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Oil prices fall on stronger US dollar, concerns over Hurricane Harvey

Oil prices down, gasoline prices rise On Thursday, oil prices dropped and gasoline prices rose amid concerns over crude demand as refineries in the US Gulf Coast region shut down operations in preparation for Hurricane Storm Harvey. By 4:54 p.m., Brent crude was trading at $52.13/barrel, down 44 cents and US WTI was down by […]

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Oil prices up over 1% on US crude stocks draw, could rise much higher in the fall

Oil prices up as crude stocks fall by 3.3 million barrels Oil prices rose over one per cent on Wednesday after the United States Energy Information Administration reported US crude stocks fell by over 3 million barrels last week. Brent crude futures were up by 57 cents to $52.54/barrel by 12:44 p.m. EDT and US

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Alberta energy brief: Pengrowth sells $827 million of asset of assets to reduce debt

Pengrowth re-focuses on 100%-owned core areas, Birchcliffe reduces debt in order to fund capex   Pengrowth closes significant asset sales Pengrowth Energy Corp.’s Q2 2017 financial report highlights asset sales, as well as reductions to outstanding debt and cost structures, the company announced in a press release. Since the start of 2017, Pengrowth closed $827

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Oil prices fall as investors worry about oversupply, strong greenback, weak Asia demand

Oil prices pressured by high production, inventories On Tuesday, oil prices fell as investors already concerned about the global glut of crude struggled with a rising US dollar and weaker demand for petroleum in China. Brent crude was dow 13 cents to $50.60/barrel by 12:53 p.m. EDT and US WTI fell by 14 cents to

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Calgary-based oil rig maker TESCO Corp. sold to USA competitor Nabors Industries

Transaction values TESCO common stock at $4.62 per share Tesco Corporation announced it entered an agreement Nabors Industries Ltd. to combine with Nabors in a stock-for-stock transaction, according to a press release. TESCO shareholders will be issued 0.68 common shares of Nabors for each outstanding share of common stock of TESCO. TESCO shareholders will own approximately 10 per cent of the outstanding shares

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Oil prices fall after Trump North Korea threats, IEA report says OPEC compliance weak

Oil prices impacted by Trump sabre-rattling Oil prices fell in trading on Friday after the International Energy Agency said weak compliance among participants in the OPEC supply cut pact was slowing the rebalancing of the oil market. Brent crude fell to $51.68/barrel by 12:20 p.m. EDT and US WTI was down 21 cents to $48.38/barrel. Oil

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