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Texas energy industry prepares to work with Democrat on Railroad Commission
Brent crude falls more than 6% to $105.55 on hopes of an end to the Iran war
Ryanair warns of higher fares and a possible pay freeze as fuel costs rise
BP quarterly profit hits an 18-year high of $8.46bn as Middle East war lifts refining margins
Brent crude hits $114.72, its highest since May, on fears of renewed US strikes on Iran
Thanksgiving and Christmas airfares from Portland hit 10-year highs
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) fell -300,000 barrels last week, to 282.7 million barrels, the lowest level since October 1982.
Nasdaq falls 4.5% in its worst week since late June as AI-spending doubts and $110 Brent weigh
Oil prices fall after Trump waives some Russia sanctions and tariffs
Nasdaq falls more than 2% as oil nears $101 and volatility jumps
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Aramco's CEO Says Under 6 Billion Barrels Remain. Under 6 Billion of What?
Saudi Aramco's chief executive told a London conference that less than six billion barrels of commercial oil inventories remain, "the vast majority not practically available." A viral post set that beside JPMorgan's "operational floor" of 6.8 billion and implied the line had been crossed. The two nu
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CME Dropped 24/7 Oil Trading. "Staffing" Is the Smallest Reason.
On Friday CME Group withdrew its filing for a 24/7 oil futures contract, and a widely shared post made it sound like an exchange that couldn't find weekend staff. The record is stranger and more useful than that — a regulator's stay in July, a stated worry about unintended consequences, and a list o
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Nearly Two Million Barrels to Fix One Shortage
ZeroHedge's tape caught it in real time — US diesel futures down more than 7%, European diesel futures up more than 7%, inside the same hour, on the same headline: a 90-day US diesel export ban the White House is reportedly close to putting forward. The administration's own Energy Secretary says it
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