Founder & CEO. Oil markets macro-analysis., Vanda Insights

Vandana Hari

Founder of Vanda Insights, a Singapore-based provider of analysis and briefings on the oil markets. Former Asia Editorial Director at S&P Global Platts, the topmost price reporting agency on global energy commodities markets. 25 years of experience reporting, researching and analysing energy markets. Focus on connecting the dots between supply-demand fundamentals, geopolitics, economics, financial markets and demographics to present the big-picture view on oil, with a focus on factors influencing prices. Experienced in oil price discovery in the physical and derivatives markets. Aim to provide insights and analysis in a clear and succinct manner. Available for bespoke research, analysis and market briefings on the markets.

Founder & CEO. Oil markets macro-analysis.

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Vanda Insights

Vanda Insights is a Singapore-based boutique provider of intelligence on the global energy markets, launched in September 2016. The venture was born out of a desire to extract the signal from the noise in the complex and often volatile oil markets. Our succinct and clear macro analysis is relied upon by thousands of readers globally, including those doing business directly or indirectly in the physical commodity and derivatives markets; wealth managers; governments, regulatory bodies and think-tanks; as well as trade organizations and educational institutions.

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The outage of 60% of Saudi Arabia’s crude production due to last Saturday’s crippling drone and cruise missile attacks on the Kingdom’s Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities has bifurcated the oil market into two distinct personalities.The market’s short-term disposition is marked by a fixation on supply worries.The longer-term temperament, which has taken a back seat since the Saudi attacks, is focused on oil demand growth deceleration.We examine the interplay between these two personalities and give you our take on the short-term and longer-term implications for oil prices.

The outage of 60% of Saudi Arabia’s crude production due to last Saturday’s crippling drone and cruise missile attacks on the Kingdom’s Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities has bifurcated the oil market into two distinct personalities.The market’s short-term disposition is marked by a fixation on supply worries.The longer-term temperament, which has taken a back seat since the Saudi attacks, is focused on oil demand growth deceleration.We examine the interplay between these two personalities and give you our take on the short-term and longer-term implications for oil prices. 

Weekly Oil Views: Saudi Outage Shock Creates a Bipolar Oil Market

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Weekly Oil Views: Saudi Outage Shock Creates a Bipolar Oil Market