Policymakers are rapidly embracing trade and investment restrictions for a range of reasons, ranging from trying to raise wages to protect strategic sectors and national security concerns. Getty Images photo by Drew Angerer. Trade and [Read more]
Hedge funds positioning in Brent has become exceptionally stretched and is a significant source of downside risk if and when fund managers try to realize some of their profits. Anadarko photo. Hedge funds bullishness becoming [Read more]
BP carbon emissions will remain at current levels into 2025, despite the company increasing its oil and gas output. The global oil major pledged to maintain its CO2 levels due to rising investor pressure to [Read more]
Oil prices recovered some losses on Monday after weekend air strikes in Syria calmed investors’ concerns over escalating Middle Eastern tensions. AP photo by Hassan Ammar. Oil prices down over 1 per cent Oil prices [Read more]
The International Energy Agency says OPEC and non-OPEC countries participating in the cartel’s supply cut agreement have reached their goals of cutting global crude stocks to desired levels. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker. OPEC goal [Read more]
Oil prices rose on Friday and are headed for their largest weekly gain since last July due to increasing tensions in the Middle East and OPEC’s report showing global oil stocks rapidly declining. Statoil photo [Read more]
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, has made the Saudi Aramco IPO a cornerstone of the kingdom’s economic reform to 2030. He is looking to raise $100 billion by selling a 5 per cent [Read more]
Oil markets are tightening as the global oil stocks surplus that decimated oil prices in 2014 is close to evaporating, according to a monthly report by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Getty Images photo [Read more]
Oil prices slipped slightly on Thursday as the rising US dollar cut short a rally earlier this week that boosted crude prices to levels not seen since late 2014. Anadarko photo. Oil prices dip despite [Read more]
On Sunday, Kinder Morgan Canada announced it will walk away from its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project if disputes between BC and Alberta are not settled by May 31. Shutterstock photo by Art Babych. Existing 300,000 [Read more]
The law firm representing the family of a man killed in collision involving a Tesla Model X last month, is questioning if the Autopilot feature may have contributed to the fatal Tesla crash. CBC San [Read more]
As production from mature oil fields declines and the OPEC supply cut agreement continues at the same time global crude demand is increasing, the head of the International Energy Agency raises concerns about the global [Read more]
Trade tensions between the United States and China are creating uncertainty for businesses, and could threaten their global supply chains and future investment plans. By John Kemp LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) – Trade tensions between [Read more]
Oil prices jumped on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia reported it intercepted missiles over its capital city of Riyadh, increasing Middle East tensions. Reuters photo by Faisal Al Nasser. Oil prices up almost 2 per cent Wednesday [Read more]
The Eagle Ford shale play produces less crude than the Permian basin, but is located in south Texas and is closer to the US Gulf Coast’s refineries and pipelines. Pipeline and Gas Journal graphic. Eagle [Read more]
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is working to boost oil prices to around $80/barrel to pay for the government’s policy agenda and boost interest in the Saudi Aramco IPO. Saudi Aramco IPO likely in 2019 [Read more]
Hedge funds cut their bullish position in crude and fuels recently, reversing the trend that saw a significant increase in the previous two weeks. Apache photo. Hedge funds shift away from US light crude towards [Read more]
Oil prices rose above $70/barrel on Tuesday after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to open up China’s economy further and lower import tariffs. BP photo. Oil prices up, gold US Treasuries under pressure Oil prices [Read more]
Investors and traders are probably underestimating the difficulty of the negotiations and the risk the United States and China could drift into a damaging trade war by accident. Getty Images photo by Chip Somodevilla. Game of [Read more]
President Donald Trump has insisted a trade war is winnable and pushed his officials to increase the scope of the target list and China has appeared anxious to avert a trade conflict but threatened a [Read more]
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