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Daily: UK gas prices increase slightly on lower temperatures, low storages
Brent crude shed toward $110 a barrel on Wednesday, declining for a second straight day as increasing oil inventories in the United States and recent pessimistic data fuelled worries about demand from the world's top consumer. U.S. crude oil prices were under pressure on worries about a prolonged pipeline outage in the Midwest.
read more... 04/04/2013
Daily: European spot power prices increase on cold snap
Crude oil futures increased on Monday in choppy trading after a bailout deal for Cyprus improved the sentiment for fuel demand in the euro zone. Meanwhile, Brent May crude traded up 51 cents to settle at $108.17 a barrel, having traded from $106.80 to $109.07. U.S. May crude rose $1.10 to settle at $94.81 a barrel, above the 50-day moving average at $94.38 and having hit $95.65 during the session. Brent's premium to U.S. crude settled lower at $13.36 a barrel based on settlements, with the spread narrowing to $12.85 during the session, the narrowest since early July.
read more... 26/03/2013
Spain’s shale gas reserves
Spain is the fifth largest energy consumer in Europe and has practically no domestic production of liquid fuels or natural gas. It has made significant progress in diversifying into renewable energy but, this only accounts for about 9% of its gross inland consumption. A quarter of consumption is fuelled by natural gas and half by petroleum, both of which Spain has to import.
read more... 12/03/2013
Daily: Brent and U.S. crude decline on indecisive Italian elections results
Brent and U.S. crude oil futures dropped on Tuesday as indecisive Italian election results increased investors’ worries about instability in the euro zone and threatened the outlook for fuel demand.
read more... 27/02/2013
Supply problems in world oil market
A number of real and threatened supply problems are helping support oil prices this year, despite a weakening outlook for the world economy and slower growth in global fuel demand. More than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply is estimated to be offline - 1.1% of daily world demand - including Libyan output yet to return to service.
read more... 26/02/2013