Oil rose modestly on Monday, lifted by a healthy demand expected in the coming weeks. However, increased drilling activity in the US and uncertainty over Libyan and Nigerian production cuts clouded the future supply outlook. Brent crude rose by 0.36% to end at $46.88 a barrel, while the WTI price increased by 0.38% to $44.40 a barrel.
read more... 11/07/2017
Oil edged up on Thursday, as U.S. crude inventories fell surpassing analyst expectations, according to data released by EIA on Wednesday. But oversupply persisted, particularly with rising oil production in Libya and Nigeria.
read more... 23/06/2017
Oil prices decreased on Monday, due to rising production in the United States, Libya and Nigeria, which has taken the edge off an OPEC-led initiative to support the market by cutting output.
read more... 20/06/2017
Crude oil fell for a second consecutive day on Thursday to hit a one-month low after an unexpected increase in U.S. inventories and on growing concerns over an oversupplied market following a rebound in oil production in Libya and Nigeria, which are exempt from OPEC's production cuts.
read more... 09/06/2017
Oil prices decreased more than 1 percent yesterday on renewed worries over an oil oversupply, a stronger dollar and hopes that Nigerian insurgents will stop hampering country's crude production. Brent crude decreased 66 cents arriving at $49.26 a barrel, down 1.3 percent. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude diminished 66 cents, or 1.4 percent, at $46.98.
read more... 30/08/2016