Bloomberg Oil held gains above $50 a barrel before US government data forecast to show crude stockpiles extended declines, trimming a glut. Futures rose as much as 0.5 percent in New York after climbing 9.6 percent the previous six sessions. Inventories probably fell by 3.3 million barrels last week for a fifth weekly drop, according to a Bloomberg survey before …

Bloomberg With a multibillion-dollar nuclear project in South Carolina dead, the fate of America’s nuclear renaissance now rests on one utility: Southern Co. Scana Corp dropped plans for two reactors Monday, leaving the two that Southern is building at the Vogtle plant in Georgia as the only ones under construction in the US. And even they are under threat: The …

SINGAPORE / Reuters Indian refiners are outperforming their competitors in South Korea and Thailand as they have ramped up output from new fuel and chemical capacities to meet rising domestic demand that could further lift their earnings over the next two years. Asia is adding net refining capacity of 360,000 barrels per day (bpd) this year, according to Wood Mackenzie, …