Oil rose from the lowest in almost four months in New York amid speculation yesterday’s 4.6 percent slump was exaggerated and on signs Chinese demand will increase. ›

Japanese power utilities and South Korean users bought a combined 6 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas in May, adequate to supply India for eight months, as oil cost almost twice as much as gas to burn. ›

Saudi Arabia’s cushion of spare oil capacity is thinning far faster than widely believed, threatening to trigger price spikes in the months ahead, energy industry experts warned today. ›

Could the plan to build the world’s most expensive natural gas pipeline turn out to be an elaborate bluff? ›

Oil traded near the lowest in almost a month on speculation fuel demand may falter as the U.S. economy slows, countering signs of rising industrial output in China, the world’s second-largest crude user. ›

Crude oil fell in New York and climbed in London, bringing the spread between the U.S. and U.K. benchmarks to a record, as supply disruptions in Libya and the North Sea bolstered demand for the European grade. ›

Oil rose the most in almost a week in New York as the dollar declined, boosting commodities’ appeal as an alternative investment, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley increased their oil-price outlooks. ›

Oil rose about $1 on Friday, taking benchmark U.S. crude futures back near $100 per barrel, after much higher-than-expected growth in Germany and France and a rebound in the euro against the dollar. ›

Brent crude rose above $110 a barrel on Monday on a weaker dollar and concerns over global oil supplies, after losing $16 last week in its biggest ever decline in dollar terms. ›

Brent dropped by as much as 0.5% today to stay below $115, as investors betting oil prices would rise with western involvement in Libya’s civil war took profits in anticipation of a slowdown in air strikes. ›