Crude oil prices rebounded over 5% on Monday, spurred by the state of health of Donald Trump, who announced that he would be released from the hospital at the end of the afternoon. Another round of stimulus in the U.S. and curtailing crude output in Norway due to a monitored strike also supported oil prices. Hence, Brent crude for December delivery soared by $2.02, or 5.1%, to settle at $41.29 per barrel, notching its first gain after four consecutive daily declines. Meanwhile, U.S. WTI crude for November delivery surged by $2.17, or 5.9%, to close at $39.22 per barrel, registering its first rise in three sessions.
read more... 06/10/2020
Norway's oil and gas production risks being cut by about 8%, or 330,000 b/d of oil equivalent, from the morning of Oct. 5 due to a strike over pay by an offshore managers' union, industry group Norwegian Oil & Gas said Oct. 2.
read more... 05/10/2020
Equinor EQNR.OL and its partners in Norway's Breidablikk oil discovery have agreed on an 18.6 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.95 billion) development plan for the North Sea field, the state-controlled company said on Monday.
read more... 28/09/2020
Norway’s Equinor expects to book a profit of around $1 billion from its sale of a 50% stake in two U.S. offshore wind power developments to BP, a company executive told Reuters on Thursday.
read more... 10/09/2020
Oil prices ended higher on Monday as storms Marco and Laura expected later in the week halted more than half of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, Brent crude rose by 78 cents, or 1.76%, to settle at $45.13 a barrel. At the same time, U.S. WTI crude settled at $42.62 a barrel, rising by 28 cents, or 0.7 %.
read more... 25/08/2020