Brent crude futures were down 16 cents, or 0.2%, at $91.01 a barrel by 1335 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 9 cents, or about 0.1%, at $86.82. Both benchmarks lost more than $2 earlier in the session.
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India is concerned about rising crude prices, but oil marketing companies will take measures to mitigate the impact on retail consumers if the trend persists.
The United States on Monday demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran's oil revenues which sent crude prices to six-month highs on fears of a potential supply crunch.
Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani plans to increase daily production capacity to five million barrels despite market restrictions and OPEC quota limitations for price stability.
Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) managing director said on Sunday workshops will be formed to realize the slogan of 1403 solar year (starting March 20, 2024) designated by the Leader as the year of “Surge in Production Through People’s Participation”.
Russia's Orsk oil refinery suspended work on Sunday, after the city's dam burst on Friday night amid flooding in the surrounding Orenburg region, Russian news agency cited the plant's press service as saying.
Iran’s trade with neighboring Iraq registered a 30 percent growth in the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023 to March 19, 2024), according to an official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).
A member of Iran’s Parliament said increasing investments, development of oil fields, and infrastructure measures in the oil industry are among promising economic moves.
Saudi Arabia has raised the official selling price (OSP) for its flagship Arab Light crude oil for customers in Asia and the Mediterranean in May, an Aramco statement showed on Friday.
Managing director of Iranian Central Oil Fields Company (ICOFC) said on Saturday that the development of the Mokhtar gas field in southwestern Iran will begin soon, Shana reported.
Iran last year became the biggest West Asian supplier of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), with exports surging 28 percent to over 11 million tons, according to an analysis of ship tracking data and market intelligence by consultancy Facts Global Energy (FGE).
Iran’s oil minister said on Friday the resistance front’s actions in vital crossings have deterred energy exports to the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has issued a tender for a 10-KTA Green Hydrogen Generation Unit (GHGU) at its Panipat Refinery Petrochemical Complex on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis.The initial delivery of hydrogen gas is anticipated within 30 months from the date of award.
Brent crude was up 36 cents, or 0.4%, to $91.01 a barrel by 1031 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $86.79 a barrel, up 20 cents, or 0.2%.
Iran’s Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) chief posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the country’s 5.4 percent economic growth in 2023 reported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the second-highest rate in the world.
Iran welcomes Turkish companies’ participation in projects of its oil industry, said Oil Minister Javad Owji on Thursday.
Deloitte Canada anticipates an increase in Canadian crude prices in 2024, attributing the expected rise to the commencement of the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline project later this year.
There was no surprise that a top meeting of OPEC+ ministers opted to keep output policy unchanged since the global crude oil market is almost exactly where the exporter group wants it.
The United States has not asked India to cut Russian oil imports as the goal of sanctions and the G7-imposed $60 per barrel price cap is to have stable global oil supplies while hitting Moscow's revenue, an American treasury official said on Thursday.
Brent futures for June fell 5 cents to $89.30 a barrel at 0919 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures for May fell 1 cent to $85.42 a barrel.