Crude oil
Most US oil executives see prices below $60/bbl through 2018
HOUSTON (Reuters) — Nearly two-thirds of US oil executives see crude oil prices remaining below $60/bbl through 2018 and not hitting $70/bbl until at least the next decade, according to a survey published on Wednesday by consultancy Deloitte Services LP.
US judge allows Dakota pipeline to run as Army conducts study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Oil can keep flowing through the contested Dakota Access Pipeline while the Army Corps of Engineers conducts a new environmental review of the duct through next April, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
IEA: China's crude oil buying spree looks set to continue
LONDON (Reuters) — China has built its crude oil stockpiles at a record pace in 2017 and while its purchases could tail off towards the year-end, inventories could hit the billion-barrel mark in 6 mos, the International Energy Agency said.
Kinder Morgan Canada kills request linked to Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd on Friday withdrew its request to install anti-fish-spawning mats in construction areas for its embattled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, potentially delaying the $5.91-B project.
Indian PM Modi targets more energy reforms after meeting oil chiefs
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — India's prime minister sees scope for further reform of the country's energy sector and has received "focused suggestions" from some of the world's leading energy companies, the office of the premier said on Monday.
Oil shipments from Georgia's Batumi port down by 37% this year
TBILISI (Reuters) — Oil and related shipments from Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi are down by 36.6 percent in the first nine months of 2017, a senior official at the terminal, operated by Kazakh state firm KazMunaiGas, said on Friday.
Vitol CEO sees oil industry shrinking
LONDON (Reuters) — The world’s largest oil trader Vitol expects the oil industry to shrink given the quickening pace of the global shift to electric cars and away from fossil fuels, its chief executive said on Thursday.
Oil markets cautious as another tropical storm heads for Gulf of Mexico
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Oil markets opened cautiously in Asia on Friday as traders monitored a tropical storm heading for the Gulf of Mexico and as China remained closed for a week-long public holiday.
Oil rises as talk of new OPEC deal trumps record US exports
LONDON (Reuters) — Oil prices rose on Thursday as signs Saudi Arabia and Russia would limit production through next year outweighed record US exports and the return of production at a major Libyan oilfield.
Saudi says "flexible" on Russian idea to extend oil cuts to end-2018
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia made no firm pledge on Thursday to extend a deal between OPEC, Russia and other producers on cutting supplies but said it was "flexible" regarding Moscow's suggestion to prolong the pact until the end of 2018.
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