Bloomberg OPEC achieved the best compliance rate in its history at the outset of an accord to clear the oil glut, a plan that’s being supported by surprising strength in demand, the International Energy Agency said. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries implemented 90 percent of promised output cuts in January, the first month of its agreement, as key …

  Bloomberg Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s $5.2 billion sale of a natural gas distribution unit to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and other investors has just hit a legal snag. A Brazilian federal judge granted an injunction against the acquisition of Nova Transportadora do Sudesteon on grounds that the sale wasn’t sufficiently publicized to foster competition, according to a copy of the …

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is trying to make sure crude buyers in the world’s biggest oil market aren’t lured by rivals while it curbs output as promised. Saudi Arabian Oil Co. will sell full volumes of contractual supply for March to Asian refiners, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because the information …