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  • Oman Crude Oil Market Report
    July Oman Crude Oil prices grinded higher during the session and above yesterday's high. Perhaps some of the early strength came from a rebound in Asian equity markets and hopes that risk appetites could be on the mend after this week's setback....

  • Brent Crude Oil Market Report
    July Brent Crude Oil continued to grind higher during Friday's session, making a late day push to a higher high on the session. it is possible that some of the early support for the market came from a r3ebound in global equity markets, as well as German confidence data...

  • Morning Crude Oil Market Report
    July Crude Oil prices grinded lower during the initial morning hours, under pressure from weakness in global equity markets and as traders contemplate whether the Fed will begin to alter their quantitative easing measures....

  • Crude Oil Slippage Continues
    Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled worries that demand for oil would be hit.

  • EU Oil Pricing Probe Spurs Lawsuit Against BP, Others
    A Chicago-based commodities trading firm has filed suit against three of the world's largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding to fix oil prices after European authorities opened an investigation last week.

  • Oil prices lower heading into long holiday weekend
    With minimal support coming from the externals this week the oil complex is setting up for a weekly loss with RBOB gasoline the largest percentage loser of the week so far....

  • Shale Frenzy Fuels Interest in Plastics Futures
    Shale Frenzy Fuels Interest in Plastics Futures

    Liquidity Gradually Growing in CME Group Contracts

    CME Group's launch of two polyethylene and two polypropylene futures contracts in 2008 was received with some skepticism, given that those markets had spent decades operating in relative opacity. Since then, liquidity has been gradually growing, and the contracts are catching the attention of a new audience thanks to a confluence of factors in geology and legislation, according to PetroChem Wire. The shale drilling frenzy and the technology to extract an abundance of crude NGL-rich natural gas "set off an investment boom to build assets that could capitalize on these resources," Petrochem Wire wrote.Read Full ReportFeatured Information  Shale Frenzy Fuels Interest in Plastics Futures

  • Oman Crude Oil Market Report
    July Oman Crude Oil prices had a gap lower open Thursday and traded down to a new six day low. Early weakness in the Oman market seemed to correspond with softer than expected Chinese manufacturing data and weakness in outside markets....

  • Brent Crude Oil Market Report
    July Brent Crude Oil showed positive reversal action during Thursday's session. A softer open gave way to an early decline below the $101.00 level....

  • Morning Crude Oil Market Report
    July Crude Oil prices traded lower throughout the overnight and initial morning hours, weighed down by slowing demand prospects out of China and decline in risk-taking sentiment....