Energy Trading Hit by Worldwide IT Outage – OilPrice.com

A major global power outage affected energy trading in London and Singapore on Friday morning, with banks, airlines, airports and media organisations also affected. News serving platforms for the London Stock Exchange, airlines, banks and media organisations were down early on Friday morning, reportedly due to an outage in Microsoft 365 and Azure services. Microsoft […]

China's Surging Commodity Exports Suggest Weak Domestic Demand – OilPrice.com

China’s exports of copper, diesel and alumina surged in June compared with the same month in 2023, with copper exports surging to a record high as sluggish domestic demand due to weaker-than-expected economic growth weighs on Chinese consumption of goods. China’s copper exports surged 187% last month to a record high, official Chinese data showed. […]

WTI Crude Soars on Tailwinds of Saudi July Export Cuts – OilPrice.com

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. benchmark, rose more than 2.9 percent, while Brent rose only half that amount on the day after the EIA reported a larger-than-expected fall in U.S. crude oil inventories and the U.S. dollar weakened. U.S. crude oil inventories have fallen by more than 20 million barrels in the past three […]

Oil and Gas Are Here To Stay – OilPrice.com

The energy transition has shown signs of losing momentum in recent months: EV sales are slowing, wind and solar capacity additions are not expanding fast enough, and electricity prices are rising instead of falling. Along with these signs, other signs are raising red flags: Despite the pressures on oil and gas, these will be here […]

Oil Prices Perk Up on Crude Draw – OilPrice.com

Crude oil prices rose today following the release of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. report Inventories fell by 3.4 million barrels in the week ending July 5. This compares with a much larger drop of 12.2 million barrels the previous week. The American Petroleum Institute reported on Tuesday that inventories were estimated to have fallen […]