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Are there any oil stocks worth buying?

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Gugu Mfuphi Talks to NJ Ayuk is Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, CEO of pan-African corporate law conglomerate Centurion Law Group, and the author of several books about the oil and gas industry in Africa, including Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals about On Monday, US oil to be delivered in May settled at -$37.60 per barrel, the first negative close in history. That means producers, which are running out of storage space as demand for energy collapses, are willing to pay buyers to take crude off their hands. That's never happened before for West Texas Intermediate futures, the US benchmark.
The latest: The price of a barrel of WTI crude to be delivered in May is still below zero. The contract closes on Tuesday, which means trading is light and most investors are looking ahead to June. But the price of a barrel of WTI crude to be delivered that month is also plunging. It's down 18% on Tuesday and is now trading below $17 per barrel. Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, dived below $20 per barrel to their lowest level since 2002.
22 Apr 2020 9AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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