Search Results for: oil prices
Adco investing up to $7bn in commitment to meet 2017 oil production target
November 11th, 2014
The Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) is set to invest a further US$5 billion to $7bn to meet its production target of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2017, the company’s chief ...
Oil price slide threatens energy subsidies in Arabian Gulf states
November 10th, 2014
Low oil prices may lead Arabian Gulf states to issue additional debt and cut energy subsidies, according to the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s. “If there’s a prolonged oil price correction, corporate and government-related entities may have to change ...
Australia & NZ shares slip as commodity prices fall, China data awaited
November 5th, 2014
Australian and New Zealand shares slipped on Wednesday with weaker iron ore, copper and oil prices dragging down Australia’s heavyweight resources sector amid concerns about global demand. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 29.9 points to 5,490 by 01:20 GMT, ...
Oil price swoon pulls WTI crude to 3-year low
November 5th, 2014
Oil prices fell to a three-year low Tuesday as Saudi Arabia cut prices of crude exported to the U.S., raising the specter of a bruising battle for market share that threatens the U.S. energy boom but could bring ultra-low ...
BHP to test U.S. oil export ban by selling without formal ruling
November 5th, 2014
BHP Billiton Ltd is set to be the first company to export lightly processed ultra-light U.S. oil without explicit permission from the government, further testing the limits of an increasingly contentious ban on foreign sales. Eight months after two ...
Gulf economies edge toward reform as oil price slides
November 3rd, 2014
When Kuwait’s government said last month that it planned to raise domestic prices of diesel fuel and kerosene, some angry Kuwaitis took to Twitter to denounce the move as unfair. The austerity measures are small compared to the tens ...
The Opportunity in Weak Commodity Prices
October 31st, 2014
Commodity markets – especially for crude oil — continue to face headwinds from excess supply and uncertainties about divergent monetary policies. But nascent positive trends give commodity markets a more balanced outlook, in our view. Looking into the end ...
Gas prices drop 18 cents in 2 weeks
October 27th, 2014
Price to fill up the tank has dropped 65 cents a gallon since May and is 29 cents cheaper than a year ago. A national survey of gas prices reports that the average cost of U.S. regular grade gas ...
Falling Coal Prices Wreaking Havoc With Corporate Balance Sheets
October 24th, 2014
The slide in oil prices has raised speculation that oil companies in the U.S. could be forced to cut back on production, but a market slump in another commodity is also putting pressure on producers. Coal markets are currently ...
How Wall Street Is Killing Big Oil
October 22nd, 2014
Lee Raymond, the famously pugnacious oilman who led ExxonMobil between 1999 and 2005, liked to tell Wall Street analysts that covering the company would be boring. “You’ll just have to live with outstanding, consistent financial and operating performance,” he ...
