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MARKETS - Libya, Brazil oil strike send Brent back above $50
3 hours ago
Oil prices jumped in afternoon trading on Tuesday after news of a series of supply disruptions in Brazil and Libya.
Brazil's largest workers union has been on strike since Sunday in protest of asset sales by oil company Petrobras and a dispute over salaries and rights for domestic staff.
"Petrobras has claimed there will be no impact on oil production or refining, but increasing evidence suggests this is not the case," said analysts at Energy Aspects, a London based consultancy.
Union Sindipetro Norte Fluminense said on its website [http://www.sindipe...%ADtimas-na-greve] 43 platforms in the Campos Basin (which produces about 1.7 mb/d) have been impacted by the strikes.
At the same time Libya has declared force majeure on crude oil loadings from the Zueitina Port, amid an escalating conflict between the divided country's two rival administrations, which has put exports at risk.
Force majeure is a legal status protecting a party from liability if it can't fulfill a contract for reasons beyond its control. The clause allows it to suspend deliveries.
The eastern port that can ship around 100,000 barrels a day had resumed loadings in October following a five-month halt caused by protests.
Libyan production is currently at approximately 440,000 b/d and the suspension of Zueitina loadings has reduced exports to 260,000m b/d from 360,000m b/d, analysts said.
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