Nach Russlands Weigerung, die bislang geltende Förderbegrenzung ab April fortzusetzen, wollen die Saudis nun selber den Öl-Markt rücksichtslos fluten.
Seit gestern bieten die Saudis Öl zum Preis von "10 Dollar unter Brent" an, während Russland bislang nur "2 Dollar unter Brent" angeboten hatte. Das ist also eine Rache an Russland für obige Weigerung. Besonders scharf ist dieses Schwert allerdings nicht, denn die Saudis und die Russen haben ähnlich niedrige Breakeven-Preise: In Russland sollen sie bei 20 $/Fass liegen, bei den Saudis in ähnlicher Größenordnung. USA hingegen braucht 40 $/Fass. Der Preiskrieg schadet somit vor allem den Amis.
Die Aramco-Aktie der Saudis (IPO war im Dezember) sackte im Kurs bislang ähnlich brutal ab wie andere Ölaktien (inklusive Marktriesen wie Exxon und Shell). "Praktisch" für die Saudis ist, dass das Geld aus dem IPO bereits im Dezember vereinnahmt haben, als Öl noch relativ hoch stand. Die jetzige drastische Preissenkung kostet daher nun auch die Aramco-Aktionäre anteilig reichlich Geld (darunter dürften viele Amis sein). Im Sink-Chart unten ist die jüngste Preissenkung noch gar nicht enthalten.
www.zerohedge.com/commodities/...g-market-slashing-oil-prices
Following Friday's shocking collapse of OPEC+, when Russia and Riyadh were unable to reach an agreement during the OPEC+ summit in Vienna which was seeking up to 1.5 million b/d in further oil production cuts, on Saturday Saudi Arabia kick started what Bloomberg called an all-out oil war, slashing official pricing for its crude and making the deepest cuts in at least 20 years on its main grades, in an effort to push as many barrels into the market as possible.
...In the first major marketing decision since the meeting, the Saudi state producer Aramco, which successfully IPOed just before the price of oil cratered.
launched unprecedented discounts and cut its April pricing for crude sales to Asia by $4-$6 a barrel and to the U.S. by a whopping $7 a barrel in attempts to steal market share from 3rd party sources, according to a copy of the announcement seen by Bloomberg. In the most significant move, Aramco widened the discount for its flagship Arab Light crude to refiners in north-west Europe by a hefty $8 a barrel, offering it at $10.25 a barrel under the Brent benchmark. In contrast, Urals, the Russian flagship crude blend, trades at a discount of about $2 a barrel under Brent. Traders said the Saudi move was a direct attack at the ability of Russian companies to sell crude in Europe.
...In addition to slashing prices, Saudi Arabia has privately told some market participants it could raise production much higher if needed, even going to a record of 12 million barrels a day, according to Bloomberg sources.
But before hitting a stunning 12mmb/d, Saudi production will first rise above 10 million barrels a day in April, from about 9.7 millions a day this month: "That’s the oil market equivalent of a declaration of war," an unnamed commodities hedge fund manager said.
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