Extreme oil bears bet on $25, $20 and even $15 a barrel in 2016

20:07, 23 December 2015

Economy

192 0

Oil speculators are buying options contracts that will only pay out if crude drops to as low as $15 a barrel next year, the latest sign some investors expect an even deeper slump in energy prices, Bloomberg reported.

Please Subscribe For Full Access

If you see a spelling error on our site, select it and press Ctrl+Enter

Latest news

23:30 Poroshenko congratulates Patriarch Filaret on 23rd anniversary of enthronement
22:20 Ukrainian seasonal workers in Estonia struggling to get paid - media
21:00 Enemy fire in Donbas wounds 3 Ukrainian soldiers on Sunday
19:40 Ukraine Army getting new powerful MLRS (Photo)
18:20 Analysis Week's balance: gas price hike, IMF agreement, and budget battles
17:20 Anti-sabotage drills: Ukrainian spec-op troops penetrated country's biggest ammo depots - journalist
16:20 Russian firms test non-dollar deals to sidestep U.S. sanctions
15:20 Ammo depot fire aftermath: 96% of affected area cleared, explosions stop
14:20 Provocative billboards spotted in Zakarpattia amid row with Hungary
13:20 Autocephaly of Ukrainian Orthodox Church crosses out Kremlin’s neo-imperial project — Archbishop
12:20 Trump vows to pull out of nuke treaty with Russia
11:20 Opinion Who owns the church?
10:20 Donbas update: Militants open fire toward Mayorsky crossing checkpoint
20 October, Saturday
23:45 Russian Orthodox Church recognizes Patriarch Bartholomew as schismatic – Russian media
22:55 Number of foreign ships' calls to ports of Russian-occupied Crimea declining – Ukraine's ministry
21:45 JFO: Ukraine reports 1 WIA in Donbas on Oct 20
20:45 Ex-U.S. Ambassador Herbst: West should strengthen sanctions against Russia to stop its aggression
18:30 NBU cuts official forex rate to UAH 28.18 to dollar for Oct 22
16:55 Budapest to double aid to Hungarian minority in Ukraine's Zakarpattia region
14:15 Police reform most significant in transformation of law enforcement agencies in Ukraine: Madison
13:05 U.S. Secretary of State supports Ukraine in efforts to create autocephalous church
12:20 "Explosives were planted": Witnesses spotted suspicious men near Ichnya ammo depot
11:20 Day in Donbas: Militants shell Ukraine forces from mortars, grenade launchers
10:20 Saudi Arabia admits Jamal Khashoggi killed in Istanbul consulate
19 October, Friday
22:50 Chief military prosecutor names four versions of Su-27 crash in Ukraine
22:00 PP imports to Ukraine increase by 9% in January-September year on year
21:20 Enemy forces mortar Avdiyivka suburbs, leaving one soldier injured
20:40 Ukraine, IMF reach staff level agreement on new Stand-By Arrangement
20:00 PM Groysman: 90% of Naftogaz profits to be returned to state budget
19:20 Two dead in fireworks factory blast near Russia's St Petersburg (Photo, video)
18:40 Gas price for households in Ukraine to increase by almost a quarter
18:00 Opinion Scared off by surprises: why IMF is not deciding on another tranche for Ukraine
16:51 Revenue from small-scale privatization campaign in Ukraine estimated at US$10.2 mln
16:27 Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ceases communion with Constantinople
16:05 Hryvnia weakens to UAH 28.20 to dollar on interbank market
15:49 Bloomberg: Putin, less isolated and emboldened, vows to wait out the West
15:13 Ukraine starts selling Chinese electric cars (Photo)
14:46 NYT: Serious rift in church could have big consequences in Ukraine, Russia and Greece
14:24 SWISS airline doubles Kyiv-Zurich flights
13:58 Facebook looking for manager responsible for public policy in Ukraine
13:35 Naftogaz Trading starts selling gas
13:07 Crimea's Kerch bids farewell to shooting-spree victims
12:40 Heating, hot water tariffs increased in two Kyiv's districts
12:12 Oil up but set for weekly loss on stock build, trade row – media
11:43 Kyiv Patriarchate says Ukrainian Orthodox lavras should belong to Ukrainian church
11:11 Russia mulling to use religious factor to destabilize situation in Ukraine – analyst
10:48 Bill on bankruptcy procedure passed by Ukraine's Rada solves currency mortgage issue – NBU
10:16 Chiygoz: Balukh already convoyed to Kerch colony
09:49 U.S. allows airlines to resume flights to Ukraine airports, Black Sea routes – Reuters
09:20 Donbas update: Ukraine reports 16 enemy attacks in past 24 hours
08:55 NBU cuts official forex rate to UAH 28.03 to dollar for Oct 19
18 October, Thursday
23:50 Poland’s role in Ukraine's Energy Bridge concept, regional energy security – Atlantic Council
23:30 Russia determined to "continue Donbas war": Volker
22:50 Hungary escalating tensions with Ukraine, playing along with Russia – media
22:10 Volker announces talks with Ukraine on sale of U.S. weapons
21:30 EUvsDisinfo: Kremlin refocuses propaganda campaign on No.1 target, Ukraine
20:50 “We will go to heaven, and they will just die”: Putin vows inevitable nuclear retaliation to "aggressors"
20:10 Agricultural output in Ukraine increased by 5% since year-start
19:30 U.S. eyes giving Ukraine Oliver Hazard Perry frigates to boost defenses in Black, Azov Seas
18:40 Opinion Kerch tragedy: Disappointment for Russian propaganda
18:00 Putin names what he thinks caused Kerch massacre
16:51 Ukraine's parliament passes in first reading draft national budget for 2019
16:20 LPG prices in Ukraine reach another maximum
15:57 Ukrainian farmers thresh over 50 mln tonnes of grain as of Oct 18
15:26 All victims of Crimea shooting rampage identified – media
15:09 Hryvnia again sets below UAH 28 to dollar on interbank market
14:42 Ukraine's parliament passes bill on criminal liability for illegal crossing of state border
14:18 CNN: New satellite images suggest military buildup in Russia's strategic Baltic enclave
13:57 Trending On the initiative of Lozhkin a street was named in Kharkiv in honor of the Righteous Among the Nations
13:45 Crimea college attack: Death toll grows to 21 people
13:10 Ukraine's Rada adopts bill on bankruptcy procedure
12:44 U.S. may join probe into Su-27 crash in Vinnytsia region
12:13 Ukraine's parliament hands over Kyiv-based St. Andrew's Church to Ecumenical Patriarch
11:46 Ukraine cuts sugar exports by 27% in 2017/2018 MY
11:17 Ukraine exports over 11 mln tonnes of grain since July 1

All news

Expand

By continuing to browse www.unian.info, you acknowledge that you have read this website's Terms of Use and agree to the Privacy Policy

Extreme oil bears bet on $25, $20 and even $15 a barrel in 2016

Oil speculators are buying options contracts that will only pay out if crude drops to as low as $15 a barrel next year, the latest sign some investors expect an even deeper slump in energy prices, Bloomberg reported.

Please Subscribe For Full Access

UNIAN Web subscription