Bloomberg Oil posted the biggest weekly rise in more than two months as shrinking stockpiles and supply disruptions from Canada to Libya compounded the growing isolation of OPEC’s third-largest oil producer. Futures advanced 8.1 percent this week in New York, above London-traded Brent crude’s gain of 5.1 percent. The world’s two most important oil benchmarks are diverging as Saudi Arabia’s …
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Bloomberg Oil rose to a level last seen in late 2014 after US crude stockpiles tumbled by the most since September 2016. Domestic crude inventories declined by 9.89 million barrels last week, while refiners boosted oil processing rates and exports soared to a record, the Energy Information Administration said. Oil stored at the key pipeline hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, shrank …
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PARIS / WAM The Ministry of Economy (MoE), represented by the International Centre for Patent Registration, and the French Ministry of Economy, represented by the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve the competitiveness of small and media-sized enterprises (SMEs), and promote intellectual property awareness in both countries. The MoU aims to promote cooperation …
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HONG KONG / WAM The total trade between the UAE and Hong Kong increased to $ 10.87 billion in 2017 from $10.59 billion in 2016, according to Hong Kong government statistics, obtained by Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE is participating in the Third Belt and Road (BnR) Summit, being held in Hong Kong. Abdullah Al Saleh, Under-Secretary for Foreign …
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Bloomberg Big oil is losing faith in President Donald Trump’s pledges to build the US into a self-reliant energy superpower. Top executives from Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Total SA all took shots at Trump’s trade plans at the World Gas Conference in Washington, expressing concern that US tariffs are a risk to oil and gas demand, and that …
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Bloomberg Baker Hughes will emerge from the shadow of parent General Electric Co amid unprecedented turmoil and dislocation in the global oil business. GE’s plan to unload its 62.5 percent stake in the oilfield-services company over the next two to three years will leave Baker Hughes in much the same place it was before the industrial conglomerate absorbed it last …
Read More »Bloomberg Add Kazakhstan to the list of oil producers whose supply is restricted. The central Asian nation’s output slipped by about 240,000 barrels a day, data from the country’s Ministry of Energy show. The cause and duration of the dip aren’t known, but the country suffered a few supply outages earlier this year involving the giant Kashagan field in the …
Read More »DUBAI / WAM The UAE is the biggest trade partner of Hong Kong in the Middle East, as the value of the non-oil trade exchange between the two countries accounted for $8.9 billion in 2017, with 5.1 percent annual growth compared to 2016, Juma Al Keet, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Economy (MoE) said …
Read More »ABU DHABI / WAM Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday received Lt General Sir John Lorimer, UK’s Defence Senior Adviser on the Middle East, and his accompanying delegation. Al Dhaheri welcomed Lt General Lorimer and praised the relations between the UAE and UK which he said are witnessing great development across various sectors. …
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LONDON / WAM UAE-linked Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the oil and gas production and processing industry, has secured new orders worth $1.8 billion in the first half of 2018, according to an update released to the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday. “We are trading in line with expectations, delivering best-in-class project execution, continued momentum in new orders …
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