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IBM Launches Blockchain Platform for US Oil Trade
April 7th, 2017
Technology giant IBM has developed a blockchain trade finance platform alongside a bank and a commodity trading house to settle deals using the blockchain solution. Singaporean commodities trading house Trafigura and French bank Natixis join IBM in the innovative ...
Oil prices jump 2% after US launches missile strike in Syria
April 7th, 2017
Oil prices surged more than 2 percent on Friday after the United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. U.S President Donald Trump said he had ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which ...
Oil prices fall on record U.S. crude stocks, rising production
April 6th, 2017
Oil prices fell on Thursday as record U.S. crude inventories underscored that crude markets remain bloated, despite efforts led by OPEC to cut output and prop up prices. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil, were at $54.07 ...
Oil rises to near one-month high on gradual tightening of supplies
April 5th, 2017
Oil climbed to a near one-month high on Wednesday on signs of a gradual tightening in global oil inventories and on concerns about a supply outage at a field in the United Kingdom’s North Sea that feeds into an ...
Oil edges up on weaker dollar; Libya output return weighs
April 4th, 2017
Oil prices rose slightly on Tuesday due to a weaker dollar, though a rebound in Libyan production put pressure on the market and rising U.S. drilling signaled the potential for increased supply and capped price gains. International Brent crude ...
These factors will affect the oil price in the future
April 3rd, 2017
When oil price bottomed around $27 per barrel last year in February, many predicted a major reversal and the dark days for producers to be over. Yet, more than a year after the bottom, the oil market is struggling ...
Oil prices fall as U.S. rig count stokes oversupply worries
April 3rd, 2017
Oil futures dipped on Monday as a higher U.S. rig count indicated rising shale output and stoked worries about global oversupply, while a stronger dollar also pressured prices. International benchmark Brent futures slipped 15 cents, or 0.3 percent, to ...
Oil dips after three-day rally, but support seen above $50 per barrel
March 31st, 2017
Oil prices eased on Friday as traders took profits following three days of straight gains on the expectation that an OPEC-led crude supply cut that was initially supposed to only last for the first half of the year would ...
Elliott Wave Analysis: Crude OIL and S&P500
March 30th, 2017
Elliott Wave Analysis: Crude OIL and S&P500 Crude OIL Because of a strong bullish momentum yesterday on oil, we think there is a chance that prices will continue to rise in sessions ahead so move up from 48.36 swing ...
Oil edges up on Libya disruptions, but bloated U.S. market still weighs
March 30th, 2017
Oil prices edged up on Thursday, extending two days of increases as supply disruptions in Libya lifted the market, although bloated U.S. crude inventories curbed gains. Prices for front-month Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil, were ...
