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Daily: Crude oil rocketed over 10% after OPEC’s decision to cut production
Crude oil prices surged over 10 percent on Wednesday to over $50 a barrel and its highest in a month as some of the world’s biggest producers agreed to limit production for the first time since 2008 in a bid to prop up prices. Yesterday, OPEC decided to slash production from January by around 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd), or over 3 percent, to 32.5 million bpd. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures for January delivery rose by $4.21 to close at $49.44 a barrel, posting a 9.6 percent gain. They earlier rallied 10 percent, the largest one-day hike since February. Brent crude futures for January delivery climbed $4.09 a barrel or 8.82 percent to end at $50.47 a barrel. The contract expires Wednesday, and the February contract soared 8.9 percent to $51.51.
read more... 01/12/2016
BP acquires stake in Eni's giant Zohr gas field offshore Egypt
BP has decided to acquire 10 percent of Eni's Shorouk concession offshore Egypt, which comprises the giant Zohr gas field, for $375 million, joining other oil majors in raising bets on the developing gas market.
read more... 28/11/2016
BP and Rosneft to create a joint venture to explore resources in Eastern and Western Siberia
British energy company BP and Russian giant Rosneft announced the creation of a new joint venture, Yermak Neftegaz LLC, to carry out exploration in the West Siberian and Yenisey-Khatanga basins in the Russian Federation.
read more... 02/11/2016
Mozambique and Eni ink 20-year LNG sales deal with BP
Mozambique and Italy's Eni have inked a 20-year agreement to vend BP liquefied natural gas (LNG), a significant step in getting a long-delayed project off the ground, as declared by state energy company ENH on Tuesday.
read more... 05/10/2016
Daily: Crude oil ends down hit by oversupply fear, gasoline rally
Crude oil prices lost up to 2% on Friday to hit multi-week lows after Iran, the third-biggest OPEC producer, raised crude exports to over 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, intensifying fears about a global glut, while gasoline increased on refinery and pipeline outages. Bearish U.S. equity markets and rising dollar also had an impact on crude futures and other commodities denominated in the greenback. Brent crude futures declined 82 cents, or 1.8%, to settle at $45.77 a barrel, reaching a two-week low of $45.48. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 88 cents, or 2%, to close at $43.03 a barrel. WTI hit a five-week bottom of $42.74. For the week, Brent lost 5%, while WTI lost 6%.
read more... 19/09/2016