Brent crude futures rose 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $83.84 a barrel by 0230 GMT after hitting a session-high of $84.80. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 34 cents, or 0.4%, to $78.35 a barrel after reaching an intraday high of $79.29 earlier in the session.
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Iran’s oil and gas industry has witnessed a 16.3 percent productivity growth under the 13th administration during the 6th National Development Plan (ending March 19, 2024).
Alexander Dyukov, the head of Russian oil major Gazprom Neft, said on Saturday that there was a slight surplus on the global oil market.
Brent crude futures rose $1.12, or 1.4%, to settle at $83.55 a barrel, their highest close since Nov 30. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) climbed 65 cents or 0.8% to $78.01, also the highest close since November.
The National Iranian Oil Company managing director said on Friday NIOC plans to invest more than $70 billion in the coming years to increase the country’s gas production capacity to 1.5 billion cubic meters per day (bcm/d).
Before the end of this decade, the world's third-largest crude oil importer, India, is set to become the single biggest driver of global oil demand, replacing China, analysts and forecasters say.
Parkland Corp has temporarily shut down processing operations at its 55,000-barrel-per-day Burnaby refinery in British Columbia, Canada, after encountering an issue with a processing unit, the company said on Wednesday.
Brent crude futures were up 98 cents, or 1.2%, to $81.02 a barrel at 1150 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $1, or 1.3%, to $76.09 a barrel.
India's petroleum consumption climbed to a new record last year and the country is on course to overtake China as the primary driver of incremental oil consumption before 2030.
The front-month March contract for Brent crude rose 4 cents to $79.59 a barrel at 0712 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude also ticked up 4 cents to $74.41 a barrel.
The European support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza, and the subsequent UK-US attacks against Yemen, have significantly impacted the European imports of refined petroleum products in the first half of January, a report said.
Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji is in Türkiye to hold talks on the expansion of energy ties between the two countries.
Brent crude futures lost 31 cents, or 0.39%, to $79.75 a barrel by 1019 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) shed 33 cents, or 0.44%, to $74.43 a barrel.
UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has sold more straight-run fuel oil (SRFO) from its Ruwais refinery complex this month via private sales, according to trade sources and ship-tracking data.
Brent crude fell 23 cents, or 0.3%, to $78.33 a barrel by 0732 GMT after settling down 54 cents on Friday.
Head of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Jalil Salari said the country’s oil refineries produce 300 million cubic feet (mcf) of hydrogen every day which is consumed inside the country, Shana reported.
India has deferred a 50-billion-rupee ($601.78 million) plan to fill parts of its strategic petroleum reserve, keeping in mind emerging trends in oil markets, the finance ministry said on Saturday.
Brent futures settled 54 cents lower at $78.56 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 67 cents to settle at $73.41.
Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become China's top crude oil supplier in 2023, data showed on Saturday, as the world's biggest crude importer defied Western sanctions to purchase vast quantities of discounted oil for its processing plants.
Iran’s oil revenues neared $34 billion in the first nine months (January-September) of 2023 despite brutal U.S. sanctions, accounting for 12 percent of OPEC member states’ total income.
