October, 2017

• 4 October

  Oil extends losses near $50

  

  Bloomberg Oil extended losses near $50 a barrel as US industry data showed an increase in gasoline stockpiles and a boost in crude inventories at the nation’s biggest storage hub. Futures lost as much as 1% in New York after falling 2.4% in the previous two sessions. Gasoline supplies rose by 4.91 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute ...

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• 4 October

  Libyan oil output set to rebound as biggest field restarts operations

  

  Bloomberg Libya’s oil output, hampered by sporadic shutdowns at fields and ports, is on track to resume its recovery as the OPEC nation’s biggest crude deposit started pumping after a three-day forced halt. The Sharara field re-opened on Wednesday and is restoring production, the state producer National Oil Corp. said on its website. NOC lifted force majeure at the field ...

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• 4 October

  Aramco raises Arab Light price to Asia by 30 cents

  

  SINGAPORE / Reuters Saudi Aramco has raised the price of its Arab Light grade for Asian customers for loading in November by 30 cents versus the previous month to a premium of 60 cents a barrel to the average of Oman and Dubai quotes, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. It also raised prices for two other ...

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• 4 October

  Algeria to amend energy law by year-end

  

  ALGIERS / Reuters Algeria plans to amend its energy law before the end of the year as the OPEC producer tries to attract more foreign investors, a senior source at state energy firm Sonatrach told Reuters. Algeria, a major gas supplier to Europe, wants to boost oil and gas revenues which were hit by a fall in global prices. But ...

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• 4 October

  Sharp to monetise patents, amid focus on ultra HD TVs

  

  Bloomberg Sharp Corp.’s US legal battle with Hisense Electric Co. marks the start of an aggressive new campaign by the Japanese electronics company to obtain royalties on its patents as the company focuses on ultra-high-resolution televisions and “smart home” devices. The Osaka-based Sharp plans to be more assertive when it comes to demanding patent royalties and may even start filing ...

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• 4 October

  India’s General Insurance aims to raise $1.7bn in IPO

  Bloomberg General Insurance Corp., India’s largest reinsurer, and its owner will seek as much as 113.7 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) after setting terms for the third-biggest initial public offering on record in the South Asian nation. GIC will offer 17.2 million new shares at 855 rupees to 912 rupees apiece, according to advertisement published on Wednesday in the Financial Express ...

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• 4 October

  ‘Surging Singapore land bids are unsustainable’

  

  Bloomberg Surging bids for Singapore land aren’t sustainable in a market constrained by demographics and the government’s cooling measures, according to the head of a developers’ association. “It is not sustainable to continue at this rate,” Augustine Tan, president of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore, said on Wednesday. “With property measures in place, slow growth in Singapore’s population ...

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• 4 October

  Ambani’s abated phone-tower sales grinds on

  

  Bloomberg Billionaire Anil Ambani’s battle to chip away at the $7 billion his telecom company owes its debtors seems to get harder with each passing day. The failure of a plan to merge with rival Aircel Ltd. to gain scale and pare borrowings has sent Reliance Communications Ltd. back to the drawing board to stitch together alternate deals to sell ...

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• 4 October

  India seeks to rework more LNG contracts

  Bloomberg India is pushing to renegotiate more liquefied natural gas deals after its success in reaching agreements with some of the world’s largest energy suppliers. GAIL India Ltd., the nation’s biggest gas utility, is working towards renegotiating two more long-term deals, according to the company’s chairman. Those would follow new deals with Qatar’s RasGas Co. in 2015 and Exxon Mobil ...

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• 4 October

  EU hits Amazon with $294mn fines over ‘illegal tax benefits’

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. was hit by a European Union order to pay 250 million euros ($294 million) plus interest in back taxes to Luxembourg as the world’s biggest online retailer became the latest US giant to fall foul of the bloc’s state-aid rules. The European Commission also said it’s suing Ireland for foot-dragging in its efforts to recover “even part” ...

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