CHIBA / Reuters Producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have shot themselves in the foot with oversupply, and face calls for flexibility and greater competition from other fuels that may force them to take more risks and start trading just like other commodity dealers. That’s a big change for a market long dominated by large producers such as Royal …

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia has chosen a hybrid structure for its debut international sukuk, the prospectus for the offer showed, a format widely used in the Saudi local debt market, but not the most popular for sovereign issues. The Islamic bond, expected to go up to $10 billion, will be the country’s second international debt sale after a $17.5 billion …

  Bloomberg Oil rose to the highest in almost a month as investor focus returned to US crude inventories after supply disruptions and optimism over OPEC’s output curbs drove a rally in the past week. Futures added as much as 1.3 percent in New York, the sixth increase in seven days. US stockpiles shrank by 1.83 million barrels last week, …