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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had captured a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf

Oil prices rise more than 2% on back of Iran concerns

Business / 22 Jul

The UK has offered to facilitate the release of the detained Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 if Tehran gave guarantees that it would not go to Syria

Slower China GDP growth nudges oil prices lower

Business / 15 Jul

Big oil producers are evacuating rigs in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a major storm

Oil gains after US stockpiles drop, rigs evacuated

Business / 10 Jul

Oil prices remain pressured by worries demand could ease amid hints of a slowdown in the global economy

Oil dips on demand worries despite OPEC cut extension

Business / 02 Jul

The price of Brent climbed 5% last week and US crude surged 10%

Oil prices drop amid demand worries

Business / 25 Jun

Investors and traders are fretting over global economic growth prospects amid a standoff in China-US trade talks

Oil up as Middle East tanker attacks heighten concerns

Business / 13 May

Shell's latest results outshone those of rivals Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP

Shell beats profit expectations on strong trading & LNG

Business / 02 May

BP's chief executive Bob Dudley said the company produced 'resilient earnings'

BP's profit slump buffered by higher output, trading

Business / 30 Apr

Chevron said the deal will strengthen the US oil giant's exploration and production holdings in its home market

US oil giant Chevron to buy Anadarko for $33 billion

Business / 12 Apr

Fitch has assigned Aramco its first-ever credit rating - a stable A+

Saudi Aramco 'made $224 billion profit' last year

Business / 01 Apr

61% of the price of a litre of petrol and 57% of a litre of diesel is tax, the Irish Petroleum Industry Association says

Oil consumption here continues to increase

Business / 25 Mar

OPEC cut its forecast for 2019 world oil demand today, citing slowing economies

Oil up nearly 3% on Saudi and OPEC cuts

Business / 12 Feb

Royal Dutch Shell reports highest rise in profits since 2014

Shell's 2018 profits soar to four-year high

Business / 31 Jan

Weak Chinese figures have raised the prospect of a slowdown in fuel demand

Oil falls back to $60 on concerns about China slowdown

Business / 14 Jan

Brent and WTI are set for their second week of gains, rising nearly 8% and 10% respectively

Oil on track for weekly gains on trade talk hopes

Business / 11 Jan

Traders are hoping that talks in China can resolve the US-China trade war

Oil prices gain 2% extending rally from December lows

Business / 07 Jan

Oil prices fell to their lowest in almost 18 months this week and are down more than 20% for the year

Oil steady near 18 month lows after profit-taking

Business / 28 Dec 18

Oil prices are heading for losses of more than 20% in 2018

Oil prices fall over 1% as US stock markets retreat

Business / 27 Dec 18

The price plunge has caused US shale oil producers to curtail drilling plans for next year

Oil rises on signs recent low prices reducing US output

Business / 24 Dec 18

Oil prices are down more than 30% from peaks seen in October

Oil slumps 4% to lowest level in a year

Business / 20 Dec 18

Brent and New York crude contracts collapsed as low as $57.20 and $47.84 per barrel respectively during the morning session

Oil slumps to fresh one-year lows in markets rout

Business / 18 Dec 18

Both US crude and Brent crude benchmarks fell more than 30% from early October through the end of November as a supply glut inflated global inventories

Oil drops as oversupply, economic growth worries weigh

Business / 17 Dec 18

Today's gains have partly made up for Friday's selloff, which traders have already dubbed 'Black Friday'

Oil creeps back above $60, but growth doubts curb gains

Business / 26 Nov 18

Brent's fall of more than five percent sent it sliding below $60 per barrel

Oil prices sink on supply glut fears

Business / 23 Nov 18

Oil prices were lifted by a report of an unexpected decline in US commercial crude inventories and record Indian crude imports

Oil above $63 after slide, but glut worries persist

Business / 21 Nov 18

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