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Venezuela says considering options to repay debts

Venezuela’s Oil Minister Nelson Martinez talks to journalists after a meeting in Vienna, Austria May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Venezuela is considering several options to repay its debts, the oil minister said on Thursday, after a deep recession and lo... More »

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Oil up on falling U.S. inventories, Saudi cuts to Asia

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Oil prices rose on Thursday, with global benchmark Brent crude trading comfortably above $50 a barrel after a fall in U.S. ... More »

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Oil prices fall on lingering oversupply concerns

FILE PHOTO: A Total petrol station is seen in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. Picture taken February 2, 2017 REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by a general sentiment of globally bloated markets, though traders s... More »

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Oil recovers lost ground, but market remains under pressure

A worker at an oil field owned by Bashneft, Bashkortostan, Russia, in this January 28, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/Files Oil prices recovered lost ground on Monday following big losses last week, driven by expectations that OPEC will extend a ple... More »

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Oil prices claw back losses, but oversupply still weighs

A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a customer’s car at PetroChina’s petrol station in Beijing, China, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Oil prices regained some ground on Thursday after steep losses the previous day, as Kuwait said it expected an OPE... More »

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Kuwait says expects extension of OPEC, non-OPEC oil deal

The OPEC flag and the OPEC logo are seen before a news conference in Vienna, Austria, October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Kuwait’s oil minister Essam al-Marzouq said on Thursday he expected a global pact to cut oil supplies to be extended beyond June, su... More »

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Oil near flat in strong week for crude

FILE PHOTO: A worker checks the valve of an oil pipe at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of Basra, Iraq December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo Oil prices were little changed in modest volume on Thursday, during a week in which crude benchmarks rec... More »

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Oil prices rise on potential extension of output cuts

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Oil prices rose on Wednesday, putting crude futures on track for their longest streak of gains since August 2016, as Saudi Arabia was reported to b... More »

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Oil prices fall as U.S. rig count stokes oversupply worries

A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Oil futures dipped on Monday as a higher U.S. rig count indicated rising shale output and stoked worries about global oversupply, while a stronger d... More »

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Oil prices fall on bloated U.S. crude storage

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as rising crude stocks in the United States underscored an ongoing global fuel supply overhang despite ... More »

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Oil prices dip as doubts remain over OPEC supply cuts

An oil derrick and wind turbines stand above the plains north of Amarillo, Texas, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Oil prices dipped on Friday as the market looked for clues on how effectively OPEC production cuts are working to absorb a global supp... More »

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Oil prices jump after data shows surprise U.S. stock draw

FILE PHOTO – Pump jacks drill for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. on April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Oil prices rebounded from three-month lows on Wednesday after industry data showed a surprise drawdown in U.S. crude stockpiles a... More »

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Oil prices fall to three-month low as U.S. rig count climbs

Fuel pump nozzles are pictured at a Helios petrol station in Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 10, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov Oil prices dropped to their lowest in three months on Monday despite OPEC efforts to curb crude output, dragged down as U.S. drillers kept a... More »

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Oil edges off three-month low but glut worries persist

A pump jack stands idle in Dewitt County, Texas January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Anna Driver Oil prices recovered a little on Friday after dropping to their lowest in more than three months, pressured by heavy oversupply despite OPEC-led production cuts. More »

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Oil prices rise on output cuts, but U.S. stockpiles drag

FILE PHOTO – Pump jacks drill for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. on April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Oil prices climbed on Thursday after sharp losses the session before, buoyed by strong compliance with touted international produ... More »

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Oil ticks up on weaker dollar, stalled Russian output cuts

A worker walks past a pump jack on an oil field owned by Bashneft in Bashkortostan, Russia, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Oil markets rose on Friday as the dollar edged away from a multi-week high, but prices are being held in check by ... More »

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Oil drops for second day- market awaits U.S. stocks data

Chevron Corp’s refinery is shown in Richmond, California August 7, 2012. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo Crude oil lost more ground on Wednesday with rising U.S. oil output adding pressure on the market, although OPEC production cuts continued to offer sup... More »

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Oil gains on supply cuts, but rising U.S. output caps gains

A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen Oil prices rose on Monday, with the market set to rise for five of seven sessions as a global supply glut appears to ease, b... More »

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Crude oil rises after report shows drop in stockpiles

FILE PHOTO – A worker fills a tank with subsidized fuel at a fuel station in Jakarta April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta Oil futures climbed nearly 1 percent on Thursday after data showed a surprise decline in U.S. crude stocks as imports fell, supporting the v... More »

