LONDON / Reuters Less than two weeks after OPEC’s decision to extend oil production cuts, Libya and Nigeria — the only two exempt members of the group — are signalling their intent to raise output next year. While several ministers at the November 30 meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries suggested the two nations had joined the ...

Bloomberg Japan’s Solar Frontier K.K. plans to sell solar panels incorporated into roofing and wall materials, taking on Tesla Inc. in building technology that can generate power in the smallest spaces available. Solar Frontier, a wholly owned unit of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., is speaking with potential partners and aiming for the second half of 2019 to begin sales, Chief ...

Bloomberg The effects of a hairline crack in one of the world’s most important oil conduits is rippling through crude markets from Europe to the US and Asia. The Forties Pipeline System is being shut after the fault was discovered near Aberdeen, Scotland. That pushed global benchmark Brent futures over $65 a barrel for the first time since June 2015, ...