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Oil plumbs new lows below $27 as oversupply woes persist
January 21st, 2016
U.S. oil prices crashed below $27 dollars a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since 2003, caught in a broad slump across world financial markets with traders also worried that the crude supply glut could last longer. Oil ...
Falling oil prices: How are countries being affected?
January 19th, 2016
Oil prices have fallen to their lowest level since 2003, sinking below $28 a barrel before recovering slightly on Monday. Analysts say the drop has been driven by oversupply, coupled with a fall in demand because of a slowdown ...
Oil price plunge: Risks and rewards
January 15th, 2016
Just over four years ago, the United States and Europe sanctioned the sale of Iranian oil in an effort to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. Oil was trading at $110 per barrel, and Obama administration officials fretted about how to ...
Meet 2016’s Worst Economic Performers Flirting With Disaster
January 11th, 2016
For the world’s worst-performing economies, no good will come from New Year’s resolutions to do better. For many, 2016 will only bring more disappointment, say economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Oil-rich Venezuela will contract by 3.3 percent this year, the ...
The World Economy’s Winners and Losers in 2015
December 31st, 2015
When the final numbers are tallied, 2015 will probably count as another disappointing year for global growth. The muted performance came even as central banks continued to pump in liquidity, oil prices plunged again and inflation was moderate. It was also a year ...
OPEC to hold emergency meeting if oil prices fail to recover
December 16th, 2015
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will hold urgent talks, if crude prices don’t recover by February, according to OPEC president and Nigeria’s oil minister Emmanuel Kachikwu. “It is expected that the upward trend in oil prices will ...
Oil dips below $37 as OPEC pumps most in three years
December 11th, 2015
Oil fell below $37 a barrel on Thursday, after new data showed OPEC is still pumping like there is no tomorrow. The mighty oil cartel produced 31.7 million barrels a day in November, its latest monthly report shows. That ...
Opec bid to kill off US shale sends oil price down to 2009 low
December 8th, 2015
Oil falls by $2 a barrel with energy shares as Opec refusal to stop flooding the market with cheap oil and likely US rate hike sends Brent crude tumbling Oil prices have slumped by 5% after the latest attempt ...
OPEC 168th Meeting concludes
December 7th, 2015
The 168th Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, 4th December 2015 under the Chairmanship of its President, HE Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, whom the Conference ...
OPEC Heads for Status Quo as Members Clash Over Output Cut
December 4th, 2015
Saudi Arabia opposes cuts without Russian participation Venezuela rallies cash-strapped members to support output cuts OPEC looked on track to maintain the status quo after member states clashed over oil production policy at an unusual informal gathering before the ...
