Oil Gains as China Manufacturing Improves
The price of oil rose Tuesday on expectations for stronger demand following an improvement in manufacturing activity in China, the world's biggest oil importer. A rise in the value of the U.S. dollar added to upward pressure on the price, along with …
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Iraq's Kurds Vow to Keep Kirkuk Oil Fields Until Referendum
Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurds plan a referendum for independence and will keep troops in the nearby oil hub of Kirkuk until people there can vote on whether to join the Kurdish enclave, a regional government spokesman said. “As a people, we have the …
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Oil Slides Again as Iraqi Production Remains Robust
NEW YORK—Crude-oil futures slipped Monday as worries about an immediate disruption of Iraqi oil supply continued to recede. Light, sweet crude for August delivery recently traded down 4 cents at $ 105.70 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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