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Daily: Crude oil settles 2 percent lower on U.S. inventories concerns
Crude oil prices declined 2 percent on Tuesday as the market was pressured by concerns that U.S. crude inventories were still increasing amid decreasing output and refinery maintenance. Brent eased 79 cents to close at $38.74 a barrel, down 2 percent close to Monday’s level. U.S. crude lost 84 cents, or 2.3 percent, to settle at $36.34. In the last session, it dropped 3 percent.
read more... 16/03/2016
Russia’s Gazprom Neft stops purchase in Vietnam’s Dung Quat refinery
Russia's Gazprom Neft, the oil division of major global gas producer Gazprom, has stopped negotiations to purchase a 49 percent stake in the operator of Vietnam's sole oil refinery, as indicated in a business report of the state-owned oil firm PetroVietnam seen by Reuters on Monday.
read more... 11/01/2016
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.
read more... 10/11/2015
Daily: Brent crude up 4 %, on equity rally, WTI down
Brent crude rose by 4 percent on Tuesday as equity markets rally helped the global oil benchmark recover the bulk of its losses from the previous session. WTI crude declined slightly in volatile trade, reopening from Monday’s U.S. market close for the Labor Day holiday to news of refinery outages. Gains in Brent hiked in New York after the European equities rally expanded to Wall Street. London-traded Brent boosted $1.89 to settle at $49.52 a barrel, and traded at $49.50 by 4:35 p.m. EDT (2135 GMT) in post-settlement trade. It slipped $1.98 in the previous session. U.S. crude lost 11 cents, or almost a quarter percent, to close at $45.94, and stood at $45.86 by 4:35 p.m. It had shed almost $2 earlier in the session.
read more... 09/09/2015
Daily: Crude oil rebounds from multi-month lows after a refinery outage in the U.S
Crude oil prices rebounded on Monday, up 4 percent after a hike in U.S. gasoline and diesel due to a refinery outage helped crude futures recover from multi-month lows. Brent boosted 3.7 percent, recording its largest gain since end-May. U.S. crude jumped 2.5 percent, its highest in two months. Brent crude advanced $1.80 to close at $50.41 a barrel. WTI crude added $1.09 to settle at $44.96 a barrel.
read more... 11/08/2015