Energy

  Bloomberg Oil advanced from the lowest level in a month as investors weighed production cuts from Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members against a projected gain in U.S. crude output. Futures gained as much as 1 percent in New York after dropping 5.9 percent the previous two sessions. Saudi Arabia was said to reduce February crude sales to China ...

  Bloomberg Debt-laden energy companies that still don’t have a financial escape plan in place are running out of time and willing lenders even after oil doubled from its February lows. Crude prices topping $50 a barrel helped to ease pressure on distressed energy companies, allowing at least 27 issuers to sell $16 billion of junk-rated bonds in last year’s ...

  Reuters India’s gasoline consumption continues to grow rapidly as an increasing number of individuals purchase their first motorised vehicle, helping drive the fastest growth in fuel demand in the world. India’s gasoline consumption rose more than 12 percent in 2016 compared with 2015, according to preliminary fuel sales figures compiled by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Motor ...

  Bloomberg Total SA agreed to buy a stake in a project in Uganda from Tullow Oil Plc for $900 million as a recovery in crude prices accelerates the pace of deals in the energy industry. French oil major Total will acquire a controlling stake in the Lake Albert development, the companies said on Monday in separate statements. Total will ...

  Bloomberg Oil dropped the most in more than five weeks in New York amid concern about Iraqi compliance with OPEC production cuts. West Texas Intermediate futures fell 3.8 percent. Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports in the Gulf reached a record high in December, Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi said in an e-mailed statement. Gulf oil producers Saudi Arabia, ...

  Bloomberg Iraq plans to raise crude exports from its southern port of Basra to an all-time high in February, keeping exports high even as OPEC production cuts take effect this month. The country’s State Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) plans to export 3.641 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude in February, according to trade sources and preliminary loading schedules ...

  Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP is no longer in talks to buy a $5 billion stake in assets owned by Energy Transfer Partners LP, people with knowledge of the matter said. The discussions fell through after the Wall Street Journal reported them last month, said one of the people, who asked not to identified because the information is private. The ...

  Bloomberg Grafton Asset Management Inc., a firm that has brought foreign investment into Canada’s oil sands, is looking to add alternative energy to its portfolio for the first time as it positions itself for the decline of fossil fuels. “I’m worried about the future of the industry in general,” Geeta Sankappanavar, president and chief operating officer of the Calgary-based ...

  Bloomberg Asia’s finally becoming a prime destination for US shale gas cargoes. At least 10 of the 12 tankers bearing liquefied natural gas that left Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana in December are headed for Asian countries, shipping data compiled by Bloomberg show. The December tally surpasses November’s record of 10 departures. Sabine Pass is the ...

  Bloomberg Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports in the Gulf reached a record high in December, just before the country was due to join other major producers in cutting output to help curb a global oversupply.Shipments from southern ports in Basra Province averaged 3.51 million barrels a day in December, Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi said in an e-mailed ...