Premier Oil share price up despite falling oil price hitting sales July 9, 2015 The figures Shares in North Sea oil giant Premier Oil were up 1.6 per cent at 139p in early trading, despite a trading update showing falling oil prices and lower production had hit the company hard, with first-half results posted in August expected to show revenues fell 34 per cent to $580m (£377m) in the six months [...]
Oil price drops to three-month low on worries over Eurozone July 6, 2015 Oil prices fell below $60 a barrel yesterday, as the shockwaves from the Greek “no” vote pushed prices further down. Yesterday marked the first time since April that internationally traded Brent crude fell so low, at one point dipping to as little as $56.50 a barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was also trading at [...]
Brent crude oil price falls as selloff deepens July 6, 2015 The global benchmark brent crude slipped 6.3 per cent to $56.54 per barrel today, below the 100-day average, amid the Greek debt crisis and continued turmoil in China's battered stock markets. The selloff deepened from earlier today, when prices collapsed below the $60 per barrel mark for the first time since mid-April, hitting $58.89 per barrel. Read [...]
Brent crude oil price falls below $60 for first time since April July 6, 2015 Oil prices have fallen below $60 a barrel, as the shockwaves from the Greek "no" vote push prices further down. This marks the first time since April that internationally traded Brent crude falls so low, down $1.42 to $58.89 a barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate is also trading at a three-month low, down to [...]
BP share price rises after it reaches $18.7bn settlement with US over Gulf of Mexico oil spill July 2, 2015 Shares in BP pushed higher this afternoon after it agreed to pay $18.7bn (£12bn) in damage claims over 18 years to the US government and five states over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The explosion and spill over five years ago killed 11 workers and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three [...]
“Gatwick Gusher” firm UK Oil & Gas share price rises as it extends Isle of Wight exploration license June 15, 2015 Shares in UK Oil & Gas (UKOG), the oil exploration company whose shares rocketed earlier this month after it suggested the amount of oil at its Horse Hill well near Gatwick was almost twice as much as previously thought, jumped 4.2 per cent to 2.37p as the market opened, after it was granted a year-long [...]
Opec’s monthly oil output at its highest in nearly three years June 11, 2015 Oil supply from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) continued to edge upwards in May, hitting its highest rate since August 2012. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its monthly report that Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates pumped at record monthly rates, keeping output at more than 1m barrels per [...]
Atkins weathers oil price storm in nuclear push June 11, 2015 ENGINEERING firm Atkins managed to shrug off most of the ill effects of the recent plunge in oil prices by moving further into the nuclear power sector, its chief executive said yesterday. Dr Uwe Krueger told City A.M. the group’s energy business had been successful in the year to 31 March due to its diversity. [...]
US oil and gas M&A falls to 12-year low as oil prices fall June 11, 2015 Mergers and acquisitions in the US oil and gas sector were at their lowest since 2003 in the first half of this year, new data has suggested. A survey by Dealogic showed M&A volume fell to $29.5bn (£19bn) over 202 deals in the six months to the end of June, down 50 per cent from [...]
North Sea firms forced to slash projects in face of low oil price June 10, 2015 Over two-thirds of North Sea oil firms have been forced to scrap projects due to plummeting oil prices over the past year, a new report reveals today. Although the price of benchmark Brent crude has rallied in the last few days, trading yesterday at around $66 a barrel, it has yet to approach the level [...]