A Court in Luxembourg has announced that Iran’s blocked assets has not yet been released and a final ruling of the Supreme Court is needed for releasing them.
Read More »Oil Slips as Producer Cuts Fail to Banish Demand Fears
Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday, with investors apparently unconvinced that record supply cuts could soon balance markets pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic, though a predicted plunge in U.S. shale output provided some support. Brent LCOc1 futures fell 25 cents, or 0.8%, to $31.49 a barrel by 0825 GMT after …
Read More »Goldman Sachs still Sees Crude Prices Falling after OPEC+ Deal
Goldman Sachs said on Sunday that the deal between major oil producers to cut output by nearly 10 million barrels per day is ‘historic yet insufficient,’ adding that no deal would be enough to offset the sharp drop in demand already occurring. The investment bank still expects oil prices to …
Read More »OPEC+ Cuts Deep into Global Supply, but not Deep Enough
OPEC and its allies have finalized an historic deal to take 9.7mn barrels per day (bpd) of oil supply off the market – just under 10% of global production – to help the industry through its worst crisis in a century. Following emergency talks on April 9, the group originally …
Read More »Oil Climbs more than 4% as OPEC+ Agree Record Output Cut
Oil prices jumped more than $1 a barrel on Monday after major producers finally agreed their biggest-ever output cut, but gains were capped amid concern that it won’t be enough to head off oversupply with the coronavirus pandemic hammering demand, Trend reports with reference to Reuters. After four days of …
Read More »Pressure Mounts on Mexico to Agree Oil Cut Deal
Pressure mounted on Mexico on Saturday to agree on cuts to oil output that would set the seal on the biggest production deal in the industry’s history. The OPEC+ alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia was said to have made some progress on Saturday as negotiations with Mexico continued, …
Read More »Drax Delivers 250 Facemasks to NHS as Part of C-19 Business Pledge
Drax aims to help the worst-hit communities and strengthen recovery measures.
Read More »Efforts to Persuade Mexico to Join Oil Cuts Deal Persist
The Kremlin said on Saturday it hoped the world’s largest oil producers would come to a consensus on output cuts and that negotiators were still trying to persuade Mexico to take part in a deal, TASS news agency reported. OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and its allies, led by Russia, …
Read More »Global Focus on Renewable Energy Creates Growth Prospects for Wind Turbine Materials
According to market research firm, Frost & Sullivan, increasing demand for energy worldwide and traditional energy independence due to volatile oil prices is encouraging governments throughout the world to harness the potential of renewable energy, driving the global market for wind turbine materials. Expanding at a compound annual growth rate …
Read More »G20 Ministers Struggle to Agree on Oil Output Cuts as Pandemic Weakens Demand
Top oil producers struggled to finalise production cuts during a virtual summit held by G20 energy ministers on Friday, despite US President Donald Trump’s mediation efforts to end a standoff with Mexico. The final G20 communique appeared to gloss over simmering divisions over energy policy, making no mention of output …
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