Bloomberg Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that oil output from private companies hasn’t risen to a level that would justify restarting auctions that his administration put on hold. Lopez Obrador said private companies are only producing 4,000 barrels of crude per day, based on the information he has from state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos. As of two weeks …

Bloomberg Sinopec said its first-quarter profit declined 20 percent amid lower crude prices and shrinking refining earnings. Net income dropped to 15.47 billion yuan ($2.3 billion) from 19.31 billion a year ago, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, using international accounting standards. A drop in oil prices typically drags down the value of the …

Bloomberg Singapore’s office market is running hot — so much so that debt-laden Oxley Holdings Ltd just sold a building for S$365 million ($268 million) more than it paid less than 18 months ago. Oxley agreed to sell Chevron House, a 32-story tower in the central business district, to Golden Compass (BVI) Ltd for S$1.025 billion in cash and assumed …