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Daily: Crude oil slips on Iran’s president nuclear talks
Crude oil dropped around $1 a barrel on Tuesday on Iran’s new president initiative to negotiate with West over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program and following a slide of U.S. gasoline prices dragged down by a sell-off in ethanol credits. Meanwhile, U.S. oil declined $1.26 to settle at $105.30 per barrel, hitting a session low of $104.86 a barrel. Brent crude slipped 52 cents to close at $108.18 per barrel, having fallen to a low of $107.46.
read more... 07/08/2013
Oil giant BP could face 29 million dollars fine
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed to fine oil giant BP Plc with fines of about 29 million dollars and has ordered to BP to respond to accusations of natural gas market at the Houston Ship Channel manipulation, from mid-September to November in 2008, in a way designed to increase the value of the company’s financial position. The claims followed an investigation by officials from the regulator’s Office of Enforcement (OE). The allegations date back in 2011.
read more... 06/08/2013
Daily: British spot gas trades up on summer maintenance outages
Crude oil settled lower on Monday after hitting a four-month high last week on U.S. services sector growth. Brent and U.S. crude each declined more than $1 earlier in the session on Iranian new president attempts to warm relations with West. Brent crude dropped 25 cents to end at $108.70 a barrel after earlier dropping as much as $1.40 to $107.55. Meanwhile, U.S. crude oil futures declined 38 cents to settle at $106.56 a barrel after earlier falling to $105.70.
read more... 06/08/2013
France: Hollande faces pressure to overturn shale gas policy
Tension continues to intensify on the French President François Hollande to overturn his policy on shale gas exploration.
read more... 06/08/2013
Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe boost by 29% in July
The Russian gas giant Gazprom boosted its gas exports to European Union and Turkey in July, an increase of 29% to 14.04 billion cubic metres (bcm) compared to the same period a year ago.
read more... 05/08/2013