MELBOURNE :Amanani kawoyela anyukile ngoLwesihlanu, okunweba izinzuzo ngemuva kokuthi i-OPEC+ ithe izobuyekeza izengezo zempahla ngaphambi komhlangano wayo olandelayo ohleliwe uma okuhlukile kwe-Omicron kufunwa, kodwa amanani asekhona isonto lesithupha lokwehla.
Ikusasa elingahluziwe lase-US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) likhuphuke ngo-US$1.19, noma amaphesenti angu-1.8, laya ku-US$67.69 umgqomo ngo-0453 GMT, okungezele enzuzweni eyi-1.4per cent ngoLwesine.
Ikusasa le-Brent crude lenyuke amasenti angu-US$1.19, noma amaphesenti angu-1.7, laya kuma-US$70.86 umgqomo, ngemva kokukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angu-1.2 kuseshini edlule.
I-Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, iRussia kanye nabalingani, ndawonye ebizwa nge-OPEC +, imangaze imakethe ngoLwesine ngenkathi ibambelela ezinhlelweni zokwengeza imiphongolo engama-400,000 ngosuku (bpd) ngoJanuwari.
Kodwa-ke abakhiqizi bashiye umnyango uvulekele ekushintsheni inqubomgomo ngokushesha uma isidingo sitholwa yizinyathelo zokuqukatha ukusabalala kwe-Omicron coronavirus ehlukile.Bathe bangaphinde bahlangane ngaphambi komhlangano wabo olandelayo owawuhlelelwe ngoJan. 4, uma kudingeka.
Lokho kukhuphule amanani lapho “abahwebi bemanqikanqika ukubheja eqenjini bagcina bemise ukukhuphuka kokukhiqizwa kwalo,” kusho abahlaziyi bocwaningo be-ANZ ephuzwini.
Umhlaziyi weWood Mackenzie, u-Ann-Louise Hittle, uthe kunengqondo ukuthi i-OPEC+ ibambelele kunqubomgomo yabo okwamanje, njengoba bekungakacaci ukuthi i-Omicron ibukeka imnene noma iqine kangakanani uma iqhathaniswa nezinhlobonhlobo zangaphambilini.
"Amalungu eqembu ahlala exhumana futhi asiqaphe ngeso lokhozi isimo semakethe," kusho uHittle ephawula nge-imeyili.
"Ngenxa yalokho, bangasabela ngokushesha lapho siqala ukuthola umqondo ongcono wesilinganiso somthelela okuhlukile kwe-Omicron ye-COVID-19 okungaba nawo emnothweni wezwe kanye nesidingo."
Imakethe ibilokhu inyakaziswa isonto lonke ngokuvela kwe-Omicron nokuqagela ukuthi ingavusa ukuvalwa okusha, ukufunwa kukaphethiloli we-dent kanye nokukhuthaza i-OPEC+ ukumisa ukwanda komkhiqizo wayo.
Isonto lonke, i-Brent ibilungele ukuphela phansi cishe ngamaphesenti angama-2.6, kuyilapho i-WTI isendleleni yokwehla okungaphansi kwephesenti elilodwa, zombili zehla ngeviki lesithupha elilandelanayo.
Abahlaziyi be-JPMorgan bathe ukuwa kwemakethe kusho ukufunwa “okudlulele”, kuyilapho idatha yokuhamba emhlabeni wonke, ngaphandle kwe-China, ibonise ukuthi ukuhamba kuyaqhubeka nokululama, okulinganiselwa kumaphesenti angama-93 wamazinga ka-2019 ngesonto eledlule.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-03-2021