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Oil slips but close to multi-week highs

A woman pumps gas at a station in Falls Church, Virginia December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Global oil prices slipped on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar [.DXY], in which payments for crude are made, rose but they traded broadly at multi-week highs after OP... More »

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Crude prices rise as investors bet big on oil strength

Oil pump jacks are seen next to a strawberry field in Oxnard, California February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Crude futures rose for a second day on Tuesday, with data showing hedge funds are betting big across oil markets following OPEC production cuts a... More »

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Oil slips further below $56 on report of U.S. inventory jump

FILE PHOTO – A drop of diesel is seen at the tip of a nozzle after a fuel station customer fills her car’s tank in Sint Pieters Leeuw December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman Oil slipped further below $56 a barrel on Wednesday as an industry report showing a larg... More »

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Oil up on U.S. gasoline stocks, but market bloated

FILE PHOTO: An oil pump jack can be seen in Cisco, Texas, August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Stone/File Photo Oil prices rose on Thursday, supported by an unexpected draw in U.S. gasoline inventories, although bloated crude supplies meant that fuel markets remain u... More »

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Oil prices stable, but kept in range by mixed price signals

FILE PHOTO: An employee pumps petrol into a car at a petrol station in Hanoi, Vietnam December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo Oil was stable on Tuesday after falls the previous session, with markets torn between mixed price indicators that have kept crude r... More »

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Oil steadies as Iran and OPEC offset by U.S. drilling rebound

A general view of a crude oil importing port in Qingdao, Shandong province, in this November 9, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer/Files Oil steadied near $57 barrel on Monday as OPEC supply cuts and rising tensions between the United States and Iran were count... More »

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Trading giant Glencore extends major Libyan oil deal: sources

FILE PHOTO: Pipelines are seen at the industrial zone at the oil port of Ras Lanuf, Libya January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo Swiss-based commodities giant Glencore has extended a deal with Libya’s state oil firm to be the sole marketer o... More »

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Oil extends declines on rising U.S. output

A pump jack stands idle in Dewitt County, Texas January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Anna Driver Oil prices extended declines on Monday, dragged down by signs of growing production in the United States that could partly offset output cuts by OPEC and other producers. More »

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Oil prices rise as markets eye OPEC, non-OPEC production cuts

A flame rises from a chimney at Taq Taq oil field in Arbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, August 16, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari Oil prices rose in the first trading hours of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between OPEC and non-OPEC members to cut production, ... More »

Oil prices rise in anticipation of tighter 2017 market

An employee at a Total fuel station waits for customers in south Jakarta February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside Oil prices rose on Monday in anticipation of tighter crude supply going into 2017 following the decision by OPEC and other producers to cut out... More »

Oil prices soar on global producer deal to cut crude output

An employee holds a gas pump at a petrol station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Oil prices shot to their highest levels since mid-2015 on Monday after OPEC and other producers reached their first deal since 2001 to jointly reduc... More »

Oil prices fall over doubts of planned crude output cut

An employee holds a gas pump at a petrol station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo Oil prices fell on Monday, adding to Friday’s steep losses as doubts re-emerged over the ability of major producers to agree output cuts ... More »

Oil prices climb on expectation of OPEC-led production cut

The OPEC flag and the OPEC logo are seen before a news conference in Vienna, Austria, October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Oil prices rose around 1 percent on Monday as OPEC moved closer to an output cut to rein in oversupply that has pressured prices for... More »

Oil pinned near three-month lows as gloom grows over OPEC

A pump jack stands idle in Dewitt County, Texas January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Anna Driver Oil fell to its lowest in three months on Monday, as the prospect of another year of oversupply and weak prices overshadowed chances that OPEC will reach a deal to cut output... More »

Oil prices drop as Iraq says doesn`t want to join OPEC cut

Flames emerge from a pipeline at the oil fields in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani Oil prices fell early on Monday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from any deal by producer cartel OPEC to cut production to prop u... More »

Oil prices fall on rise in U.S. drilling, strong dollar

A pumpjack drills for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Oil prices fell early on Monday, pulled down by a rising rig count in the United States, a strong dollar and record OPEC-output which comes amid slowing global ... More »

Venezuela says OPEC, non-OPEC oil stabilizing deal `close`

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (C) attends the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Porlamar, Venezuela September 18, 2016. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that OPEC and non-OPEC countries were “close” to re... More »

Oil falls as U.S. drills more

Rigging equipment is pictured in a field outside of Sweetwater, Texas June 4, 2015. REUTERS/Cooper Neill Oil fell for a second trading day in a row on Monday, after speculators cut their bullish bets by the most in three months last week and U.S. crude driller... More »

