(ShareCast News) - Investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the release of a fresh batch of economic data Stateside in the afternoon, despite optimistic calls from many strategists. As of 1143 BST the Footsie was 2.95 points lower to 6,198.93 and Germany´s Dax-30 off by 0.65% to 10,248.60. Overnig
Read more(Updates with context) LONDON/BANGALORE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Shell's Nigerian unit, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), declared force majeure on Bonny Light crude oil exports on Thursday after shutting down two key pipelines in the country due to a leak and theft. The Trans Ni
Read more** U.S.-listed shares of oil and gas producers and services providers rise on Thursday after oil prices rise as much as 7.6 pct, helped by a rally in equity markets and an unexpected fall in U.S. crude inventories ** Brent up at $46.32 a barrel by 11.10 a.m ET, having hit an intraday high o
Read more** AllianzGI's Matthew Tillett takes advantage of depressed prices presented by the recent market meltdown to add to holdings in BP & Royal Dutch Shell as well as smaller cos (names undisclosed) in the sector ** Tillett, who runs the Allianz UK Unconstrained fund, flags that oversupply in
Read moreLAGOS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's Nigeria operation has declared force majeure on its Bonny Light crude oil exports after shutting down two key pipelines due to a leak and oil theft, the company said on Thursday. Shell said in a statement it had closed the Trans-Niger Pipeline
Read moreBy Oleg Vukmanovic MILAN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Gas giant Qatar has agreed with PetroChina to skew deliveries under an existing long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal towards the peak demand winter period, a shift likely to weigh on global spot prices. The concession to PetroC
Read more* Growing spot market attracts commodity trade houses * Trafigura traded 1.7 mln tonnes LNG in 2014 By Sarah McFarlane and Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON/MILAN, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Trafigura is blazing a trail for trade houses, adopting highly successful tactics used in oil markets, to g
Read more* Oil futures rout fails to spur demand in physical market * From Russia to Nigeria, crude values still depressed * Abundant Sept-Oct loadings point to persistent glut By Alex Lawler, Libby George and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON/MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) - When oil futures mar
Read moreMEXICO CITY, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Oil companies competing in the next phase of Mexico's historic Round One auction will know the minimum level of profits demanded by the government prior to the auction, the sector regulator said on Tuesday, in a bid to raise investor interest. The oil regulat
Read more(Corrects third paragraph to read 34 instead of 35 companies; deletes Okada Servicos de Giociências from table because bid was rejected) SAO PAULO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's oil regulator ANP said on Tuesday it had approved an additional 22 companies to participate in the so-called 13th-ro
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