Iraq

A pump jack used to help lift crude oil from a well in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale formation stands idle in Dewitt County Texas

Oil eases, near weakest since late March on small U.S. stocks decline

04/05/2017(0)
Crude oil lost ground on Thursday, falling for a third out of four sessions and trading near its lowest since late March after data showed a lower than expected ... Read More
Saudis

Saudi Arabia is losing oil market share to Iraq and Iran

27/04/2017(0)
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, is losing market share to Iraq and Iran as a result of OPEC’s agreement to curb supplies to bolster prices, according to ... Read More
A worker checks the valves at Al-Sheiba oil refinery in Basra

Oil prices claw back some ground after plunging to year lows

09/03/2017(0)
Oil prices attempted a slight rebound Thursday on the heels of plunging to their lowest levels in a year after weekly data which showed a higher-than-expected build-up in U.S. ... Read More
A pump jack used to help lift crude oil from a well in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale formation stands idle in Dewitt County Texas

Oil prices hold steady for third day; eyes on economic data

07/03/2017(0)
Oil prices were little changed for a third session on Tuesday, with investors searching for direction as concern over rising U.S. shale output offsets production cuts by OPEC and ... Read More
Brent Crude Oil

Oil prices edge up ahead of OPEC meeting

30/11/2016(0)
It’s all getting very nervy ahead of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries‘ (Opec) meeting later today. Members of the producer cartel will be trying to get the ... Read More
A pump jack used to help lift crude oil from a well in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale formation stands idle in Dewitt County Texas

Crude prices push further below $50 on rising U.S. inventories, OPEC fears

26/10/2016(0)
Oil prices were depressed in early Asian trade Wednesday, dragged lower by a sharp growth in the U.S. crude inventories and rising prospects that a production cut deal proposed ... Read More
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Seven worrying trends in the European refugee crisis

20/10/2016(0)
As part of his final UN General Assembly, President Obama hosted a leaders’ summit on refugees. In his speech he termed the global refugee crisis one of ‘the most ... Read More
View of gasoline pumps at a petrol station in Paris

Oil prices rise as dollar comes off two-week high

30/08/2016(0)
Oil futures edged up on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar backed off a two-week high hit the day before, although doubts that crude producers would agree next month to ... Read More
PIL

Public Interest Lawyers to close down

16/08/2016(0)
Theresa May said to be pleased at closure of Public Interest Lawyers, which submitted allegations of unlawful killing The government has said it is planning a clampdown on legal ... Read More
oil

Fall in Oil Prices Poses a Problem for Russia, Iraq and Others

16/10/2014(0)
From Moscow to Caracas, Riyadh to Baghdad, in Tehran, Algiers, Kuwait City and Lagos, officials are confronting the plunge in prices — roughly 25 percent since a peak in ... Read More
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