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ExxonMobil Q2 Profits Nearly Double On Higher Oil Prices To $3.4 Bn

ExxonMobil saw its second-quarter profits nearly double from the year-ago period due to higher oil prices and better...

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Oil Giants Endorse Carbon Tax After Trump’s Paris Exit

Major oil producers, including for the first time ExxonMobil, expressed support on Tuesday for a new US carbon tax,...

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Putin Talks Syria, Oil With Powerful Saudi Prince

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday discussed cooperation on oil and the conflict in Syria with powerful Saudi...

International

Oil Price Plummets Despite Deal To Extend Output Cut

The price of oil has plummeted by about 5%, despite oil-producing nations agreeing to extend production cuts for a...

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Trump Budget Proposes Deep Cut To US Oil Stockpile

President Donald Trump's budget released Tuesday proposed radically downsizing the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve,...

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Oil Producers To Extend Output Curbs At OPEC Meeting

Oil producers inside and outside the OPEC cartel have little choice but to extend their deal from late 2016 curbing...

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Saudi Minister Confident of Oil Cut Extension

Saudi Arabia's energy minister expressed confidence on Sunday of extending a global cut in oil production designed to...

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Russia, Saudi Call For Oil Output Deal Extension

The world's biggest oil producers Russia and Saudi Arabia on Monday called for extending an output reduction deal ahead...

International

Oil Price Jumps After US Strike On Syria

The price of oil has hit its highest level for a month in response to the US military's missile attack on a Syrian...

Business

Nestle, Others Agree To End Deforestation In Ghana, Ivory Coast

The world’s largest chocolate makers, including Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez, and cocoa traders, such as Cargill and...

International

Oil Touches Three-Month Lows, As U.S. Supply Swells

Oil hovered around three-month lows on Monday, as rising U. S. inventories and drilling activity offset optimism over...

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OPEC Output Cuts Exceed Target

OPEC compliance with oil output reductions has exceeded the target because of higher Saudi cuts, Kuwaiti Oil Minister...

International

U.S. Energy Stocks, Darlings Last Year, Stumble In 2017

The energy sector is the stock market's dud so far in 2017 after a banner performance in 2016, and the rest of the year...

International

Titans of Oil World Meet In Houston After Two-Year Price War

The biggest names in the oil world come together this week for the largest industry gathering since the end of a...

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U.S. Oil Slips As Stockpiles Rise For Seventh Week

U. S. oil prices fell on Friday after government data released late on Thursday showed stockpiles rose last week for a...

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U.S. Shale Oil Braces For the Unfamiliar In 2017

U. S. shale producers are facing their first production cost increase in five years in 2017 as industry activity picks...

International

Angolan Veep Charged With Corruption During His Tenure As State Oil Boss

Angola’s Vice President, Manuel Vicente, has been charged with corruption and money laundering in Portugal, the...

International

Angola VP Manuel Vicente ‘to Face Portugal Corruption Charges’

Portuguese state prosecutors are bringing corruption charges against Angola's vice-president Manuel Vicente. The...

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Fresh US Drilling Capping Oil Price

Renewed drilling by US oil producers is keeping a ceiling on a global crude price recovery, cutting into the impact of...