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Daily: European spot power prices climb on weaker wind supply, strong demand in France
Crude oil futures slashed previous losses to close steady on Wednesday after a smaller-than-expected supply increase in the United States and a decline in the number of U.S. rigs actively drilling for oil. Brent crude futures rose 5 cents to settle at $46.17 on Wednesday, after slipping more than $1 to a session low of $45.03. U.S. crude's WTI futures ended the session 17 cents higher at 43.04 a barrel. WTI had also shed over $1 to hit an intraday low of $41.72.
read more... 26/11/2015
Centrica starts drilling for new gas reserves at York field
Centrica began drilling works in a new well York gas field. It will tap into further 20 billion cubic feet of gas – sufficient to heat half a million UK homes yearly.
read more... 06/11/2015
Shell to put another costly project to the sword as oil price crashes
The oil major Royal Dutch Shell said it would axe another costly oil project, just weeks after it suddenly abandoned a $7 billion drilling venture in the Arctic.
read more... 03/11/2015
Daily: Crude oil settles higher, up 3% over the month
Crude oil futures closed higher on Friday to register a monthly gain of more than 3% on increasing expectations that crude production will soon drop. Oil-services firm Baker Hughes unveiled a weekly decline in the number of active rigs drilling for oil, but economic data intensified worries about U.S. energy demand, curbing oil increase for the session. WTI crude for December delivery closed at $46.59 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 53 cents, or 1.2%, for the day. Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose by 76 cents, or 1.6%, to close at $49.56 a barrel.
read more... 02/11/2015
Russia postpones Arctic drilling plan for up to three years
The Russian Government has made known about its plan to defer its drilling operations on the Arctic Shelf for about three years.
read more... 02/10/2015