Crude oil
Oil prices shuffle back as markets shrug off supply jitters
Oil prices reversed course after rising over 1% in the previous session, on a firmer dollar and as investors shrugged off jitters arising from supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Russian farm minister says fuel shortages threaten harvest and sowing
Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said that fuel shortages threaten to disrupt autumn harvesting and sowing and urged a suspension of petroleum product exports, Interfax news agency reported.
India's August fuel consumption perks up on strong manufacturing
India's fuel consumption in August inched up from a 10-month low as strong factory activity in the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer offset the usual monsoon lull.
Russia extends oil exports cuts of 300,000 bpd until year-end
Russia will extend its voluntary reduction in oil exports by 300,000 bpd until the end of the year "to maintain stability and balance" on oil markets.
Saudi Arabia extends voluntary oil output cut of 1 MM bpd to end in 2023
Saudi Arabia will extend its voluntary oil output cut of 1 million bpd for another three months until the end of December 2023.
India cuts windfall tax on petroleum crude
The Indian government will cut the windfall tax on petroleum crude to 6,700 rupees ($81.03) per metric ton from 7,100 rupees starting on Saturday.
Russia's seaborne diesel exports showed a rise in August
Russia's seaborne diesel and gasoil exports in August rose by 2% from a month earlier to about 3.85 million metric tons on healthy fuel production, data from traders and LSEG showed.
EU shipping services still taking about half of Russian oil output
European Union shipping services are still handling about half of Russia's crude oil output.
Low U.S. heating oil stockpiles could cause winter sticker shocks
Americans could face a sticker shock with their heating bills this winter, especially if it is a chilly one, due to unusually low U.S. stockpiles of distillate fuels following OPEC+ crude supply cuts and higher demand from Europe.
Venezuela's August oil exports slump 38% as crude upgrading falls short
Venezuela's oil exports in August fell 38% from a three-year high in July as state-run oil company PDVSA struggled to keep its heavy crude upgraders in service, according to vessel monitoring data and internal company documents.
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