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RBOB Gasoline Price Today (Dec. 16, 2025): Futures Slide Toward $1.71 as Oil Drops Below $60

RBOB Gasoline Price Today (Dec. 16, 2025): Futures Slide Toward $1.71 as Oil Drops Below $60

RBOB gasoline futures — the U.S. benchmark contract that traders and fuel buyers watch to gauge wholesale gasoline costs — fell again on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, extending a late‑year downswing that’s also pulling pump prices lower across much of the country. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark RBOB was trading around $1.71 per gallon, down about 1.3% on the day, and sitting right at fresh 52‑week lows. FT Markets
16 December 2025
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Natural Gas Price Today (Dec. 16, 2025): NYMEX Slides Toward $3.94 as Mild Weather Forecasts Cool Winter Demand

Natural Gas Price Today (Dec. 16, 2025): NYMEX Slides Toward $3.94 as Mild Weather Forecasts Cool Winter Demand

December 16, 2025 — U.S. natural gas futures are trading around $3.93–$3.94 per MMBtu today, extending a sharp pullback from early-December highs as traders reassess winter heating demand amid a warmer late-December outlook. On Investing.com’s benchmark futures page, the “current price” is listed near $3.93 and the day’s range has been roughly $3.878–$4.045. Investing.com+1 The move caps a fast shift in sentiment: after a cold-driven surge pushed the market to a 52-week high of $5.496, prices have retreated materially as forecasts turned less supportive. Investing.com+1
16 December 2025
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Oil Price Today (Dec. 16, 2025): Brent Slips Below $60 as Ukraine Peace Hopes and China Demand Worries Fuel 2026 Glut Fears

Oil Price Today (Dec. 16, 2025): Brent Slips Below $60 as Ukraine Peace Hopes and China Demand Worries Fuel 2026 Glut Fears

Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, pushing Brent crude below the closely watched $60-a-barrel level and keeping West Texas Intermediate pinned in the mid-$50s. The move extends a months-long slide driven by a market that is increasingly focused on one question: Will 2026 be defined by a supply glut—especially if geopolitics turns less restrictive for Russian barrels—just as demand growth cools? Reuters+1 At around 12:14 GMT, Brent crude futures were down about 1.3% at roughly $59.75 a barrel, while WTI was down nearly 1.5% near $55.98, according to Reuters. Reuters
16 December 2025
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Oil Prices Slide Below $60 as Ukraine Peace Talks and Weak China Data Stoke 2026 Supply-Glut Fears

Oil Prices Slide Below $60 as Ukraine Peace Talks and Weak China Data Stoke 2026 Supply-Glut Fears

December 16, 2025 — Oil prices pushed lower on Tuesday, with Brent crude dipping under the psychologically important $60-a-barrel mark as traders weighed two powerful forces hitting the market at once: rising optimism that Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations could eventually loosen constraints on Russian supply, and fresh evidence that China’s demand engine is losing momentum. By early afternoon in Europe, Brent crude futures were down about 1.3% at $59.75 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate traded near $55.98, down roughly 1.5%. Reuters The move takes crude toward the lower end of a multi-month slide that has been driven less by sudden disruptions and more by a steadily building narrative that global supply is outrunning demand heading into 2026. Reuters+1
16 December 2025
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Oil Price Now: WTI Near $56 and Brent Around $60 at 3:30 PM EST (Dec 15, 2025) as Venezuela Risks Clash With 2026 Oversupply Forecasts

Oil Price Now: WTI Near $56 and Brent Around $60 at 3:30 PM EST (Dec 15, 2025) as Venezuela Risks Clash With 2026 Oversupply Forecasts

NEW YORK — Monday, December 15, 2025 — Crude oil is trading lower in late-afternoon dealings as the market weighs fresh geopolitical supply risks—especially escalating U.S.-Venezuela tensions and operational disruption fears—against an increasingly dominant narrative for 2026: a potential global oil surplus large enough to keep prices capped even when headlines turn more bullish. As of the mid‑afternoon window around 3:09–3:24 p.m. ET, WTI crude futures were changing hands near $56.5 a barrel and Brent crude futures near $60.5 a barrel, both down a little over 1% on the session. Investing.com+1
15 December 2025
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Natural Gas Price Today: Henry Hub Futures Near $4.02 as Warm Forecasts, Record Output and LNG Flows Collide (Dec. 15, 2025)

Natural Gas Price Today: Henry Hub Futures Near $4.02 as Warm Forecasts, Record Output and LNG Flows Collide (Dec. 15, 2025)

