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Brent crude briefly hit $70 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate rose above $66 this week as improving economic outlooks for some of the world’s biggest economies boosted optimism. Although a round of profit-taking by hedge funds limited the upward potential of the benchmarks, it was a temporary occurrence, and …

Oil rose toward $67 a barrel as weaker demand from virus-ravaged India partially offset optimism over the global economic recovery. Brent crude edged higher after most-active prices rose almost 6% last month. April sales of gasoline in India fell to the lowest since August, while those for diesel were the …

Oil prices extended gains on Thursday after rising 1% the previous session, as bullish forecasts on recovering demand this summer outweighed concerns about the impact of rising COVID-19 cases in India, Japan and Brazil. Brent crude for June rose 15 cents, or 0.22%, to $66.93 a barrel by 0528 GMT …

The international rig count, except for the US and Canada, increased by 14 units month-on-month (MoM) in March 2021, bringing the total count to 715, data of energy services firm Baker Hughes showed. The oil rigs in the Middle East rose by one MoM to 261 in March but declined …

Oil prices fell on Monday, declining around 1% on concerns about decrease in demand for fuel products due to more European lockdowns. Brent crude was down 60 cents, or 0.9%, at $63.93 a barrel by 01:36 GMT while US oil was off by 68 cents, or 1.1%, at $60.74 a …

Oil prices have increased on the world markets. On London ICE (InterContinental Exchange Futures) cost of the Brent crude oil rose $0.29 to trade at $68.68, while the price of Light crude oil at the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) increased $0.37 to stand at $64.17.

The greening of the American oil industry has gone into overdrive. Dan Yergin, IHS Markit vice chairman, said it’s an important turning point for the oil and gas sector, which has been anticipating big changes with President Joe Biden’s climate-focused, clean energy policies. “The oil and gas industry is calibrating …

The world has only a few months to prevent the energy industry’s carbon emissions from surpassing pre-pandemic levels this year as economies begin to rebound from Covid-19 restrictions, according to the International Energy Agency. New figures from the global energy watchdog found that fossil fuel emissions climbed steadily over the …

Wind power produced 21.9% of the country’s electricity consumed last year.

That’s according to official BEIS figures, which suggest wind, solar and bioenergy recorded increases ranging between 5% and 20%.