Bloomberg Iraq, the world’s third-biggest crude exporter, plans to triple refining capacity by 2021 to shake off its reliance on refined-product imports. Processing capacity will increase to 1.5 million barrels a day from just over 500,000 now, not including Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, Deputy Oil Minister Fayyad Al-Nima said in an interview in Baghdad. The country spends more than $2 …

Bloomberg The oil market has all but abandoned the hope of a re-balancing any time soon, with the re-emergence of a pricing structure that signals investors expect a glut to endure into next year. The return of a deep contango — when oil prices for immediate delivery are lower than forward contracts — comes days after several Wall Street banks …

Bloomberg Thai regulators plan to impose financial penalties on Facebook Inc. and other compa- nies with video-sharing platforms if they fail to swiftly remove what they deem to be illegal content. The new framework would give authorities the power to immediately demand the removal of offensive material without waiting for a court order, Colonel Natee Sukonrat, vice chairman of the …