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Morgan Stanley Sees Brent at $60/bbl by Early Next Year

Brent crude will likely retrace to around $60 per barrel by early next year, with the market being well supplied and geopolitical risk abating following the Israel-Iran de-escalation, Morgan Stanley said in a note on Monday. The bank added it sees robust supply growth from non-OPEC countries over 2025-26 in the order of 1 million …

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Argentina Asks UK Court to Pause Enforcement in $16 Bln Oil Company Seizure Case

Argentina on Monday urged London’s High Court to pause enforcement of a $16 billion-plus United States court judgment over the expropriation of oil and gas company YPF, pending an appeal by the Argentinian government in the U.S. The South American republic was ordered in 2023 to pay minority shareholders around $16 billion resulting from its …

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US Supreme Court to Hear Enbridge’s Venue Challenge to Michigan’s Pipeline Case

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Enbridge’s bid to change the venue of Michigan’s lawsuit seeking to force the Canadian pipeline operator to stop operating a pipeline underneath the Straits of Mackinac, waterways linking two of the Great Lakes, over environmental concerns. The justices took up Enbridge’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling …

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US Crude Oil Output Hit Record in April, EIA Data Shows

U.S. crude oil production hit a record 13.47 million barrels-per-day in April, up from 13.45 million bpd in March, according to data released by the Energy Information Administration as part of its Petroleum Supply Monthly series. The EIA had previously estimated U.S. oil output at 13.49 million bpd in March. Total U.S. petroleum product supplied, …

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Hedge Funds Sell Energy Stocks as Oil Slumps, Says Goldman Sachs

Hedge funds sold energy stocks last week at the fastest pace since September 2024 and at the second-quickest clip in the last 10 years, as oil prices fell on easing Middle East tensions, a Goldman Sachs note seen by Reuters on Monday showed. Crude prices tumbled over $10 last week following a cease-fire between Israel …

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Larger Deals Power Global M&A in H1, Bankers Signal Appetite for Megadeals

Mergers and acquisitions during the first half of this year were not what investment bankers had hoped for, but a burst of big deals in Asia and renewed optimism in U.S. markets could be paving the way for megadeals. Market uncertainties stemming from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, high interest rates and broader geopolitical …

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World Shares Hover Near Record Highs as US-Canada Trade Talks Revived

World shares held just below recent record highs on Monday as the revival of U.S./Canada trade talks helped risk sentiment, while the dollar dipped on the prospect of this week’s U.S. jobs data ushering in an earlier Fed rate cut. Canada on Sunday said it had rescinded its digital services tax in a bid to …

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Japan Auto Trade ‘Unfair’, Could Buy More US Oil, Trump Tells Fox News

Japan engages in “unfair” automobile trade with the United States and should increase its imports of U.S. energy resources and other goods to help reduce the U.S. trade deficit, President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Tokyo is scrambling to find ways to get Washington to exempt Japan’s automakers from 25% automobile …

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Mideast War Highlights Egypt’s Energy Weak Spot: Bousso

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters) *Israel halted gas exports to Egypt after start of war with Iran *Exports were resumed on June 23, but highlight Egypt’s gas supply challenges *Egypt gas production declined sharply in recent years, unlikely to recover soon By Ron Bousso LONDON, June 30 …

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DRILL “NOT” BABY DRILL: US Oil and Gas Rig Count Falls for Fourth Month to Oct 2021 Low, Baker Hughes Says

(Reuters) – U.S. energy firms cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a fourth month in a row to the lowest since October 2021, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by …

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