Bloomberg ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ As devastating as the flooding has been for oil refiners in the US Gulf Coast, surplus fuel inventories may help the industry withstand the worst storm to hit the country in more than a decade. Deluges from Tropical Storm Harvey have turned Houston’s busiest highways into canals of standing water and displaced thousands of people and livestock. The …

Bloomberg OPEC’s second-largest producer is stepping up the campaign to get more for its oil by looking to revamp the way it sells crude to its biggest customers. Iraq is considering plans to use a new reference price for sales to Asia, according to traders, who received a notice from the state oil company SOMO. The producer is proposing to …

Bloomberg China’s move to create the world’s biggest power company is expected to be the first such government-managed mega-merger by the largest energy consumer. The newly created China Energy Investment Corp. — a combination of Shenhua Group Corp., the nation’s largest coal miner, and China Guodian Corp., one of its top-five power generators — may be the first of multiple …