Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <p>The petroleum complex on Thursday settled mixed. Crude oil found support on comments from Kuwait and Algeria that they were not waiting until May 1 to reduce their crude output and will instead cut their crude oil production immediately. Also, crude oil had carry-over support from Wednesday when President Trump said he ordered the U.S. Navy to «shoot down and destroy» any Iranian gunboats that harass American ships at sea. Gasoline fell back on demand concerns after global manufacturing PMIs fell to record lows.</p><p>Crude oil prices found support Thursday on a projection from IHS Markit Ltd on Wednesday that the recent plunge in crude oil prices has put 1.75 million bpd of U.S. shale oil production at immediate risk of being shut down. IHS Markit also said that the number of new wells brought online will plunge by 90% by the end of the year. In addition. Evercore ISI estimates that 5 million bpd, or around 40% of U.S. crude production, could be temporarily shut down by the end of June, which would help balance the market.</p><p>Schlumberger Ltd, the world's biggest oilfield contractor, said Thursday that its projects oil companies will slash project spending by 40% this year in North America. Data from Baker Hughes on Apr 17 showed U.S. oil exploration companies shut down 13% of the U.S. drilling fleet as of the week ended April 17, and that oil drillers have now closed more than one-third of total U.S. drilling rigs because of the plunge in prices.</p><p>Crude oil prices are seeing some continued short-covering after the collapse in oil prices early this week, when Jun WTI crude fell to a contract low of $6.50 on Tuesday, and the May contract fell to a record nearest-futures low of -$40.32 on Monday before expiring on Tuesday. Brent crude on Wednesday slumped to a 21-year low before recovering.</p>"