The oil complex pushed sharply lower late in US trade Friday, extending an overnight selloff prompted by a stronger dollar, lower equities markets and OPEC's decision to roll over its 30 million b/d output target following Friday's meeting ...
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OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna Friday reached an expected agreement to maintain the group's current crude production limits, leaving their combined output ceiling at 30 million b/d. Ministers had widely signaled their happiness with ...
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The quality of Iraq's Basrah crude has stabilized at an API gravity level of 28-30 degrees after some fluctuation in recent months, the country's oil minister said Thursday. "Its quality is stable around 28-30 API. The only change we had ...
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Kuwait will increase its oil production capacity to about 3.6 million b/d by 2022, according to a study by the emirate's Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies (DCSS). The official KUNA news agency reported Wednesday that the study said ...
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The newly appointed managing director of Kuwait's Petrochemical Industry Company), which is at the center of a political crisis over a $2.2 billion compensation payment to Dow Chemical, has said that implementation of a number of planned ...
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Kuwait's government has accepted the resignation of the country's oil minister, Hani Hussein, the official KUNA news agency reported Monday. Sheikh Mohammed Abdulla, minister of state for cabinet affairs and for municipal affairs, issued ...
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Petroleum futures were slightly bearish Monday, with ICE July Brent settling 2 cents lower at $102.62/barrel. Volumes were low and markets rangebound for the most part because of holidays on both sides of the Atlantic. Electronic trading ...
Iran’s proposal for forming a joint petrochemical forum by eight developing Muslim nations (D8) has won support from Turkey and Egypt, two leading petrochemical and engineering polymer producers of the Middle East, Iranian Deputy Oil ...
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OPEC ministers should consider the needs of the global oil market in a year's time, rather than just the current demand/supply balance, when they meet to review the cartel's production ceiling in two weeks, the head of the International ...
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The oil complex settled lower Monday on bearish China data and increased OPEC production, amid weak fundamentals in the US. NYMEX June crude settled 87 cents lower at $95.17/barrel, having traded in a $94.47-$95.68/b range throughout the ...
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The US Navy and 40 allies gathered in Bahrain Monday to begin two weeks of naval anti-mine exercises designed to keep the Persian Gulf open to oil shipping. Although the exercises, billed as the largest ever in the region, have been ...
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Shell said it reduced by 50% the volume of oil spills from its onshore operations in Nigeria's Niger Delta in 2012 compared with the previous year, but that oil theft from the company's facilities remain a long-term challenge. "The volume ...
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Saudi Arabian customs officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle 3.255 million kg (equivalent to 27,300 barrels) of refined oil products out of the eastern port of Dammam, capital of the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province, the official ...
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OPEC Tuesday cut its estimate of demand for its crude in 2013 to 29.71 million b/d, down 70,000 b/d from its previous projection. In its latest monthly oil market report, OPEC said it estimated the call on OPEC crude in the first quarter ...
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