NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil jumps over 8% on Tuesday, bouncing from the biggest rout in nearly 30 years a day earlier

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged “major” steps to gird the U.S. economy against the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

Japan’s government said it planned to spend more than $4 billion in a second package of steps to cope with the virus.

U.S. shale producers, including Occidental Petroleum Corp OXY.N, deepened spending cuts that could reduce production.

“There was almost an immediate response from U.S. producers to cut spending that will likely result in diminished U.S. oil output in the months ahead,” said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York, noting “The rapidity of that response helped buoy the market after Monday’s collapse.”

Oil plunged about 25% on Monday. It rebounded on Tuesday along with equities and other financial markets.

Brent futures LCOc1 rose $2.86, or 8.3%, to settle at $37.22 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose $3.23, or 10.4%, to settle at $34.36.

“The oil price went up today because it went insanely down yesterday, and some bargain hunters are driving things up,” said Bjoernar Tonhaugen, head of oil markets at energy consultant Rystad, noting “It will go down further with some days going up in between.”

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Prices are rising for Brent and WTI crude. The gains follow steep losses and a warning on global demand from the International Energy Agency that says global demand is in “free fall.” Bloomberg’s Su Keenan reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Brent crude climbed $3.57, or 5.5%, to end the session at $68.75 a barrel after touching its lowest since May 21 at $64.60 during the session.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for October delivery rose $3.50, or 5.6%, to settle at $65.64.

Both benchmarks marked their biggest week of losses in more than nine months last week, with Brent sliding about 8% and WTI about 9%.

But a drop in the U.S. dollar provided a boost on Monday, making crude less expensive for holders of other currencies.

“Although the oil complex has generally been able to shrug off strength in the stock market, the bullish combo of increased risk appetite and significant weakening in the U.S. dollar indices represents a potent mix that oil has been forced to recognize,” said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Illinois.

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To understand the current shale boom, we take a step back in time to explore the history of oil in Texas… The Permian Basin story.

“Earlier this year, I drove to the site of Santa Rita No. 1. Named after the patron saint of impossible dreams, the Santa Rita was the oil well that launched the first Permian Basin boom and has been fueling the dreams of West Texas wildcatters ever since. The well was a classic Hollywood gusher when Frank T. Pickrell and his partners first struck oil there in 1923, but it’s a lonely site today. The metal derrick stands out like a rusting nail against the yellowed grass and surrounding scrub brush. Wind rattles the tin shack housing the rig’s ancient engine. There are no remnants of the company town that once thrived there. There’s nothing significant about this scene. Just another abandoned well in the West Texas desert. But next to the derrick is a plaque that proclaims that the events that once unfolded there “stretch the imagination.”

Boomtown is a 10-episode podcast series produced in partnership with Imperative Entertainment.

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In a state that produces more crude and more natural gas than any other, is it any wonder the sun rises and sets on the price of West Texas Intermediate?

In this live conversation, we sit down with industry professionals and local officials for a conversation on the state of play in Texas’ oil and gas sector, moderated by The Texas Tribune’s Ross Ramsey.

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U.S. shale oil production will continue growing.

Despite a decline in the number of drilling rigs in the U.S. shale patch since the start of the year, the number of spudded wells has not fallen significantly.

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