S Korean spending on energy imports peaks in the first half

Friday, July 11th, 2008

South Korea's spending on import of oil, coal, natural gas and other energy products in the first half of this year reach 70.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first half as international crude prices surge, the South Korea Customs Service said ...

News Analysis: Who pushes oil prices higher?

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Since last July, the average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)have almost doubled, rising from less than 70 U.S. dollars per barrel (dpb) to over 140 dpb. Facing the skyrocketing prices, different people ...

Crude prices soar on tensions in Middle East

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Crude prices rebounded sharply Thursday on tensions in the Middle East that stirred by Iran's missile testing. Oil futures soared more than 5 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Iran announced that it has succ ...

Wall Street higher as oil further declines

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Wall Street saw another choppy session and moved slightly higher Tuesday as oil extended Monday's losses. Light, sweet crude fell 5.66 U.S. dollars to 135.71 dollars a barrel in early trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, aft ...

S Korea to take further steps to tackle oil price surge

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

South Korea will enforce extra energy-saving measures earlier than planned if international crude oil prices surpass 150 U.S. dollars per barrel, Yonhap news agency quoted the Ministry of Strategy and Finance as saying. According to ...

Ukrainian company says it owes $897 mln to gas intermediary

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Ukraine's state oil and gas company Naftogaz said on Tuesday it owes the gas trade intermediary RosUkrEnergo, 50 percent owned by Russian energy firm Gazprom, 897million U.S. dollars. "As of July 1 this year, the debt of Naftogaz to ...

U.S. stocks rebound as crude prices plunge

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

U.S. stocks rebounded sharply Tuesday as crude prices dropped sharply for the second day with all the major indexes up more than 1 percent. Crude prices fell more than 5 U.S. dollars to 136.04 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercan ...

Oil prices continue to slide

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Crude futures tumbled more than 5 U.S. dollars on Tuesday as the market worried that the demand would fall due to high oil prices and the tension in the Middle East eased. Light, sweet crude for August delivery dropped 5.33 dollars ...