Oil Slips After Entering Bull Market

Oil prices slipped after entering a bull market amid geopolitical worries in Iraq’s Kurdistan, while Trafigura Group and Citigroup Inc. added to warnings of a looming supply squeeze.Crude in New York fell 0.4 percent as traders cashed in after yesterday’s 3.1 percent surge. The oil market is nearing the end of the “lower for longer” era with a shortage likely in 2019, trading house Trafigura said Tuesday. Turkey can “close the valves” on oil shipments from Kurdistan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after the Iraqi region held a vote on independence. Oil has gained more than 10 percent this month on forecasts for rising crude demand and as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries maintain production cuts to drain a global glut. The market rebalancing has helped flip the futures curve into backwardation, a structure where immediate deliveries of oil are more expensive than longer-dated ones, signaling strong demand. Brent prices jumped to a two-year high on Monday before retreating Tuesday.

Source: Oil Slips After Entering Bull Market on Kurdish Export Threats – Bloomberg

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