NYMEX parent CME Group will likely implement additional quality specifications on its light sweet crude futures starting with the January 2014 contract, a member of the Crude Oil Quality Association's board said Thursday. CME plans to ...
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Crude futures diverged late in the US trading day Wednesday, as the front-month ICE Brent contract slid from a session high of $104.07/b to a low of $102.85/b in a little over 40 minutes. ICE July Brent settled 20 cents lower at ...
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High sulfur bunker fuel prices in Seattle were assessed by Platts Thursday at their lowest levels in almost a year. Platts assessed the IFO 380 CST market in Seattle at $575.25/mt ex-wharf, its lowest price since it was assessed at ...
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Crude futures fell to fresh lows immediately ahead of the 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) market settle Wednesday, as the oil complex extended an overnight selloff in US trading after equity markets slid throughout the the session. NYMEX July ...
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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 ...
A US commodity trading house has filed a class-action lawsuit in New York against BP, Shell and Statoil, the three European oil companies being investigated by the European Commission for suspected manipulation of oil prices. The oil ...
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The rapid pace of new US crude production has traders scrambling to assess constantly moving crude differentials as supporting infrastructure grows and changes the dynamics. Not long ago, there was too much crude in Cushing, Oklahoma, the ...
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Gasoline stocks in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region fell 15.9% week on week in the seven days to May 16, according to a report by BNP Paribas released Friday. Stocks fell by 1.5 million barrels to 7.8 million barrels, and were 3.2% ...
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The oil complex shrugged off largely bearish US Energy Information Administration data Wednesday as a rise in equities coupled with a technical bounce halted a four-day slide in June crude futures. NYMEX June crude rallied towards the ...
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US fuel oil crack spreads widened through the day Friday as support slowly crumbled in the face of weakening Brent crude futures. Traders had pegged fuel oil as well-supported compared with crude early in the morning, noting fuel oil ...
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Crude futures settled higher Thursday, with the ICE April Brent contract bouncing off Wednesday's 2013 lows to expire 90 cents higher at $109.42/barrel. The May contract settled up 72 cents at $108.96/b. NYMEX April crude closed US ...
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Gas for day-ahead delivery continued to fall Wednesday from Monday's seven-year high following a return to operations of the Norwegian Nyhamna processing terminal and strong imports, which saw the system well supplied with little reliance ...
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US commercial crude stocks failed to fall for the sixth straight reporting week data from the Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday, climbing 1.13 million barrels over the week ended February 22 to 377.518 million barrels, ...
Prompt prices gained value Thursday morning on the UK's NBP gas trading hub as demand rose, storage facilities were heavily utilized and temperature forecasts were revised lower. At 1200 London time, same- and next-day contracts were ...
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Prompt prices eased Tuesday morning on the UK's NBP gas trading hub as an uptick in demand was met by stronger imports. At 1200 GMT, the within-day gas contract was valued at 67.15 pence/therm, down by 0.70 p/th from Monday's close, and ...
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