Highlights
- Crude oil prices tumbled on Tuesday.
- The US government is trying hard to urgently negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Iran to quickly cool down the boiling oil prices.
- The indirect talks between the US and Iran proceed on Tuesday in Vienna.
Crude oil prices further dropped by 2% on Tuesday as the indirect talks between the US and Iran proceeds on Tuesday in Vienna. The deal is expected to revive an international nuclear agreement and could return more than 1mbpd of Iranian oil to the market. The inflow will boost the global supply by 1%.
The prices of crude oil rallied for the seventh consecutive week in the last week due to ongoing supply disruptions promoted by freezing weather conditions in the US.
April delivery Brent Crude oil futures last traded at US$91.01 per barrel down 0.24%, whereas March delivery WTI crude oil futures traded 0.19% up at US$89.53 per barrel as of 9 February 2022 at 12:57 PM AEDT.
Iran deal – the United States’ trump card
It looks like the US government is trying hard to urgently negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Iran to quickly cool down the boiling oil prices.
Eight rounds of talks between the US and Iran since April have not yet finalised the agreement on resumption of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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The oil prices further weighted after French President Emmanuel Macron’s met with Vladimir Putin, Russian President to prevent the worsening of the Ukraine crisis.
Bottom Line
Crude oil prices settled lower on Tuesday as the indirect talks between the US and Iran proceeds on Tuesday in Vienna. The US government is trying to urgently negotiate the Iran deal to cool the rising oil prices.