U.S. natural gas is trading with a familiar winter tug-of-war: colder-season risk vs. suddenly warmer model runs—and, today, the warm side is winning. As of about 3:30 p.m. ET on Monday, December 15, 2025, NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas futures were near $4.02 per MMBtu, down roughly 2% on the day after an early selloff extended into the afternoon. Investing.com+1
15 December 2025
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Natural Gas Prices Today (Dec. 13, 2025): U.S. Futures Slide 22% This Week as Warmth Returns—What to Watch Next Week

Natural Gas Prices Today (Dec. 13, 2025): U.S. Futures Slide 22% This Week as Warmth Returns—What to Watch Next Week

Updated: Saturday, December 13, 2025 Natural gas markets just delivered a reminder of how fast sentiment can flip in winter. After a cold-driven surge to multi-year highs earlier this month, U.S. natural gas futures reversed sharply this week as weather models turned milder, production stayed near record levels, and storage—while tightening—remained comfortable for mid-December.
13 December 2025
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Natural Gas Jan ’26 Futures Surge Above $5 as Cold Snap, LNG Exports and Coal Switching Drive Three‑Year High

Natural Gas Jan ’26 Futures Surge Above $5 as Cold Snap, LNG Exports and Coal Switching Drive Three‑Year High

In the first week of December 2025, January 2026 Henry Hub natural gas futures punched decisively through the psychologically important $5.00/MMBtu level, closing around $5.29 on Friday, 5 December, while the front‑month continuous contract touched roughly $5.34 — the highest levels since late 2022.Investing.com+3Barchart.com+3MarketWatch+3 The move capped a stunning rally: U.S. natural gas futures are up about 65% from mid‑October lows and roughly 70% year‑on‑year, with the Jan ’26 contract alone gaining more than 18% over the past month and trading near the top of its 52‑week range.Barchart.com+2Trading Economics+2
7 December 2025
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Oil Price Today, December 4, 2025: Brent Near $63 and WTI Around $59 as Ukraine Strikes, OPEC+ Freeze and Oversupply Collide

Oil Price Today, December 4, 2025: Brent Near $63 and WTI Around $59 as Ukraine Strikes, OPEC+ Freeze and Oversupply Collide

Global oil prices are edging higher today, but the move is modest and still framed by a bigger story of oversupply and cautious forecasts for 2026. Brent crude is trading just under $63 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate sits around $59 per barrel, after a month of tight ranges and heavy focus on OPEC+ policy, Ukraine–Russia peace talks and fresh downgrades to long‑term price forecasts. OilPrice.com+3Reuters+3Trading Economics+3 Below is a detailed look at where prices stand today, what’s moving the market, and how new forecasts from Fitch and other analysts are reshaping expectations for 2025–2027.
4 December 2025
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BB Energy’s Global Shake-Up and South Sudan Court Clash as Fitch Affirms Globo at ‘BB+’

BB Energy’s Global Shake-Up and South Sudan Court Clash as Fitch Affirms Globo at ‘BB+’

On 26 November 2025, rating moves in Brazil and a turbulent week for commodities trader BB Energy underline how credit risk, politics and the energy transition are reshaping emerging markets. Fitch Ratings on 25 November 2025 affirmed Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A.’s long‑term foreign‑currency Issuer Default Rating and its U.S. dollar notes at ‘BB+’ with a Stable Outlook, alongside the company’s local‑currency rating at the same level and a Brazilian national‑scale rating of ‘AAA’. TradingView+1
26 November 2025
Oil Price Today, November 24, 2025: Brent Near $62, WTI Below $58 as Ukraine‑Russia Peace Talks Weigh on Crude

Oil Price Today, November 24, 2025: Brent Near $62, WTI Below $58 as Ukraine‑Russia Peace Talks Weigh on Crude

LONDON — Oil prices are trading just above their lowest levels in a month on Monday, November 24, 2025, as traders balance hopes for a Ukraine‑Russia peace deal and potential sanctions relief against an already well‑supplied global market and a softer economic outlook. By late morning in London, Brent crude — the global benchmark — was changing hands at around $62.2 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate hovered near $57.7 per barrel, both down a little over 0.5% on the day.FT Markets+1 Prices are effectively flat compared with early Asian trading, when Brent was quoted near $62.4 and WTI around $57.9 per barrel.StockInvest
24 November 2025
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Saudi Economy Rockets: IMF Ups Forecast, 5% GDP Growth on the Table – and a Nobel Laureate Boosts Innovation

Oil Prices Today, 14 November 2025: Brent Holds Above $63 as Ukraine Strike Jolts Russian Supply

