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The International Energy Agency on Friday downgraded its forecast for 2024 oil demand growth, citing “exceptionally weak” OECD deliveries, a largely complete post-Covid-19 rebound and an expanding electric vehicle fleet. In its latest monthly oil market report, the IEA said it had revised down its 2024 oil demand growth forecast by around 100,000 barrels per

File photo of Israeli F-16 fighter jets performing during an air show over the beach in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on May 5, 2022. Jack Guez | Afp | Getty Images Crude oil futures rose Friday as Israel is reportedly preparing for a direct attack by Iran this weekend, in what would

The price of gas is displayed at a gas station on January 23, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Crude oil futures fell on Thursday as worries about inflation overshadowed fears of a potential Iranian strike on Israel for the moment. The West Texas Intermediate contract for May delivery lost 74 cents,

Iranian people are standing in front of an anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli banner during a rally commemorating International Quds Day, also known as Jerusalem Day, and attending a funeral for members of the IRGC Quds Force who were killed in an Israeli air strike in Syria, in Tehran, Iran, on April 5, 2024. Morteza Nikoubazl |

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (L) visit the troops participating in Gaza Strip and made a situation assessment with the commanders in Rafah, Gaza on March 13, 2024. Ariel Hermoni | Anadolu | Getty Images Crude oil futures fell for a second day Tuesday as the recent rally paused while traders took stock of where

Iranian attend the funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024.  Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures fell on Monday as the market waited for Iran to retaliate against Israel over a

Drivers charge their Teslas in Fountain Valley, CA, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Jeff Gritchen | Medianews Group | Getty Images A range of new and growing options exist on the car dealer lot when it comes to hybrid and electric vehicles, but if you’ve been following the headlines lately, decisions made by major automakers

A standard drilling rig that Chevron will be drilling its first onshore test well for the 14,000-acre Bayou Bend CCUS project is photographed on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Winnie area. It is expected to have the capacity to store more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in underground geologic structures. Yi-Chin Lee

People walk past a graffiti, depicting a Houthi fighter stopping an Israeli ship off the coast of Yemen, painted on a wall of the Saudi embassy in Sanaa, Yemen February 15, 2024. Khaled Abdullah | Reuters Oil prices are on pace for a weekly gain as tensions boil in the Middle East with Israel closing

U.S. oil prices have climbed to their highest level since late October, as the rally in the key commodity becomes something equity investors cannot afford to look past. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose modestly Wednesday and at one point breached $86 a barrel, bringing the U.S. oil benchmark’s year-to-date gain to 19%. Brent crude

A flare stack burns beyond oil storage tanks at the Taneco Oil Refining and Petrochemical complex, operated by Tatneft PJSC, in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia, on March 5, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crude oil futures were flat Thursday, taking a breather as traders took stock of the market after prices advanced more than

A pumpjack is shown outside Midland-Odessa area in the Permian basin in Texas, U.S., July 17, 2018. Image taken July 17, 2018.  Liz Hampton | Reuters Crude oil futures rose on Wednesday, adding to a recent streak of gains after an OPEC+ committee meeting ended without recommending changes to production policy. The West Texas Intermediate

In this article @NG.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A liquefied natural gas tanker sails past a container terminal as it arrives in Yokohama, Japan, May 21, 2018.  Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Natural gas prices have plunged as the world grapples with an oversupply after a warmer-than-expected winter.  The recent heyday

A flare stack burns beyond oil storage tanks at the Taneco Oil Refining and Petrochemical complex, operated by Tatneft PJSC, in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices on Tuesday rose to their highest level since October as investors closely monitored fresh supply threats amid an

In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An energy installation on a property leased to Devon Energy Production Company by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is seen near Guthrie, Oklahoma Nick Oxford | Reuters Crude oil futures ticked slightly lower Monday, taking a breather after a strong first quarter. The

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Alex Wong | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned that China is treating the global

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court on August 11, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Heather Ferguson’s son lost approximately $130,000 in cash when crypto exchange FTX went bankrupt in November 2022. At the time, Ferguson traveled to where her child was

Samuel Bankman-Fried’s poster in downtown San Francisco. MacKenzie Sigalos | CNBC Two years ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was a 30-year-old multibillionaire living in a $35 million Bahamas penthouse, partying with his pals while running one of the world’s most valuable crypto companies. Today, he’s a 32-year-old inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, waiting for

NEW YORK, US – JANUARY 03: Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the court in New York, on January 03, 2023.  Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images In a letter to the Department of Justice, an FTX customer who lost $4 million when the exchange filed for bankruptcy in 2022 expressed disgust at a circulating narrative

Schlumberger Limited logo and models of an oil rig and oil barrels are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Kyiv on 19 August, 2021. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The oilfield services giant SLB, formerly known as Schlumberger, is aiming to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture technology through an investment in Norway’s