# Oil doubles over past five days on output cuts and stabilizing demand

> Oil prices doubled over five days into early May 2020 and rose above $25 a barrel in New York. Russian output fell 16% in early May, Permian shut-ins were expected near 1 million b/d, and OPEC+ began 9.7 million b/d of cuts on May 1. Analysts still expected demand to take at least a year to return to pre-virus levels.

- Date: 2020-05-06 · published 2020-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8045-oil-doubles-over-past-five-days-on-output-cuts-and-stabilizing-demand
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

Large supply curtailments and a demand floor lift crude costs and reduce the risk of storage shortages, supporting energy-linked feed and biofuel input prices.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 2020-05-04 | 5 | +35.3% | 4.0 | Explains the doubling of oil over five days into early May through OPEC+ 9.7m b/d cuts, Russian and Permian output drops and stabilizing demand. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2020-06-06 | [OPEC, Allies Finalize Deal to Extend Oil-Output Cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52510-opec-allies-finalize-deal-to-extend-oil-output-cuts.md) | -8.3% | +2.6% |
| WTI | 2023-11-30 | [Oil prices swing as OPEC+ agrees on additional output cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33335-oil-prices-swing-as-opec-agrees-on-additional-output-cuts.md) | -11.0% | -7.4% |
| WTI | 2018-07-24 | [France's Avril Raises Biodiesel Output On Higher Oil Prices, Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64125-france-s-avril-raises-biodiesel-output-on-higher-oil-prices-demand.md) | +4.3% | -2.1% |
| WTI | 2016-11-30 | [Oil jumps over 10 percent as OPEC finalizes output cut deal \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8564-oil-jumps-over-10-percent-as-opec-finalizes-output-cut-deal-reuters.md) | +12.5% | +19.3% |
| WTI | 2023-05-01 | [OPEC+ announces surprise oil output cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36320-opec-announces-surprise-oil-output-cuts.md) | -7.1% | -5.6% |
| BRENT | 2020-06-06 | [OPEC, Allies Finalize Deal to Extend Oil-Output Cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52510-opec-allies-finalize-deal-to-extend-oil-output-cuts.md) | -7.2% | +3.3% |
| BRENT | 2023-11-30 | [Oil prices swing as OPEC+ agrees on additional output cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33335-oil-prices-swing-as-opec-agrees-on-additional-output-cuts.md) | -10.5% | -5.2% |
| BRENT | 2018-07-24 | [France's Avril Raises Biodiesel Output On Higher Oil Prices, Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64125-france-s-avril-raises-biodiesel-output-on-higher-oil-prices-demand.md) | +2.4% | -2.2% |

## Sources

- worldoil.com: https://www.worldoil.com/news/2020/5/6/oil-doubles-over-past-five-days-on-output-cuts-and-stabilizing-demand

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