Oil prices closed lower on Wednesday, pressured by weak gasoline demand in the US and a decrease in geopolitical risk premium. However, an unexpected decline in US crude inventories helped mitigate these losses by providing some support to the market. Consequently, Brent crude fell by 0.5% to settle slightly above $88 a barrel, while WTI crude reached $82.81 a barrel, falling by 0.7% day-on-day.
read more... 25/04/2024
The International Energy Agency raised April 23 its estimates for global oil demand displacement from booming sales of electric vehicles citing growing policy impetus in key markets.
read more... 24/04/2024
The ongoing cuts, which French TSO RTE said it had been forced to carry out to ensure the safety of the grid, were weighing on already low French prices in an oversupplied market, helping to keep them well below those in Belgium and Germany, analysts said.
read more... 22/04/2024
The EU’s latest electricity market reforms will shortly enter into law but the ongoing dramatic transformation of Europe’s electricity system means that these reforms may be one building block in a much wider policy revolution.
read more... 19/04/2024
The European Commission is expected to sue Germany for charging its neighbours an extra fee for buying gas from its storage, seen as flouting the EU's single market rules, two sources familiar with the matter said.
read more... 18/04/2024