Crude oil prices boosted 5 percent on Wednesday, their biggest increase in three weeks, after the U.S. government unveiled an unexpected draw in domestic crude inventories versus market expectations for a new record high. U.S. crude's front-month contract rose by $1.86 to settle at $37.75 a barrel. It rallied to $37.90 earlier, after slipping to $35.24 the previous day, its weakest level since March 4. The front-month contract Brent gained $1.97 to close at $39.84 a barrel. Its session peak was $39.94.
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Norway intends to raise its gas production capacity and is assessing the potential for constructing a pipeline from the Barents Sea to satisfy future demand in Europe, according to its gas system operator Gassco on Tuesday.
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Oil dropped to a one-month low on Tuesday after a surprise decline in gasoline demand in the United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, and hesitations whether oil producers can agree a production freeze to reduce a global supply glut.
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The Danish government declared it would try to find an economically feasible solution for gas output in Denmark's part of the North Sea, after A.P. Moller-Maersk threatened on Monday to close the country's most important gas field.
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Belgium’s Fluxys has given up plans to purchase a stake in Greece’s natural gas grid operator DESFA from Azeri company, SOCAR.
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