WTI crude oil boosted by more than $1 on Wednesday as gasoline demand rocketed in the U.S., pushed up by technical trading, while Brent crude registered a modest gain following strained relations between Russia and the West. The U.S. Energy Information Administration data, showing a sharp build in gasoline demand, drove up U.S. gasoline and crude oil prices above key technical level.
read more... 10/04/2014
Brent crude oil settled up on Monday, spurred by output blackouts in Libya and South Soudan which slashed exports and restrained global supply.
read more... 25/02/2014
Brent crude oil settled lower on Wednesday as it emerged that a military strike against Syria would remain restricted, repressing fears of supply disruptions in the Middle East. U.S. oil lost more than $1 per barrel, as any Middle East conflict might further tighten already restrained global supplies. Brent prices for October delivery decreased 77 cents at $114.91, after trading as high as $116.09 and as low as $114.40. While U.S. crude oil for October delivery established at $107.23 a barrel, decreasing $1.31, or 1.2%.
read more... 05/09/2013
Brent crude oil futures settled higher on Wednesday on encouraging UK jobs data and after U.S. crude oil prices decreased considerably on news of an unplanned constraint on pipeline, which was expected to lessen an oil surplus in the U.S. Midwest and reduce the spread between Brent and U.S. oil prices. Meanwhile, Brent March crude climbed 38 cents, or 0.34 percent, to settle at $112.80 a barrel, having traded from $112.06 to $113.15.
read more... 24/01/2013
Germany's power grid faces a difficult job to prevent blackouts next winter, when demand is high and closure of nuclear plants still constrains supply, the country's new energy network regulator said last Friday.
read more... 08/05/2012