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Ukraine: investment in South Ukraine nuclear plant approved
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved a reviewed project to improve the South Ukraine nuclear power plant's water supply system, raising its yearly power output by around 2.5 terawatt hours. Energoatom declared that the project intends to eliminate restrictions on the plant caused by the lacking cooling capacity of the Tashlykskaya reservoir.
read more... 03/02/2016
Weekly Review: Crude oil price rose to the peak in three weeks, hopes for output cut
Crude oil rose to their highest in three weeks on hopes for a pact among oil producers to cut output, while the US dollar slipped on bets that interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve would be more gradual than it has suggested. Brent crude oil was still pressured by ample supplies and evidence showed that more North Sea crude will be heading out of the region in February.
read more... 01/02/2016
Daily: Crude oil soars on hopes for output cuts to slash oversupply
Crude oil prices hiked on Tuesday, increasing over 4 percent as investors were optimistic that expected output cuts could eventually reduce one of the largest global oversupplies in decades. Crude climbed after OPEC urged rival producers to cut supply alongside its members. Brent crude rose $1.30, or 4.26 percent, to settle at $31.80 a barrel, recovering from a decline at the start of the session to pick at $32.72. U.S. crude climbed 3.7 percent, or $1.11, to close at $31.45 a barrel. During the session it increased as high as $32.41.
read more... 27/01/2016
Daily: Oil prices trade below psychological threshold of $30 a barrel for first time since 12 years
Crude oil prices lost 3 % on Tuesday, posting a seventh straight daily decline for oil. Oil prices shed briefly below $30-per-barrel level, which is both a psychological and financial threshold and prolonging a selloff that has trimmed prices by almost 20% this year. Benchmark Brent crude slipped 69 cents to settle at $30.86, after bottoming at $30.34. U.S. WTI dropped 97 cents to close at $30.44 a barrel, a 3.1% loss, after hitting a low of $29.93, which was last recorded in December 2003. The decline was prompted by intensifying concerns about sluggish demand in China and the lack of output restraint.
read more... 13/01/2016
Daily: Global oil prices dropped to an 11-year low on China market chaos, storage overhang
Brent crude futures dropped to a new 11-year low on Thursday since a declining yuan and an emergency halt in China's stock trading left Asian markets in a havoc, while a significant supply overhang and near-record output levels also continued to drag on oil prices.
read more... 07/01/2016