Phil Flynn

About the Author

Senior energy analyst at The PRICE Futures Group and a Fox Business Network contributor. He is one of the world's leading market analysts, providing individual investors, professional traders, and institutions with up-to-the-minute investment and risk management insight into global petroleum, gasoline, and energy markets. His precise and timely forecasts have come to be in great demand by industry and media worldwide and his impressive career goes back almost three decades, gaining attention with his market calls and energetic personality as writer of The Energy Report. You can contact Phil by phone at (888) 264-5665 or by email at pflynn@pricegroup.com. Learn even more on our website at www.pricegroup.com.

 

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Crude: It’s not all its fracked up to be

By Phil Flynn | August 8, 2018

While the market starts to come to grips with the new sanctions on Iran and a larger than expected crude draw, as reported by the American Petroleum Institute (API), what should concern them is that U.S. crude oil production is not quite what it was fracked up to be.

Crude: Trade at your own risk

By Phil Flynn | August 7, 2018

Crude oil prices are on the rise as President Donald Trump warns the world that anyone trading with Iran will not be trading with the United States. That pronouncement is directed at the European Union, which issued a statement Monday in Brussels saying, "We deeply regret the re-imposition of sanctions by the U.S., due to the latter's withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Snapback after a whack

By Phil Flynn | August 3, 2018

Snapback after a whack, give a dog a bone, this old man comes rolling home. It looked doomy and gloomy in crude oil for a while as trade war fears and reports of increases in OPEC and Russian oil production weighed on market psyche. Yet, after a report about another drop in supply in the Cushing, Okla., delivery point, and talk that U.S. oil production is not what it was reported to be, the mood quickly shifted.

Tariffs up, oil down

By Phil Flynn | August 2, 2018

The U.S. petroleum markets were just trying to adjust to a surprise increase in U.S. crude supply, when The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump Administration is considering more than doubling proposed tariffs on a further $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25%, up from an original 10% tariff that was put in place before.

Trade war hardball

By Phil Flynn | August 1, 2018

Crude oil prices are back under pressure as there are reports that the United States is looking to more than double tariffs on China, as well as a shockingly bearish weekly inventory report from the American Petroleum Institute (API). Out of nowhere, the API reported a 5.590 million barrel build, confounding experts and expectations as well as a big 2.890-million-barrel increase in distillate supply. Gasoline did fall by 791,00 barrels but with trade war fears keeping us on edge, today's Energy Information Administration (EIA) supply report will be more important than today's Fed announcement.

Crude: Any time, any place

By Phil Flynn | July 31, 2018

Crude prices, which were on the rise on concerns of tightening supply and growing desperations that the loss of Iranian oil supplies would not be easily replaced, may have found a ray of hope. Present Donald Trump said in a press conference at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte that he would be willing to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani any time "whenever they want” and without preconditions, raising hopes that perhaps an Iranian crude oil embargo might be avoided.

Crude oil: Rock and range

By Phil Flynn | July 30, 2018

Crude oil prices are stuck between a rock and a range with seasonal weakness, as well as the promise of more oil production, which is alleviating fears of a tightening global marketplace. On Friday, the market was looking for a reason to rally or break. It got the reason to break on a report by The Wall Street Journal that Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak, who said he “did not rule out… an increase in oil production in excess of 1 million barrels a day may be discussed.”

Big day for big oil

By Phil Flynn | July 27, 2018

Big oil is back, and we have earnings today but so is big LNG. OK, maybe the market for Liquefied Natural gas isn’t big yet but it is going to be. President Donald Trump boasted that “Europe will be a massive buyer of U.S. LNG as they will be able to diversify their energy supply.” Some dismissed the comments as not likely, but those who did are thinking small or not looking at the big picture. In coming generations, the United States will be the LNG supplier to the world.

Crude: Imagine there are no tariffs

By Phil Flynn | July 26, 2018

Imagine there are no tariffs. It’s easy if you try. No price floor below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people trading free in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one. I hope one day the WTO will join us and the world will trade as one.

Trade war and farm aid, farm aid, farm aid

By Phil Flynn | July 25, 2018

Farmers looking ahead to harvest should get hedged even though President Trump will use a Great Depression-era program to pay up to $12 billion to help U.S. farmers through the trade war talks. Maybe Willie Nelson should come play at the Trade talks with President Trump and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. Any sign that Trump and Juncker can lay the groundwork for a trade deal could set oil, distillate, grains and metals on a tear.

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