Bloomberg New York gasoline traders have figured out something the rest of the oil world is dying to know how to do: balance the market. Mid-Atlantic gasoline supplies are now more than 5 million barrels lower than year-ago levels, an impressive decline considering stockpiles in the region swelled to 42.3 million in February — the highest level in government records …

Bloomberg Crude oil inventories will decline at a faster pace worldwide in the second half of the year as demand increases and OPEC members comply better with a global agreement to cut output, Kuwait’s OPEC Governor Haitham al-Ghais said. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other major producers including Russia agreed in May to extend their supply-cuts deal through …

Bloomberg Wind and solar power don’t pose a significant threat to the reliability of the US power grid, Energy Department staff members said in a draft report, contradicting statements by their leader Rick Perry. “The power system is more reliable today due to better planning, market discipline, and better operating rules and standards,” according to a July draft of the …