Saudi Arabia will call for a meeting of oil-producing countries and consumers to discuss soaring oil prices and work to prevent unjustified rise in prices.
Information and Culture Minister Iyad Madani says the kingdom will work with OPEC to “guarantee the availability of oil supplies now and in the future.”
In a statement following the weekly Cabinet [...]
Gasoline prices continued to rise above a national average of $4 a gallon, but oil futures retreated after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he will not rule out intervention to stabilize the dollar — boosting the greenback against the euro — and Saudi Arabia said it will call for a meeting to discuss crude-oil prices.
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Oil prices shot up more than $10 to a new record above $139 after a major investment bank predicted a spike to $150 in the coming weeks and rising tensions in the Middle East left investors uneasy about supply.
The meteoric surge built on a price jump Thursday and capped oil’s biggest two-day gain in the [...]
Oil prices rose back above $128 a barrel after the dollar fell in response to comments by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet suggesting the bank could raise interest rates. At the pump, meanwhile, gas prices rose to a new record near $3.99, and are likely to hit $4 soon.
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Oil prices fell to the $122 level, after the Energy Department said fuel inventories rose more than expected, indicating slowing demand.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery fell $2.01 to settle at $122.30 barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier it dropped as low as $121.84. It was oil’s lowest settlement since May 6. July [...]
The CEO of France’s Total SA says consumers should get used high oil prices, seeing no letup in high prices any time soon.
“The price of hydrocarbons will stay high for a long time,” said Christophe de Margerie, adding, “There will not be any more oil at the end of this century” than there is now.
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Oil prices fell sharply, dropping below $124 a barrel, as demand concerns grew and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that more interest-rate cuts are unlikely. Bernanke’s comments sent the dollar higher and raised questions about the chances of oil reaching new highs in the short term.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery fell $3.45 to [...]
Billionaire financier George Soros told a Senate hearing that growth of funds designed to mimic the price of crude oil and other energy futures remind him of a similar craze that brought on the 1987 stock market crash.
The surge in popularity of commodity index funds is “intellectually unsound … and distinctly harmful in its economic [...]
Gasoline held steady near an average $3.98 a gallon at the pump, as oil prices rose modestly after an OPEC official again said there’s no need for the cartel to pump more oil and rough weather closed Mexican oil ports.
The national average price of a gallon of regular gas was unchanged at $3.975, according to [...]
Refining stocks rose as investors took a fresh look at the sector after a Deutsche Bank analyst raised his rating on Holly Corp. and Tesoro Corp.
Analyst Paul Sankey hiked his ratings on Holly and Tesoro to “Hold” from “Sell.” He upgraded the stocks because they were relatively cheap, not because of any major change by [...]
