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Doha Oil Freeze Meeting Fails; Oil Price and Stocks Tumble

WTI Crude oil futures gapped more than 4.5 percent in early Asian trading session on Monday. The decline in the commodity occurred a few...

Oil prices remain focused on Euro zone liquidity crisis solutions

Looking forward, oil prices will remain focused on talks that emerge from the meetings in Europe.

Oil Prices Strengthen; Goldman Sachs See $45 by October

Oil prices strengthened in recent trading sessions on a decline in U.S. oil inventory levels and better economic numbers from China, world’s second-largest consumer...

Five trends for the liquefied natural gas industry in 2013

As the world enters an era of tighter gas markets, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry promises hope, with new gas basin discoveries, innovative...

Crude Short Term Perspective

Crude rallied strongly into Christmas, closing in New York at a 2-year high of $91.50 on 23 December. China‘s Christmas day rate hike of...

2012 Oil Demand Outlook Lowered

Global oil demand in 2012 is expected to grow by 800,000 b/d from 2011, down from last month’s outlook for 1.1 million b/d of demand growth

Valued over $1 trillion Saudi Aramco IPO could go global

As part of a privatization drive, Saudi Arabia is considering an IPO of Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest crude oil producer, deputy crown price...

GCC Petrochemical Sector in Q1 of 2013

GCC Petrochemical Sector Quarterly – 1Q13 • GCC petrochemical capacity grew by 5.5% YoY during 2012 • Sector profit fell by 7.9% YoY but was up...

Increase of Petrol Prices by 15 fils from Wednesday

The Petroleum Production Distribution companies in the country have decided to raise the prices of gasoline by 15 fils at various fuel stations nationwide...

Oil trades near nine-month high

The Greek rescue deal is “a very good agreement,” European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said after the talks ended in Brussels. Finance ministers...

High Oil Prices will constrain Economic Growth

During the last century, cheaper oil prices gave a boost to global economic growth. However, during the last decade, prices for oil surged, and...

2021 Oil Price Forecast Above $51, Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs raised its estimate for WTI Crude prices in 2021 to $51.38 per barrel from $48.50, expecting a gradual recovery in global oil...

Crude Oil, Gold and Silver rise on weak Dollar

Crude oil prices climbed Wednesday as US inventories dropped unexpectedly last week. The Energy Information Administration reported on Wednesday, US Crude inventories fell 4.4M...

First UAE company enters Northern Iraq’s oil exploration, production

BlackGold - a fully owned subsidiary of Al Zarooni Enterprises - has become one of the first UAE companies to enter the lucrative energy...

New petroleum terminal to be build in Jebel Ali Free Zone

Horizon Terminals Ltd marks groundbreaking of US$142 million Bulk Liquid Petroleum Terminal in Jebel Ali Free Zone Scheduled to be commissioned in the 4th quarter...

Oversupply Push Oil Prices Lower; “V-shaped Rebound” Likely

Oil prices ended higher last Friday, but suffered a weekly loss for the fifth time in a row. This is the longest run of...

How Fake is Our News?

Hardly a day goes by without media and sometimes government claims that Russia has been utilising social media tools to spread fake news and...

Oil outlook remains strong

There was a contract change for crude oil this week as volume on September delivery increased and the price rose for the fourth consecutive...