Tag: Oil

Not-so-promising beginnings

The escalation of 6 percent month-on-month (MoM) in the price crude oil (Arab light) coupled with amplification of 12 percent MoM in volumetric terms...

Oil soars in Asia on Gulf of Mexico supply disruption

Crude prices surged in Asia Monday as supply of oil and gas from the Gulf of Mexico was curtailed after Tropical Storm Isaac forced...

Oil soars in Asia on Gulf of Mexico disruption

Crude prices surged in Asia Monday as supply of oil and gas from the Gulf of Mexico was curtailed after Tropical Storm Isaac forced...

PEW calls for reforming oil pricing formula

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) President Dr. Murtaza Mughal said on Sunday that the government’s decision to allow marketing companies to fix retail prices...

Private sector oil prices mechanism opposed

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said that government’s decision to allow marketing companies to fix retail prices of major oil products is...

Oil beneath the ice

According to a Global Data report oil and gas capital expenditure (capex) would increase by 13.4% this year as compared to the $916 million...

Oil falls below $114 on euro zone uncertainty

Brent crude has recovered from a low of $88.49 reached in June to hit a three-month top last week on hopes of progress in...

Oil up in Asia on renewed Europe optimism

Crude oil prices rose in Asia Wednesday on growing hopes of imminent European Central Bank intervention to ameliorate the eurozone debt crisis, analysts said. New...

Oil, gas prices hog Washington’s drawing board

Oil prices have soared this week to as high as $100 per barrel – a three month high – courtesy the latest episode in...

Oil prices slip from three-month highs

World oil prices fell Friday on profit-taking following recent gains which saw New York and Brent crude hit three-month highs, analysts said. Brent North Sea...

Oil falls on profit-taking in Asian trade

World oil prices tumbled in Asian trade Friday as traders cashed in gains from a recent rally, analysts said. New York's main contract, West Texas...

Oil turns lower in Asian trade

Oil prices turned lower in Asia on Thursday, as traders cashed in on gains following an overnight rally driven by strong energy demand in...

Oil price inflates as speculators bet on stimulus

Oil is up almost a third in six weeks at a time when the world economy, and hence fuel demand, are extremely weak. Today’s oil...

Oil falls as China buys less, global demand seen weak

The data added to concerns about demand for oil going forward and countered supportive hopes or expectations that central banks will introduce more stimulus...

Terrorism bid foiled: bomb defused

Civil Defence staff foiled a terrorism bid and defused 2 pound bomb planted in oil tanker in the city area of Layyah on Tuesday. As...

Oil lower in Asia on profit-taking

Oil prices slipped in Asia on Tuesday as traders took profits from a rally in New York that saw West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude...

Global stocks, oil jump on US job gains, Europe optimism

Investors took a second look at Thursday’s statement by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and concluded that help was on the way, even...