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It also cut its full-year capital expenditure to $1.2 billion from $1.3 billion.
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It also cut its full-year capital expenditure to $1.2 billion from $1.3 billion.

Production in the first half of 2020 was 706,000 boepd, within Ecopetrol’s guidance range.

In the near term, though, traders shrugged off data showing a big fall in crude oil inventories in the U.S., normally enough to spur a rally in prices.

Venezuela also exported 88,065 bpd to Europe and a 85,260 bpd to Cuba, the data showed.

Five analysts estimated, on average, that U.S. inventories of gasoline rose by 600,000 barrels.

OPEC+ is set to step up output in August, adding about 1.5 million bpd to global supply.

The surplus market structure, when prompt prices are weaker than future prices, is also a boon for traders, as they can store crude in the hope to resell it later at a profit.

Prompt Dubai has flipped from backwardation into contango in late July.

The outlook raise is not a surprise given the delay in maintenance, but will likely be an outlier in the current environment, Credit Suisse analysts said.

The lower run rates in the second quarter came as SK Energy shut down its 260,000 bpd No.5 CDU at Ulsan for scheduled maintenance in May and June.

The United Nations has warned that the Safer could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska.

Indian refineries’ crude throughput fell by an annual 13.6% in June compared with a 29% decline in April.

Traders will be watching out for U.S. inventory data due from the American Petroleum Institute industry group later on Tuesday and the government on Wednesday.
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