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By James Stafford |
June 18, 2013
India's search for hydrocarbons to fuel its economy has managed rather neat diplomatic trick of annoying Washington, delighting Tehran and intriguing Baghdad, and leaving the Indian Treasury fretting about how to pay for its oil imports.
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By Jeremy van Loon and Rebecca Penty, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Oil pipelines, under attack from environmentalists, are essential to Canada’s economic growth just as railroads were in the 1880s, Enbridge Inc. Chief Executive Officer Al Monaco said.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 13, 2013
The oil market got heavy as word of a possible story of a Fed exit, which started to permeate the trading floor on Friday. The other issue is oil going down to the Gulf Coast and whether our production boom will overwhelm the refineries.
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By Phil Flynn |
February 15, 2013
A surge on talk of refining issues and tight gasoline blending components sent prices flying. Yet the lack of follow-through with crude oil and heating oil may mean that this run on gas may soon be coming to an end.
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By Phil Flynn |
February 12, 2013
The G-7 and Eurozone finance minters supposedly were on target for a cease fire in the so called currency war, but the rhetoric yesterday seemed to shake up the falling crude market as an ECB bank official took aim and fired.
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By Maria Levitov and Julia Leite, Bloomberg |
February 11, 2013
Emerging market stocks dropped, poised for a six-week low, as falling metals prices sank commodities shares and Turkish banks slid.
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By Grant Smith |
January 30, 2013
The lowest oil volatility in 17 years is pushing down options costs, setting up trades that BNP Paribas SA and Commerzbank AG say will profit when prices start swinging again.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 25, 2013
This week the main reason why crude oil moved up and down was the saga surrounding the Seaway pipeline. The reversal of this pipeline was perhaps the most important reversal of liquid since they changed the direction of the Chicago River.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 2, 2013
Oil prices had the shackles removed and spiked higher after the Republicans caved and agree to a bill that will raise taxes on families that earn over $450,000. Of course for oil bulls any deal is better than no deal.
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By Grant Smith and Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
December 26, 2012
Brent crude is poised to trade above $100 a barrel for a third consecutive year in 2013 as tension in the Middle East threatens to disrupt supply and global demand is buoyed by Chinese imports.