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Daily: Crude oil prices shed after Doha meeting failure
Crude oil prices shed on Monday after a plan by top oil producers to freeze production failed, but a Kuwait oil industry strike helped the market cut losses and rebound from the day’s lows. Brent closed down 19 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $42.91 a barrel. It had declined $3 earlier in the session. U.S. crude WTI slid 58 cents, or 1.4 percent, to settle at $39.78 a barrel, after falling to $37.61 at the day's low.
read more... 19/04/2016
Doha summit resulted in a deadlock after Iran’s last-minute decision to stay home
A summit in Doha between the top oil producing countries in the world ended without an agreement on Sunday, as country leaders failed to negotiate a production freeze intended to strengthen prices.
read more... 18/04/2016
Norway to quit renewables subsidy program by 2021
Norway is set to end its renewable energy subsidy scheme to new entrants in 2020 and 2021, as it aims to spur competition in developing power lines to other countries the government declared on Friday.
read more... 18/04/2016
Daily: European electricity forward prices surpass 10-week highs on coal price recovery
Crude oil prices tumbled on Friday on anticipations that a weekend meeting of top oil exporters will have little impact on reducing an exacerbated glut, even if would provide a ceiling for the market. Brent crude futures eased 74 cents to close at $43.10, while U.S. crude settled down $1.14 cents at $40.36. Both contracts declined by more than 3.5 percent earlier in the day.
read more... 18/04/2016
CEO: Eni to inject 20 bln euros in Africa’s energy sector
Italian energy giant Eni envisages investing about 20 billion euros ($22.5 billion) in Africa over the next four years, mostly in the oil and gas industry, according to the company's Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi.
read more... 18/04/2016