Oil futures settled above $101 a barrel Wednesday, following intensification of turmoil in Egypt and worries about supply disruptions in the Middle East after a U.S. report showed a major drop in last week’s crude supplies. Brent crude settled higher on Wednesday increasing $1.76 to $105.76, its highest level since June 19. U.S. crude futures for August ended at $101.24 a barrel on the NYMEX, up 1.7%.
read more... 04/07/2013
France has decided to launch a great nuclear program in 1973, when the quadrupling of the price of oil by OPEC nations was a shock for France because at that time, most of its electricity came from oil burning plants, this was the Middle East event that they refer to as the "oil shock."
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Global production of crude oil increased in 2012 as reserves estimates increased also. Last year, global production of oil amounted to almost 76 million barrels per day, an increase of about 3% in comparison to 2011 levels.
read more... 02/07/2013
Crude oil futures traded higher on Monday, the first day of the third quarter, with gains in U.S. crude surpassing the rest of the oil complex and driving the U.S. contract’s discount to Brent to a 2-1/2 year low amid a broad commodities hike. Brent crude for August traded 84 cents higher at $103.00 a barrel. U.S. crude settled up $1.43 at $97.99, quitting the spread at $5.01.
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Brent crude oil futures increased above $103 a barrel on Friday, registering the first monthly hike in five months, after comments from Federal Reserve governors that the Fed is not hurrying to scale back its massive bond-buying program. Meanwhile, Brent crude oil futures added 18 cents to $103 a barrel by 02:51 GMT, after dropping to a session low of $102.44 earlier as investors sold off gains from the previous session. U.S. crude oil increased 11 cents to $97.16 a barrel.
read more... 01/07/2013