Bloomberg The scale of the internal differences OPEC must resolve before securing a deal to cut supply was revealed Wednesday as the group’s latest output estimates showed a half-million-barrel difference of opinion over how much two key members are pumping. Venezuela and Iraq’s own figures on how much crude they produced in September were 565,000 barrels a day higher ...

  Bloomberg Oil dropped a second day on speculation the OPEC agreement to trim crude output won’t succeed in reducing supply. Futures fell as much as 1.8 percent in New York. Crude has climbed since the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on Sept. 28 to have a new output range of 32.5 million to 33 million barrels a day. ...

  MUSCAT / Reuters Oman, seeking to bolster state finances as low oil prices slash its revenues, will raise electricity prices for large government, commercial and industrial users at the start of next year, an official said on Wednesday. All government, commercial and industrial consumers of at least 150 megawatts per year will pay the higher tariffs, Qais Al-Zakwani, executive ...