Jobless recovery looms for white-collar U.S. oil workers

An oil refinery is seen in Carson, California March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Elizabeth Huber lost her job inspecting oilfield pipes nearly 20 months ago and her prospects remain bleak even as oil executives cautiously plot production and budget increase... More »

Crude edges down on oil glut worries

A worker looks on at the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery outside Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Crude prices inched down on Monday in Asia, paring 3 percent gains in the previous session amid worries over a ... More »

Oil rises on talk of producer action, but excess looms

By Libby George | LONDON LONDON Oil prices rose on Monday to their highest in nearly a month, with benchmark Brent crude trading more than 10 percent above the start of August, as speculation intensified about potential producer action to support prices in an ... More »

Oil falls as oversupply still weighs on market

LONDON Oil fell on Monday morning, reversing earlier gains, as increases in OPEC production and U.S. oil rig additions continued to weigh on the market. Brent crude was down $0.44 at $43.09 a barrel at 0854 GMT (4:54 a.m. ET) from the previous settlement, afte... More »

Oil prices dip on ongoing oversupply, economic headwinds

SINGAPORE/TOKYO Oil prices held near two-month lows on Monday amid worries that a global crude and refined product glut would weigh on markets for some time to come. International Brent crude oil futures were trading at $45.51 per barrel at 0623 GMT, down 18 c... More »

Oil prices rise as market shrugs off Turkey coup bid

SINGAPORE Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Monday, following gains last week, as traders shrugged off the impact of Friday’s attempted coup in Turkey, while a weaker dollar and upbeat economic data from the United States lent price support. Brent crude future... More »

Oil slides as rising chance of Brexit spooks investors

NEW YORK/LONDON Oil prices fell for a fourth straight day on Tuesday, swept lower by investor nervousness over Britain’s vote next week on whether to leave the European Union, which overshadowed signs of a return to health for crude markets. Safe-haven German ... More »

Son of the circus thrives as crude-oil traffic cop

HOUSTON The rows of traders who line the massive trading floor at Mercuria Energy Group’s Houston headquarters rely on a string of modern conveniences to execute deals across the globe. But when they’re under the gun to deliver oil fast, they call one person: ... More »

Oil prices rise on Nigeria outages, Goldman forecast

LONDON Oil prices jumped over 2 percent on Monday to their highest since November 2015 on growing Nigerian oil output disruptions and after long-time bear Goldman Sachs said the market had ended almost two years of oversupply and flipped to a deficit. Brent cr... More »

Oil falls as traders cash in after three weeks of gains

SINGAPORE Oil prices dipped on Monday as traders took profits after three weeks of gains and as a jump in the dollar late last week was priced into fuel markets. Front-month Brent crude was trading at $44.80 per barrel at 0710 GMT, down 31 cents from its last ... More »

Saudi-Iran tensions scupper deal to freeze oil output

DOHA A deal to freeze oil output by OPEC and non-OPEC producers fell apart on Sunday after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran join in despite calls on Riyadh to save the agreement and help prop up crude prices. The development will revive oil industry fears that ... More »

TransCanada restarts Keystone pipeline at reduced pressure

TransCanada Corp (TRP.TO) on Sunday said it had restarted the 590,000- barrel-per-day Keystone crude pipeline at reduced pressure after it received American authorization to do so. The Canadian energy company said the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safe... More »

Oil prices fall on dimming prospect of output restraint

SINGAPORE Oil prices fell on Monday as the chances of Middle East producers agreeing to curb overproduction appeared to fade, while stubbornly high U.S. output and worries about Asia’s economic outlook also dragged on prices. Iran, returning to global oil mark... More »

Oil prices rise in thin Asian trade after break

TOKYO Oil prices rose on Monday after a three-day break, adding to gains in recent weeks as optimism holds that a production freeze among major producers may be implemented, but volumes were thin as a number of markets remain on holiday for Easter. U.S. crude’... More »

Oil slides on mounting U.S. stockpiles, strong dollar

LONDON Oil fell below $40 a barrel on Thursday, heading for the biggest weekly slide in two months, dented by record-high stockpiles in the United States and a stronger dollar. The U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) said crude stockpiles... More »

BlackRock CEO Fink sees risks in China, negative rates

ACAPULCO, Mexico BlackRock Inc Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said on Friday that China may be the biggest hurdle to global financial markets and that central bankers are adding to risks with negative-interest rate policies. “China does represent maybe mor... More »