IEA Head Birol: Further strategic petroleum release, not off the table.

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The EIA head Birol is no the wire saying that:

  • Further Strategic Petroleum Reserve release not off the table.
  • Stands by the IEA’s report that said no new investlments in oil and gas fields area needed if the world wants to achieve net zero report emissions by 2050
  • Russian oil production has not fallen as much as previously expected, managed to find new markets Europe

In other weekend news on oil, Elon Musk said:

  • Realistically, I think we need to use oil and gas in the short term, because otherwise civilization will crumble.

The price of crude oil is testing its 200 day MA at $96.01. The high just reached $96.16, but is back at $95.85 as I type in volatile trading.

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