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Daily: Crude oil prices recover after a four-day losing streak
Crude oil prices rebounded on Tuesday, breaking a four-day losing streak in a market struggling to draw conclusions from contrasting monthly reports by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the US Department of Energy (DoE). WTI crude prices for December delivery gained 34 cents to settle at 44.21 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude rose 25 cents to end at 47.44 dollars on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
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Ineos inks US shale gas ethane agreement with Exxon and Shell in Scotland
Ineos, owner of Scotland's Grangemouth petrodoil refinery, has signed an agreement with subsidiaries of ExxonMobil and Shell to provide ethane derived from U.S. shale gas which it is to import into Scotland to their neighboring chemical plant, as stated by the company on Monday.
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Daily: European power diverge on robust wind supply in Germany, higher consumption in France
Crude oil prices declined as much as 1 percent on Monday, prolonging losses for a consecutive day, dragged down by new stockpile hike at the delivery point for U.S. crude futures and lower Wall Street share prices. On Monday, the front-month in Brent crude futures fell 23 cents, or 0.5 percent, to close at $47.19 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropped 42 cents, or 1 percent, to settle at $43.87.
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BP signs agreement to hasten development of Atoll gas field in Egypt
UK-based oil and gas major BP has inked a heads of agreement (HoA) with the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum to accelerate the expansion of the Atoll gas field in the country.
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Daily: Crude oil prices down 2%, posting third weekly decline
Crude oil prices lost as much as 2% on Friday, registering their third weekly fall, dragged down by a soaring dollar and higher interest rate expectations after a spike in U.S. jobs growth on October. Brent crude price decreased by 56 cents, or 1.2 percent, to settle at $47.42 a barrel, recording a 4.2% on the week. WTI crude shed 91 cents, or 2 percent, to close at $44.29. It fell 5 percent on the week.
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