Bloomberg All it took was a few words from OPEC to encourage oil bulls. Money managers increased wagers on rising crude prices by the most since January as futures rebounded from a three-month low. Prices jumped after OPEC’s president said August 8 the group will hold informal talks in Algiers next month. “The statement certainly achieved its purpose,” said …

  Bloomberg Santos Ltd. will take a $1.05 billion writedown on its Gladstone LNG project due to rising prices for third-party gas supplies and slower-than-expected ramp up of its own equity output to feed the export project. The non-cash charge on the liquefied natural gas development in Queensland, which is $1.5 billion before taxes, will be recorded in its half-year …

  Bloomberg Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, is being asked to consider a wheat storage program offered by a U.S. company before Algeria gets a chance to grab the $250 million investment. Blumberg Grain expects to reach an agreement with Egypt in the next two weeks to expand its wheat storage network, according to a company statement issued Sunday. …