products by the end of 2022 and a ban on all shipping and insurance services for transporting Russian oil.

Oil jumps 4% as EU proposes ban on Russian oil

“The oil market has not fully priced in the potential of an EU oil embargo, so higher crude prices are to be expected in the summer months if it’s voted into law,” Rystad Energy head of oil markets research Bjornar Tonhaugen said.

French environment and energy minister Barbara Pompili expressed confidence that EU member states would reach a consensus on sanctions by the end of this week.

“The planned EU oil embargo represents a massive logistical challenge for oil markets,” Investec’s head of commodities, Callum Macpherson said. “Rerouting Russian output from Europe to willing buyers in Asia, in the presence of sanctions, is already so challenging that even Russia has admitted its production will decline significantly.”

Japan said it would face difficulties in immediately cutting off Russian oil imports over the invasion of Ukraine.

OPEC+, which comprises the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and their allies, agreed to another modest monthly oil output increase, arguing that the producer group could not be blamed for disruptions to Russian supply.

Ignoring calls from Western nations for accelerating output hikes, the group agreed to raise June production by 432,000 barrels per day, in line with an existing plan to unwind curbs made in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hammered demand.

Surging oil prices have lessened the pressure on energy-reliant Iran to revive a 2015 nuclear pact with world powers, which would ease sanctions and add more crude to world markets, three officials familiar with Tehran’s thinking said.

The US State Department said it was preparing both for a scenario in which a nuclear deal was reached and for one in which no agreement is achieved.

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samir sardana May 06, 2022 04:30am
As I said on https://www.brecorder.com/news/40170755/toronto-index-falls-as-commodity-linked-stocks-weigh on the 3rd of May,2022 "US Fed rate hike will have no impact on Oil which will keep rising & will rise on the DAY OF THE HIKE & THEREAFTER ALSO !" THIS IS DAY 2 OF THE US RATE HIKE ! AND THE OIL PRICE IS UP AGAIN ! DOW WAS DOWN 1300 ! ALL OIL STOCKS BARRING 1 ARE UP 2-3% ! WHEN OIL STOCKS ARE UP 3%, AND DOW IS DOWN 1300 POINTS - IT IS A SIGNAL OF THE OIL PRICE TREND - WHICH IS UP ! dindooohindoo
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