LONDON: Oil futures fell on Friday as the market nervously awaited US jobs data for new evidence on whether the world's largest crude consumer can avoid recession.
A storm blowing off the US Gulf of Mexico provided modest price support after (...)
LONDON: Oil futures dropped more than $2 on Friday after data showed US job growth had ground to a halt, adding to evidence of economic weakness that could limit fuel demand in the world's biggest crude consumer.
By 1309 GMT, Brent was trading (...)
LONDON: Brent crude fell below $106 on Friday, extending the previous session's plunge after weak economic data added to expectations the world could be heading into a double-dip recession that would sap oil demand.
Brent was trading at $105.75 a (...)
LONDON: Markets in water rights are likely to evolve as a rising population leads to shortages and climate change causes drought and famine.
But they will be based on regional and ethical trading practices and will differ from the bulk of (...)
LONDON: Escalating violence in Syria has targeted oil-related facilities, but for now foreign firms are doing business as usual in a nation whose economy is reliant on crude, said a director at British oil explorer Gulfsands Petroleum.
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LONDON: World oil demand growth will accelerate next year, adding to the pressure on available supplies, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, contradicting a more conservative outlook from producer group OPEC.
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LONDON: Oil bounced back above $122 on Wednesday, partly reversing a deep sell-off, as talks on Libya opened up divisions among foreign powers seeking a solution to violence that has racked the OPEC member.
Wednesday's gains followed a two-day (...)
LONDON: Oil extended a rally above $92 a barrel on Monday, spurred by expectations economic recovery will fuel energy demand and as market bulls set their sights on $100 a barrel.
US crude was trading 70 cents higher at $92.08 a barrel by 1325 (...)
LONDON: Oil has burst above top exporter Saudi Arabia's preferred $70-$80 range and yet OPEC is unlikely to stop the rally, helping to prepare the way for the market to bound above $100 a barrel.
At meetings this month — a full conference of the (...)
LONDON/BAGHDAD: News Iraq's oil minister has been promoted and his deputy has his old job provides a degree of certainty for foreign firms anxious contracts will be honored and could leave the most intractable issues unresolved.
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LONDON: Two of the world's most influential oil forecasters gave contrasting outlooks for 2011 on Friday, with the consumer's watchdog anticipating robust demand and producer group OPEC saying supply was adequate.
The International Energy Agency, (...)
LONDON: Iraq signed deals with international oil companies following auctions last year that could in theory take its oil capacity to 12 million barrels per day (bpd) in seven years' time.
But security problems, inadequate infrastructure and (...)
LONDON: Oil rose above $74 on Monday in line with a timid recovery across financial markets, but was set for its biggest monthly loss in 18 months after European economic crisis raised the prospect of reduced fuel demand.
Although still under (...)
BALLYDEHOB: The economic shock of global recession has led a prime exponent of the theory conventional oil output has peaked to shift his view of the consequences, but he still thinks the world has to go green.
Retired petroleum geologist Colin (...)
LONDON: Oil prices slipped back below $81 a barrel on Friday after skepticism the economic recovery was robust enough to spur a convincing rise in fuel demand quelled the appetite to extend this week s powerful rally.
US crude futures have (...)