LONDON: Oil prices extended losses on Tuesday following reports that OPEC+ will proceed with a planned output increase in April and as U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China came into effect, as well as Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs. Brent futures were down $1.05, or 1.5%, at $70.57 a barrel by 1133 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was…
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RIYADH: Saudi Aramco’s net profits dropped 12.39 percent to $106.25 billion in 2024, the world’s biggest oil exporter said on Tuesday, following a year of lower prices and output cuts. Profits fell on lower revenues “primarily attributable to lower prices and volumes sold of crude oil, as well as lower refined and chemical product prices”, it said. Expected dividends for…
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NEW YORK: Oil prices fell to multi-month lows on Tuesday after reports of OPEC+ plans to proceed with output increase in April while further price pressure was applied by US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China as well as Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs. Brent futures were down $1.50, or 2.1%, at $70.12 a barrel by 11:10 a.m. EST (1610 GMT). The…
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HOUSTON: Oil prices declined for a third day on Wednesday after US crude oil stocks posted a larger-than-expected build, adding a further headwind as investors worried about OPEC+ plans to proceed with output increases in April, and US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico escalated trade tensions. Brent futures fell $2.19, or 3.1%, to $68.85 a barrel…
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LONDON: OPEC oil output rose in February, a Reuters survey found, as Iranian exports held strong, despite renewed U.S. attempts to curb the flows, and Nigeria boosted output above its target within the wider OPEC+ group. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 26.74 million barrels per day last month, up 170,000 bpd from January’s revised total, the survey showed on…
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Karachi: Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has apprised that the business, industry and trade community of Pakistan is dissatisfied with the monetary policy as it continues to be based on a heavy premium vis-à-vis core inflation as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced a grossly-insufficient reduction of merely 100 bps on January 27th in its last Monetary Policy…
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OGRA Urged to Convene Meeting on ‘Take or Pay’ ClauseIslamabad: Pakistan’s five refineries have requested the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to convene a joint meeting with oil marketing companies (OMCs) to discuss and agree on the ‘take or pay’ clause in sales purchase agreements (SPAs). In a letter signed by the Managing Directors of Pak-Arab Refinery Company Limited…
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