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Oil prices rose on Tuesday, with Brent gaining for a fourth consecutive session, as the prospect of extra supply coming to the market soon from Iran faded with talks dragging on over the United States rejoining a nuclear agreement with Tehran, Trend reports with reference to Reuters. Brent crude was …

Brent oil may rise into a range of $73.38-$73.80 per barrel, as it has broken a resistance at $72.71. The break is convincing, as it followed two corrections on June 9 and June 10. The break signals a continuation of the uptrend towards the range of $74.47-$75.55 range. Oil is …

G7 leaders committed June 13 to end new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal power generation by the end of 2021. Leaders of the seven major industrialized nations – the UK, US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany and Italy – were meeting in Cornwall under the UK’s presidency of …

Oil demand is set to rise above pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday, but producers have sufficient capacity rise to the challenge. In its first detailed look at next year in its regular monthly review of the oil market, the IEA …

Ethylene has shown robust and consistent growth over the period 2015 to 2019, according to GlobalData, and is expected to increase at a healthy 2.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the decade. Asia has been the largest contributor, both in terms of demand and supply, and is likely to …

The world has already passed the coal consumption peak and will pass the oil consumption peak within a decade, head of the Russian Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday. “I believe we will pass the oil consumption peak over this decade. We …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday after oil cartel Opec and its allies stuck to their plan to cautiously return oil supply in June and July while expecting fuel demand to rebound strongly during the US summer. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 32c, or 0.5%, to $68.05 at …

Spending cuts enforced across the global energy industry last year due to the pandemic will be clawed back in 2021, with investment poised to grow 10% to $1.9tn. That is a return to pre-crisis levels, but the composition of capital expenditure will be more tightly focused on electricity generation than …

U.S. crude futures hit their highest level in more than two years after the OPEC+ alliance forecast a tightening global market ahead of a production policy meeting. West Texas Intermediate rose as much as 2.6% from Friday’s close to $68.04 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent topped $70 earlier Tuesday. The …

Oil prices fell on Thursday but stayed within the tight range set this week, with optimism about the northern hemisphere summer driving season in the US and Europe offsetting concern about demand in India and a potential increase in Iranian supplies. Brent fell 57 US cents, or 0.8%, to $68.30 …