Reuters A tanker sent by Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) began to load oil on Thursday at the country’s eastern Zueitina port, after rival forces stationed in the area agreed to let it dock and take the oil to safety, a port official said. The NOC expressed concern earlier this month after reports of possible clashes between the Petroleum …

Bloomberg The glut of crude oil stored in ships on the North Sea is finally starting to dissipate. Demand for the commodity has increased as traders take advantage of remaining discounts before maintenance begins at the U.K.’s largest oil field. The result: a whittling away at the backlog of floating storage that has persisted for months. The “timing is right” …

  Shanghai / Bloomberg China Investment Corp., the $814 billion sovereign fund, is leading a Chinese investor group in talks for a multibillion-dollar iron-ore streaming deal with Brazil’s Vale SA, people familiar with the matter said. The consortium is negotiating the potential purchase of a portion of Vale’s future iron-ore output for as long as 30 years, two of the …