Extremely bullish news sentiment supports oil price rise: FiND

Posted on January 25, 2018 Updated on January 26, 2018

Crude oil price has demonstrated a strong rally over the past 5-months. On Thursday, crude oil WTI futures jumped above USD 66 per barrel for the first time in more than three years. The rally in crude oil prices was supported by OPEC’s extension of production cut, strong demand and continuous drop in the US stockpiles of crude oil.

FiND, an alternative data platform developed by Heckyl showed the demand for crude oil has been outstripping supply consistently since February last year (Image 1).

[Image 1: Crude Oil Supply-Demand Balance]

At the same time, the US crude oil inventories have been witnessing downtrend for the past 10-months (Image 2).

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