Front-month Brent crude lingered around $53 a barrel, down about $3, after falling to $52.66, its lowest level since May 2009. U.S crude eased $2.65, or 5 percent, at $50.04 a barrel, its weakest settlement price since April 2009. Crude oil prices declined as fears of an oversupply that agitated the market for the past six months deepened.
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Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil announced that the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea started production on January 3.
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UK’s oil major BP unveiled the start of oil production from Kinnoull field in the central North Sea, marking BP’s seventh and final major upstream project start-up in 2014.
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The largest solar farm in the UK, able to power 14,000 households, has been connected to the national grid in Oxforshire.
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Brent crude oil declined by a dollar on Friday following a day of nervous trading despite expectations of fresh investments in 2015, as strong mid-day hikes in crude oil vanished. Brent dropped 91 cents to close at $56.42 a barrel. Previously, it hit a post-2009 low of $55.48, having averaged around $110 a barrel between 2011 and 2013. U.S. crude for February delivery eased 58 cents a barrel to close at $52.69, before a constant 50-cent drop post-settlement.
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