Bloomberg Oil climbed to the highest level in two weeks as dwindling US crude stockpiles and near-record Chinese imports signaled the worldwide glut is eroding. Futures advanced 1.7 percent in New York, posting the biggest weekly gain in a month. In China, the world’s second-biggest oil market, crude imports in September jumped to the second-highest on record. US oil inventories ...

LONDON / Reuters China has built its crude oil stockpiles at a record pace in 2017 and while its purchases could tail off towards the year-end, inventories could hit the billion-barrel mark in six months, the International Energy Agency said. China has spent around $24 billion on building its crude reserves since 2015, at an average of $50 a barrel, ...

LONDON / Reuters Already record US oil exports are set to surge further in the coming month as stored oil in one of the world’s last areas of excess stockpiles pours into global markets, the chief executive of trading house Mercuria, Marco Dunand, said. The US shale oil revolution upended global energy markets, and in late September the country’s oil ...