$70 WTI and What the Market Just Told Us: Day-Close Verdict for US Upstream WTI crude settled near $70 on Thursday, and the market's verdict is clearer than the headlines suggest: OPEC's cohesion is cracking, US upstream operators are repricing their second-half assumptions, and the companies that moved earliest to consolidate their balance sheets are now sitting in the
Iraq Threatens OPEC Exit as WTI Breaks $70: Thursday's Supply Math Just Changed WTI broke below $70 overnight as Iraq threatened to quit OPEC over production quotas, Qatar restored LNG output, and the floor debate that defined June gets answered.