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Daily: Brent breaks the $50/bbl threshold on OPEC freeze hopes
Crude oil prices hiked for a sixth consecutive day, with Brent crude hitting above $50 for the first time in six weeks as the world’s top producers envisage a possible freeze of crude production to prop up prices. Brent closed the session up 2.09 percent at $50.89. The session peak of $51.05 was its highest since June 23. U.S. crude ended at $48.22, up 3.06 percent after reaching a session high of $48.38, the highest level since July 5.
read more... 19/08/2016
Daily: Crude oil slightly up, but pressured by an unexpected drop in US crude oil inventories
Crude oil prices posted a slight increase on Wednesday, but pressured by an unexpected drawdown in U.S. crude and gasoline inventories, offset by fears that Saudi Arabia will trigger a record output even as OPEC mulls a reduction of global glut. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures ended at $46.79 a barrel, up 0.45 percent on the day or about 21 cents. Brent crude futures recovered from mid-day losses to jump 55 cents at $49.78 a barrel.
read more... 18/08/2016
Daily: British spot gas prices up, spurred by outages, firmer oil prices
Crude oil prices climbed over 3 percent on Monday amid fresh speculation that OPEC would try to cut output, reducing supply glut worries that had pushed the market into three-month lows last week. U.S. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose by $1.22, or 2.9 percent, to settle at $43.02 per barrel. WTI reached April lows below $40 a barrel last week. Brent crude increased $1.12, or 2.5 percent, to close at $45.39.
read more... 09/08/2016
Daily: Crude oil prices plunge at the lowest level in two-months on OPEC production rally
Crude oil prices plunged at their lowest level in two months on Monday after a study unveiled that crude oil output from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has attained the highest level since August 2008 at 32.73 million barrels a day. West Texas Intermediate crude for August delivery lost 65 cents, or 1.4%, to settle at $44.76 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The global benchmark Brent crude for September delivery declined 51 cents, or 1.1%, to end at $46.25 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
read more... 12/07/2016
Russian firm brings more oil online in Iraq
Output from three new wells brought online at the Badra oil field add to the overall daily production from OPEC-member Iraq, as indicated by a Russian field operator.
read more... 10/06/2016