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Oil prices drop on rising US production, weaker refined products demand

Oil prices down as Baker Hughes reports drop in US rig count Oil prices fell in trading on Friday, undercutting a 10 per cent rally in December, as rising US production and a weakening demand for refined products overshadowed ongoing tensions in Iran. “The holiday demand surge that we get is in the rearview mirror,” […]

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Swedish-owned Lundin Group closing purchase of Cenovus assets in Alberta on Jan. 5

Cenovus sold assets as part of de-leveraging plan after spending $17.4 billion to acquire ConocoPhillips oil sands, Deep Basin properties The sale of Cenovus Energy’s Suffield and Alderson oil and gas assets to International Petroleum Corp., a newly formed Canadian company owned by Sweden’s energy and mining conglomerate Lundin Group, is expected to close Friday, according to an

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Oil prices climb to near 2015 highs early in session, but retreat on pipeline restarts

Brent and US WTI oil prices started the year over $60/barrel Oil prices that hit mid-2015 highs early in trading on Tuesday later slipped on restarts of major crude pipelines in the UK and Libya and rising US production. For the first time since January 2014, both Brent and US WTI opened the year over

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