Bloomberg The relentless drilling ramp-up in America’s top shale plays is making investors more skeptical that an oil price rebound is on the horizon. After increasing their bets on rising West Texas Intermediate crude for three straight weeks, money managers slashed the wagers by 21 percent, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission data. Producers in Texas are leading ...

  DHAHRAN / Reuters State oil giant Saudi Aramco plans to launch its overhauled Muajjiz oil terminal on the Red Sea next year, lifting its total loading and export capacity to as much as 15 million barrels per day, Saudi officials said. Located on the Red Sea, Muajjiz had been used as an export terminal for Iraqi crude through the ...

  Bloomberg Libya’s crude production rebounded to more than 700,000 barrels a day as OPEC member’s biggest oil field and another deposit in its western region resumed pumping after a halt. The Sharara field is currently producing 216,400 barrels a day, while the El Feel, or Elephant, deposit is pumping 26,500 and is expected to boost output further, Jadalla Alaokali, ...