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The Group of Seven (G7) coalition will keep a $60 per barrel price cap on seaborne Russian oil, a coalition official said, despite rising global crude prices and calls by some countries for a lower price cap to restrict Moscow's revenues. The G7 and Australia made the decision to maintain…

NEW YORK: India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the South Asian nation could buy Russian crude oil near or past the price cap imposed by the G-7 if the recent OPEC+ output cut increases energy costs.

May WTI crude oil (CLK23 ) this morning is down -0.22 (-0.26%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBJ23 ) is down -2.17 (-0.76%). May Nymex natural gas (NGK23 ) is down -0.057 (-2.72%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are moderately lower. Crude prices are under pressure after today's larger-than-expected...

Oil prices slipped on Thursday as the prospect of a possible recession in the United States, the world's largest oil consumer, offset concerns of tight supply. Brent crude fell 55 cents, or 0.63%, to $86.78 a barrel by 1352 GMT.

Amid soaring demand for oil and gas, oil prices appear to be on a positive trajectory. Against this backdrop, strong fundamentals of energy ETFs, Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) and Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF (FENY), might make them wise portfolio additions this week. Read on….

The energy sector of the commodities market includes crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, natural gas, and ethanol contracts that trade on the CME’s NYMEX division. The energy sector led the way on the downside in Q1 2023 with gains in gasoline and ethanol and significant declines in the crude oil,…

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday amid signs that the Saudis and Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen are making “significant progress” toward finding a permanent end to their nine-year conflict

Several informed sources said that the giant Saudi Aramco plans to supply full crude contract volumes loading in May to several North Asian buyers despite its pledge to cut output by 500,000 barrels per day, Reuters reported. This comes after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the…

Soaring energy prices and a stalling US economy have emerged as potential downside risks that could dampen growth in Asean+3 economies, according to the Singapore-based Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (Amro).