Energy

  Bloomberg Brexit has brightened the outlook for UK solar funds, with higher power prices lifting earnings for the industry and burnishing its attraction for investors seeking to insulate themselves from political upheaval. Trading volumes at three London-listed UK solar funds more than doubled in the six months after June’s referendum calling on Britain to exit the European Union, compared …

  Reuters Qatar hasn’t made a decision on whether to sell debt, with current oil prices close to the level the country needs to finance spending, according to Finance Minister Ali Al Emadi. “We feel very comfortable,” Al Emadi told reporters in Doha, adding that Qatar is spending about $500 million a week on capital projects. The economy will grow …

  Bloomberg While oil drillers in US shale basins are starting to see business come back, their offshore brethren will have to wait for prices to surge well above $60 a barrel. US offshore operators like Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. and Atwood Oceanics Inc. are down more than 15 percent in the last month, as companies focus on onshore oil …

  Bloomberg US East Coast refineries, which have thrived for a few years on a boom of production from the Bakken shale play in North Dakota and eastern Montana, are increasingly looking abroad to supply their needs. Last year through November, the region imported 884,000 barrels a day, which would be the highest full-year total since 2011, data from the …

  Bloomberg Oil’s advance to near $54 a barrel amid increased tensions between Iran and the US eased after American drillers expanded the rig count to the highest level since October 2015. Futures rose 0.4 percent in New York after last week capping a third weekly gain. Prices climbed as much as 1.3 percent on Friday after Donald Trump’s administration …

  LONDON / Reuters Swiss-based commodities giant Glencore has extended a deal with Libya’s state oil firm to be the sole marketer of one third of the country’s current crude oil production, sources familiar with the matter said. It was not clear for how long Glencore would continue to have exclusivity over the output and whether some parts of the …

  Bloomberg US oil and natural gas producers added jobs in December and January as drillers continued to return to the well pad with crude prices holding near 18 month highs, according to US jobs data on Friday. Oil and gas extraction jobs increased by 100 to 177,400 in January, while support services jobs increased by 600 to 195,200 in …

  Bloomberg Oil capped a third weekly gain as the US imposed fresh sanctions on Iran after a missile test and OPEC reached about 60 percent of its output-cut target. Futures climbed 0.5 percent in New York. The new restrictions were announced as President Donald Trump seeks to punish Tehran for its ballistic missile program after warning the Islamic Republic …

  Bloomberg Williams Cos. won US approval to build its $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline expansion in the Northeast, ending a review that ran almost two years and forced delays in the project. The 200-mile (322-kilometer) pipeline will expand shipments from shale formations by enough to serve 7 million homes, according to Williams. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission …

  Bloomberg The $3.8 billion Dakota Access crude oil pipeline may start operating June 1, assuming no new obstacles prevent it, according to a person familiar with the matter. Energy Transfer Partners LP, the developer of the pipeline, will begin filling it with oil around February 15, barring complaints or legal action to stop it, said the person, who asked …