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What the March Higher in Oil Means for World Markets

(Reuters) – Oil prices are up around 16% so far this year near $90 a barrel, with supply worries high given escalating Middle East tensions and tit-for-tat attacks on energy infrastructure between Ukraine and Russia. Investors are paying attention. After all, it was an energy price surge two years ago that helped drive inflation and …

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Oil Dips as Demand Worries Outweigh Middle East Supply Risks

Summary Fed’s Powell: need higher interest rates for longer U.S. stocks seen up 1.4 million barrels – poll Market unwinding war premium, says analyst (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped for a third straight session on Wednesday as likely higher U.S. commercial inventories weighed, while weaker economic data from China and dimmed prospects of interest rate …

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Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could be Trouble for OPEC Member Iraq

Pipeline will almost triple shipments, bringing oilsands into direct competition with Iraq crude Bloomberg News Canada’s newest oil pipeline may spell trouble for a Middle Eastern country almost 7,000 miles away: Iraq. The Trans Mountain pipeline’s expansion, which will almost triple Alberta oilsands producers’ ability to ship their heavy crude to the Pacific Coast, will most directly affect …

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Kimmeridge Withdraws Merger Proposal for SilverBow

 Kimmeridge Energy Management said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its proposal to combine its gas-producing assets in South Texas with SilverBow Resources. Kimmeridge, SilverBow’s largest shareholder, in its latest attempt to acquire the company over the last two years had sent its offer on March 13 to combine assets. Along with Riposte Capital, SilverBow’s second-largest …

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Biden Unlikely to Cut Iran’s Oil Lifeline After Israel Attack

Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone strike on Israel is unlikely to prompt dramatic sanctions action on Iran’s oil exports from the Biden administration due to worries about boosting oil prices and angering top buyer China, said analysts. Shortly after Tehran launched its weekend attack – retaliation for Israel’s suspected April 1 strike on the Iranian …

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Freeport LNG Gas Consumption Running Near Zero for Fifth Day

Freeport LNG’s liquefaction plant remains mostly offline for a fifth straight day, with gas utilization rates at 125 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/d), or 5% of its fully operational use, data from financial firm LSEG showed on Monday. Freeport LNG has been the second-largest U.S. LNG exporter, with an installed capacity of 15 million …

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U.S. Natgas Futures Hit Over 2-Week Low on Lower Demand View

U.S. natural gas futures fell about 2% to a more than two-week low on Monday, weighed down by lower demand forecasts for this week than previously expected due primarily to a drop in feedgas to the Freeport LNG export plant in Texas. Front-month gas futures NGc1 for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange …

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Possible BP Bid Highlights ‘London for Sale’ Scenario

Possible BP bid highlights ‘London for sale’ scenario (Reuters) – The emergence of a possible bid for BP  by the United Arab Emirates’ state-owned oil group has thrown a spotlight on the vulnerability of the Britain’s largest companies to takeover and the threat to London as a global capital markets hub. New York’s larger investor base and …

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Oil Slips as Risk Premium Eases After Iran Attack

Oil prices fall after Iran’s attack on Israel Summary Iran says it considers retaliation against Israel to be over Benchmarks had risen in anticipation of Iran’s attack Uncertainty remains over Israeli response (Reuters) – Oil prices drifted lower on Monday, with the market downplaying the risk of broader regional conflagration after Iran’s weekend attack on …

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