Oil prices are up about 1–2% today, 14 November 2025, with Brent above $63 and WTI near $60 after a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Novorossiysk oil hub and looming sanctions on Russian crude, even as agencies warn of an oil glut in 2026. Oil is trading higher on Friday after fresh disruption risks to Russian exports, but gains are capped by mounting evidence of a looming supply glut next year.
14 November 2025
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Venture Global (VG) swings to Q3 profit on record LNG exports; unveils 20‑year Naturgy deal and trims 2025 guidance

Venture Global (VG) swings to Q3 profit on record LNG exports; unveils 20‑year Naturgy deal and trims 2025 guidance

Venture Global, Inc. returned to profitability in the third quarter as surging liquefied natural gas volumes and fresh long‑term sales contracts lifted results. The company posted net income of $429 million on $3.33 billion in revenue and shipped a company‑record 100 cargoes in Q3, up 237% year over year. Q4 Capital In parallel, Venture Global announced a new 20‑year LNG sales and purchase agreement with Spain’s Naturgy for 1 million tonnes per annum beginning in 2030—its second long‑term contract with a Spanish buyer this year and part of a broader commercial push that also included a Greece SPA late last week. Shares of VG rose in pre‑market trade following the results. Business Wire+1
10 November 2025
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Global Market Turmoil: Asia’s Factories Stumble, US Tariffs Bite, Oil Soars – What’s Next?

Global Market Turmoil: Asia’s Factories Stumble, US Tariffs Bite, Oil Soars – What’s Next?

In-Depth Analysis: Asia’s Manufacturing Slowdown: Business surveys on Nov 3–4 revealed broad weakness. China’s S&P Global PMI dipped to 50.6 in Octoberreuters.com as new export orders fell sharply amid tariff concerns. Official data also showed China’s factory output contracting for the 7th straight month. Japan’s manufacturing PMI was even weaker – 48.2 in October, its lowest since Mar 2024reuters.com. Pollyanna De Lima of S&P noted, “demand weakness, particularly in the automotive and semiconductor sectors, weighed on Japanese manufacturing”reuters.com, though firms are optimistic that U.S. tariffs’ “detrimental impact… will fade” and future output will recoverreuters.com.
5 November 2025
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Shell’s $2 Billion Nigeria Gas Gamble Ignites LNG Boom Amid $8 B Investment Surge

Shell’s Surprise Hedge Deal Supercharges Bulgaria’s Battery Boom — and Sends a Big Signal to Europe’s Power Markets

Sunotec signed a five‑year, cross‑border spread hedge with Shell Energy Europe B.V. covering 600+ MWh of Bulgarian BESS now under development. The hedge locks in price spreads across borders and underwrites merchant revenue for the assets, which are planned to reach COD by Q2 2026. Enery Portfolio Optimisation helped arrange the deal. Sunotec calls it “among the first of its kind in Central Eastern Europe.” SeeNews+1 Trade press and regional outlets corroborate the structure and scale; Renewables Now reports the agreement secures financial viability and diversifies Shell’s power portfolio in CEE. The article also notes Bulgaria’s recent solar‑driven price dips and occasional negative pricing, which increase the value of fast‑responding storage. Renewables Now
5 November 2025
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Shell’s $2 Billion Nigeria Gas Gamble Ignites LNG Boom Amid $8 B Investment Surge

Shell’s Surprise Hedge Deal Turbocharges Bulgaria’s Battery Boom — Sunotec Locks 5‑Year Price Shield on 600+ MWh; Sungrow Secures 2.4 GWh Supply

Key facts: On Nov. 4, Sunotec announced a cross‑border spread hedge with Shell Energy Europe for its Bulgarian 600+ MWh BESS. The arrangement, facilitated by Enery Portfolio Optimisation, gives the project long‑term price certainty by locking in revenues against market spreads between bidding zones. Sunotec says the facility is already under development and aims to reach COD in Q2 2026. Renewables Now
5 November 2025
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Halliburton’s Big Comeback? Why Experts Say Oil Services Are ‘Down But Not Out’ in 2025

Halliburton’s Big Comeback? Why Experts Say Oil Services Are ‘Down But Not Out’ in 2025

