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2020
year mood -0.32 · -0.70 to +0.00 across 12 mo
Monthly mood
bearish −1 +1 bullish
-0.75 -0.38 0 +0.38 +0.75 Jan Feb Mar Apr May -0.70 Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
month values ▾
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
-0.35-0.10-0.51-0.62-0.70-0.40-0.30-0.25-0.30-0.25-0.05+0.00

After a brief January war spike, the pandemic and a Saudi-Russia price war annihilated demand and crashed crude to a historic negative price in April, the worst moment producers ever faced; vaccines and OPEC+ cuts slowly healed prices back toward positive by year-end.

How this mood is scored ▾
Each day the model reads that day's news for the sector and asks, as someone who owns assets or makes their living in it: how am I feeling this month, and why? The month's mood is that running answer, tied to the specific events driving it (the story shown above). It leans on trusted, higher-impact reporting, and on the prior month when a month is quiet, so one loud headline can't swing it. The read updates daily through the month; once a month ends, its mood is locked. This year is read live from the news the pipeline actually collected (hover a bar for its story count). · last computed Jul 06, 2026
Top energy stories of 2020
Mar
Saudi-Russia oil price war sparks 25% crash in prices cnbc.com →

Saudi Arabia and Russia initiated a price war after failing to agree on output cuts, leading to a 25%+ drop in oil prices as Saudi slashed prices and planned production increases. The move destabilized markets, with U.S. and Brent crude hitting multi-year lows, threatening energy firms and altering global supply dynamics amid collapsing demand from the coronavirus pandemic.

Apr
Oil goes negative for first time in history; WTI settles at -$37.63 eia.gov →

The expiring May WTI contract collapsed below zero as storage at Cushing filled and holders paid to offload barrels. The unprecedented print exposed the depth of the pandemic demand shock and broke several oil ETFs and retail products.