MELBOURNE – Oil prices rose on Tuesday on clear signs that producers are sticking to commitments to cut crude supply as more cars get back on the road with coronavirus lockdowns easing around the world. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures gained 2.3%, or 75 cents, to $34.00 as of 0057 GMT.…
LONDON- Oil prices, which have been driven higher for the past four weeks, were steady on Monday, with holidays in Singapore, London and New York dampening trade, as rising concerns over demand recovery offset supply cuts. Brent was flat at $35.13 a barrel by 1315 GMT, while U.S. oil gained 10 cents, or 0.3%…
BRUSSELS – Eight European countries have urged the European Union to include natural gas in future funding, as the bloc’s executive prepares to unveil its plan for a green economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The European Commission will present on Wednesday its trillion-euro proposal for the bloc’s next budget, alongside a coronavirus Recovery…
DUBAI – The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela has moored at Venezuela’s El Palito refinery, Iran’s English-language Press TV reported on Monday. Iran is providing Venezuela with 1.53 million barrels of gasoline and components in a move criticised by U.S. authorities as both nations are under U.S. sanctions, according to…
Qatar, the largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world, has no plans to reduce its production, and maintains plans to increase LNG capacity from the current 77 million tons per year to 110 million t/y by 2025 and 126 million tons per year by 2027, press service, Qatar Petroleum are the words…
BAGHDAD, Iraq’s Finance Minister Ali Allawi, who is acting oil minister, said the country had agreed to allow Saudi companies to invest in its western Akkas gas field, Saudi news channel Al Arabiya reported on Saturday. The news channel provided no further details. The Akkas field in western Anbar province and bordering Syria is…
A VIRTUAL roadshow will soon be hosted by Bahrain in a bid to attract international companies for the development of new oil reserves.Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said the companies would be invited to work with national firms to explore the 2,000sqkm tight oil and deep gas resources in the Khalij Al…
A month after settling the crude oil contracts in the negative, India’s largest commodity derivative segment, MCX, has released a new application programming interface (API) which will facilitate a negative price on its software. When the WTI crude oil futures fell to a negative $37.63 per barrel in the month of April, MCX settled the…
As oil prices start firming up from decades low, experts are suggesting the Indian government hedge part of its oil import to lock in the low price for the future.Admittedly, hedging of oil by importing countries is not common, but gaining traction. Egypt, Ghana, Jamaica, etc, have started hedging. Neighbouring Pakistan is also contemplating hedging…
NEW DELHI: The government is stitching together a package of measures to help domestic oil producers pull through the price crash and the uncertainty in the global oil market as heavy losses on each barrel they pump threaten the commercial viability of projects. “The pandemic and lockdowns (around the world) have created very challenging…
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