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zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - The Case For Britain Backing Its North Sea Oil & Gas Industry
The Case For Britain Backing Its North Sea Oil & Gas Industry
Zero Hedge

Authored by David Whitehouse, chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, via City AM, Jackdaw and Rosebank could strengthen UK energy security by increasing domestic oil and gas production while demand remains substantial. The projects are expected…

washingtonexaminer.com - David Jenkins - Trump's new oil rule is a $750 billion taxpayer scam
Trump's new oil rule is a $750 billion taxpayer scam
Washington Examiner

As if facilitating a scam on taxpayers wasn't bad enough, the proposed rule also tramples on private property rights. Tucked inside it is language that eliminates the requirement that split-estate private property owners be notified of oil and gas…

investors.com - PAOLO CONFINO - 5 Energy Stocks Breaking Out As Iran Ceasefire Ends, Oil Prices Keep Rising
5 Energy Stocks Breaking Out As Iran Ceasefire Ends, Oil Prices Keep Rising
Investor's Business Daily

The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran officially came to a close this week. That led oil prices to surge — always a positive for oil-related stocks. This group of industry stocks are breaking out and stand to benefit from the ongoing…

theguardian.com - Suzanne Bearne - 'We now live without this violence': the Colombian farmers giving up coca for palm oil
'We now live without this violence': the Colombian farmers giving up coca for palm oil
The Guardian

Surrounded by towering oil palm trees on his farm in the small village of Caño Barbú, near San Pablo in northern Colombia, Yoger Payares uses a malayo – a pole-mounted iron tool with a hook – to hack at the fronds of…

marketwatch.com - Nymex Overview: Oil Contracts Up After Iran Fires Missiles Toward Strait -- OPIS
Nymex Overview: Oil Contracts Up After Iran Fires Missiles Toward Strait -- OPIS
MarketWatch

Crude contracts rose more than $1 by midday Wednesday, a day after Iran fired ballistic missiles toward the Strait of Hormuz, raising fears that the key oil supply chokepoint would be closed for a prolonged period. At 12:15 p.m. ET, the more-active…

yahoo.com - By Iain Withers and Dhara Ranasinghe - Bonds selloff pressures Europe, oil climbs further
Bonds selloff pressures Europe, oil climbs further
Yahoo!

By Iain Withers and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - European government bond yields rose to new multi-year highs on Wednesday as a global selloff deepened on fears of swelling sovereign debt, while oil futures gained for a fourth…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Futures Flat With All Eyes On Interest Rates And Oil
Futures Flat With All Eyes On Interest Rates And Oil
Zero Hedge

Futures are flat but off their lows as Tech gets a boost from a huge Hynix buyback, which erased ~8% decline to trade up as much as 2% and reversed a 5.8% drop in the Nikkei; the ADRs are +5.6% pre-mkt boosting both Memory and Korea ETFs. As of…

scmp.com - Alcott Wei - Mongolia apologises after China raises security fear over protesters at oil camp
Mongolia apologises after China raises security fear over protesters at oil camp
South China Morning Post

A senior Mongolian official has apologised after the Chinese embassy raised concern that Mongolians were “harassing the camp” of a Chinese-invested oil exploration company on Friday. According to Mongolian media, protesters went to…

ttnews.com - Elaine Kurtenbach and Michelle Chapman - Oil prices climb with no change over Strait of Hormuz - TT
Oil prices climb with no change over Strait of Hormuz - TT
Transport Topics

Crude prices continue to climb with the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz unresolved. Bond yields have jumped since the war began because high oil prices are pushing inflation higher. AI-related stocks have become volatile in recent months as the…

bloomberg.com - Andreina Itriago - Venezuela Signs Deals With SLB, Hunt in Push to Boost Oil Output
Venezuela Signs Deals With SLB, Hunt in Push to Boost Oil Output
Bloomberg

Venezuela signed oil-related contracts with two US companies as the government of the South American country seeks to attract investment and boost crude production. The agreements are with oilfield-services giant SLB Ltd. and independent producer…

fortune.com - Joseph Hostetler - Current price of oil as of Aug. 19, 2026
Current price of oil as of Aug. 19, 2026
Fortune

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bloomberg.com - Yongchang Chin - Adnoc Cuts to Asia Shipments Send Flagship Oil Grade Higher
Adnoc Cuts to Asia Shipments Send Flagship Oil Grade Higher
Bloomberg

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. plans to trim the amount of crude sold to Asian customers in August and September, according to people familiar with the matter — cuts that are already helping to push up the price of the flagship Murban oil grade.

upi.com - Don Jacobson - U.S. stocks fall as rising bond yields, oil prices spook investors
U.S. stocks fall as rising bond yields, oil prices spook investors
UPI

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Stocks fell on all three major U.S. indices Tuesday as investors were spooked by elevated bond yields and the prospect of higher oil prices as the war between the United States and Iran drags on without apparent resolution. Tech…

rediff.com - Nandita Malik - Indian Stock Market Declines Amidst Soaring Crude Oil Prices & US-Iran Ceasefire Expiry
Indian Stock Market Declines Amidst Soaring Crude Oil Prices & US-Iran Ceasefire Expiry
Rediff.com

Indian benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, witnessed a decline in early trade as elevated crude oil prices and persistent geopolitical uncertainties, particularly the expiry of the US-Iran ceasefire, dampened investor sentiment. Indian…

rediff.com - Nandita Malik - Nifty, Sensex Decline as Elevated Crude Oil Prices and US-Iran Tensions Unnerve Investors
Nifty, Sensex Decline as Elevated Crude Oil Prices and US-Iran Tensions Unnerve Investors
Rediff.com

Indian benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, experienced significant declines, with the Nifty extending its losing streak to a seventh day, as elevated crude oil prices and geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran unnerved investors. The…

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