Halliburton, one of the world’s top oilfield services companies, has faced a challenging environment in 2025. U.S. shale producers cut back on drilling budgets as oil prices slipped, and international projects largely stalled. This downturn hit Halliburton’s North America-centric business hard – the company even slashed its 2025–26 earnings forecasts by up to 25% earlier in the year amid the shale slowdowngurufocus.com. Industry-wide, rig counts fell and profit margins tightened, prompting talk of an extended slump for oilfield service providers. However, recent analysis suggests the worst may be over. In a new report, analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn contend that the sector is near an earnings trough, not a dead-endinvesting.com. They point to several signs of a coming rebound. Global oil demand remains on an upward trajectory, and the natural decline rates of existing oil fields are accelerating – meaning producers will soon need to invest in new wells just to maintain outputinvesting.com. At the same time, national oil companies are expanding capacity, which should kickstart a new upstream investment cycle in the next couple of yearsinvesting.com. Rothschild’s team expects worldwide upstream spending to start rising again by 2027, at roughly 3% annual growth through 2030investing.com. After nearly ten
4 November 2025
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Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Ukraine has dramatically expanded its drone and missile strikes against Russia’s energy sector. Since early 2025 Kyiv has carried out dozens of long-range raids “hundreds of kilometers” inside Russia, deliberately targeting refineries, pipelines and fuel depots ts2.tech. In an Oct. 24 speech Zelenskyy noted, “We hit a certain number of their refineries… When they started to restore and saw the queues of cars, they redistributed the volumes to other refineries.” He vowed to keep up pressure on every spare plant that is boosting output eenews.net. Independent analysis confirms the scope of the campaign. BBC Verify finds Ukrainian strikes have now hit 21 of 38 large Russian refineries since January 2025 euromaidanpress.com – more than in all of 2024. Fuel shortages and long queues at the pumps are emerging across Russia as damaged plants struggle to meet demand euromaidanpress.com. Notably, recent raids have struck both frontline supply nodes and strategic rear bases. For example, the Gazprom Salavat refinery was hit twice in late Sept., and major facilities near Volgograd and Ryazan have seen repeated attacks euromaidanpress.com.
29 October 2025
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Gundremmingen Cooling Towers Implode – Who Wins & Loses on Energy Stocks?

Gundremmingen Cooling Towers Implode – Who Wins & Loses on Energy Stocks?

Key Facts: On Oct 25, 2025 at 12:00, Germany will detonate the two 160 m cooling towers of the former Gundremmingen nuclear plant in Bavariasueddeutsche.de. In a matter of seconds the 56,000 tons of reinforced concrete will collapse and be recycled as aggregatesueddeutsche.de. A large exclusion zone surrounds the sitesueddeutsche.de. About 10,000 spectators are expectedmerkur.demerkur.de. Engineers have cut structural slots and will trigger water-jet fountains to force the towers to collapse inward and bind dustmerkur.de. Gundremmingen was one of Germany’s first atomic power sites, so the implosion is seen as a symbolic end to the nuclear age in Bavariamerkur.de. RWE – the plant’s former operator – will immediately begin converting the site to renewables: four days post-blast it will break ground on what it calls “Germany’s largest” battery storage project to save solar energyfocus.de. In-depth: The scheduled controlled demolition has captured public attention. Authorities have issued a full safety cordon, with road closures and parking bans in nearby Gundremmingen. District officials warn of “massive traffic congestion” and urge the public to arrive early or watch from remote vantage pointsgundremmingen.degundremmingen.de. Mayor Tobias Bühler notes that “with the towers’ demolition we lose a piece of our home – even for me personally”gundremmingen.de,
24 October 2025
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Oil Prices Rollercoaster: Trade War Fears & OPEC Moves Spark 5-Month Lows

Oil Prices Skyrocket: Brent Nears $66 on U.S. Sanctions – Experts Weigh In

As of mid‑October 23, 2025, benchmark crude prices have rebounded from recent lows. Brent crude was trading near $66 per barrelreuters.comreuters.com, up sharply after news of sanctions. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was around $62. OPEC’s reference basket of 15 fuels – a key price gauge – stood near $63.4countryeconomy.com. In short, oil is roughly 5–7% higher than a few days earlier. This comes after a selloff in prior weeks that had sent prices to five‑month lows due to oversupply concerns. Sanctions on Russia. The biggest recent catalyst was a wave of new sanctions on Russian oil giants. On Oct 22–23, the U.S. blacklisted Rosneft and Lukoil over the Ukraine war. This raised fears of disruptions in Russia’s oil exports, sending prices sharply higherreuters.comreuters.com. Saxo Bank’s Ole Hansen noted that Chinese and Indian refineries – the top buyers of Russian crude – would need to find other suppliers or risk financial exclusionreuters.com. UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo explains that market worries “shift[] from oversupplied markets to supply disruption concerns” when key producers face sanctionsreuters.com. In practice, Brent futures have flipped into backwardation, a sign that traders see tightness in the immediate termreuters.com.
23 October 2025
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