Bloomberg OPEC needs to “shock and awe” the oil market for prices to gain, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries must increase output cuts aimed at shrinking a global glut with little public announcement in order to jolt investors, the bank said in a July 10 report. Without such action and no evidence of …

Bloomberg Everyone knows the rapidly shrinking energy sector has seen its influence on equity indexes wane. But oil-and-gas companies are also losing pull in a corner of the market they once dominated: value stocks. How far have they fallen? As recently as 2012, correlations between the S&P 500 Value Index and the benchmark’s energy companies were often close to 1, …

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the oil company that spent more than $50bn to buy natural-gas producer BG Group Plc, is looking to expand demand for fuel in transport to ensure its output is consumed. Shell is studying developing a global network of liquefied natural gas supply hubs for vehicles including ships, Steve Hill, executive vice president for gas and …