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Investing.com — \u201cPatience, patience,\u201d the Saudi oil minister must be telling himself.<\/p>\n

While OPEC\u2019s top brain did his best to get a barrel nearer to $80 or above, crude prices finished Friday\u2019s trading even lower than before last weekend\u2019s meeting of the world\u2019s biggest oil producers, where Saudi Arabia again tried to \u201csurprise\u201d the market with a production cut.<\/p>\n

That surprise is in inverted commas because many market watchers had already appeared to know that minister Abdulaziz bin Salman and his Saudi contingent would announce a unilateral output cut if there was no willingness by the rest to put up one.<\/p>\n

The million-barrel cut that Abdulaziz tried to cutely label as a \u201cSaudi lollipop\u201d couldn\u2019t sustain its sweetness beyond a couple of days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After a fleeting pop of nearly 3% on Sunday and another 1% rebound on Wednesday, crude prices had fallen most this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The downside was distorted partly by a false report from a Middle East news portal on Thursday about a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal that could legitimately channel some sanctioned oil from Tehran to the market.<\/p>\n

Concerns about which way the Federal Reserve would go with its rate decision next week, despite bets that the central bank will likely opt to stay after 10 non-stop raises, also sidelined traders from taking on more bullish bets.<\/p>\n

New York-traded West Texas Intermediate, or , crude settled Friday\u2019s trade at $70.17 per barrel, down $1.12, or 1.6%, on the day. It peaked at $74.31 during the week, before plunging to $69.09. The U.S. crude benchmark wrapped the week with a loss of 2.2%, adding to the prior week\u2019s drop of 1.3%.<\/p>\n

London-traded crude officially finished Friday\u2019s New York session at $74.79, down $1.17, or 1.5%, on the day. Brent\u2019s high for the week was\u00a0 $78.23, while the low was $73.61. Like WTI, the global crude benchmark finished down for a second straight week, with a 1.8% decline that came on top of last week\u2019s drop of 1.1%.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a volatile week for oil prices, starting with the spike on the back of Saudi Arabia\u2019s one million barrel production cut and ending with the U.S. and Iran denying a temporary nuclear deal that saw prices plunge on Thursday,\u201d said Craig Erlam, analyst at online trading platform OANDA. \u201cThese are very jittery markets against the backdrop of a deteriorating economic outlook.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erlam also noted that the Saudi production cut had little impact on the eventual price on oil.<\/p>\n

With its latest maneuver on output, Saudi Arabia is effectively pledging to remove some 2.5M barrels per day from its production since October, versus a normal run of 11.5M barrels. The Saudi move came after its 12 partners in OPEC, or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, and 10 other allies, including Russia, in the OPEC+ alliance decided to stay pat on production.<\/p>\n

Reuters reported on Friday that the Saudis appeared to have caught those in OPEC+ unawares with their move. But almost all traders contacted by Investing.com seemed to have guessed the move, more because of Abdulaziz\u2019s rabid obsession in trying to triumph against short-sellers in the market with his so-called production surprises that were losing their impact with each attempt of his.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s fast becoming the court jester of OPEC with his dares against speculators,\u201d said John Kilduff, partner at New York energy hedge fund Again Capital. \u201cInstead of behaving in a dignified way appropriate for the head of OPEC+, he\u2019s acting like a street brawler. These production cuts would have so much more impact if done sparingly, or even quietly. Let the data speak for itself. You always have your \u2018gotcha\u2019 moment with the market then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erlam of OANDA agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe Saudis are clearly not on the same page as their allies and are seemingly far more price obsessed,\u201d the analyst said. \u201cThey won some concessions from (price projections for) 2024 but that\u2019s a long time away and much can and probably will change in that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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