Brent Crude

European Benchmark Brent oil fell to $55.50 a barrel as Iran talks resumed in Switzerland.

Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand warns crude prices could drop to $30 amid concerns of Middle East supply disruptions.

Crude prices fall by $1 a barrel despite Saudi-led bombing campaign in neighbouring Yemen.

US oil magnate and BP Capital boss T Boone Pickens says the idea of 'peak oil' should not be dismissed.

Prices could even dip beyond those levels for a brief period, warns oil expert and FGE chairman Fereidun Fesharaki.

But gains could be short-lived, as rising supplies may weigh on prices again.

A global oil glut, a stronger dollar and a storage dearth could flood the physical markets with oil, hitting prices.

Energy watchdog IEA's report fuels concerns that the global supply glut and a storage dearth in the US will hit prices.

Restricted exports of US crude is prime reason for $9 discount of West Texas Intermediate to Brent crude, says FT.

Goldman Sachs believes that Brent prices would also come under renewed pressure as global inventories rise.

Stronger-than-expected US jobs data drives US dollar higher, hitting dollar-denominated commodities like oil.

Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said he expected the oil market to balance and prices to stabilise.

Brent's marked gains this month have been fuelled by production and export outages in Libya and Iraq.

US crude oil inventories rose by 8.43 million barrels for week ended 20 February, according to EIA.

Naimi directed Opec's 2014 decision to fight for market share, instead of cutting output to support prices.

Commerzbank expects the price gap between Brent and WTI to widen even further on the back of stock trends in the US.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs and at Intelligent Investor see an opportunity in oil equities.

Capital Economics expects oil prices to gradually climb back to some $70 per barrel over the medium term.

Deeper industry spending cuts and a weak US dollar are stimulating buying.

Crude oil prices benefit from upbeat US January jobs report and declining US oil and gas drilling activity.

Euro drops to a near 11-year low against the US dollar on 26 January.

US crude in the $26-$30 price range will signal that a global recession is inevitable, according to a Convergex survey.

Brent crude, the European benchmark, traded at about $110 a barrel a year ago.

No change expected in Saudi oil policy following death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.

Janjuah voices concerns about the US, whose energy industry grew on the back of its shale oil and gas boom.

Global crude oil market remains 'considerably oversupplied' keeping prices under pressure.

A sharp drop in oil prices and a stronger US economy will probably not be enough to brighten the outlook for global economic growth this year, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday (January 15).

Oversupply and weak demand continue to plague global crude oil market.

Oil rout continues as key producers show no signs of slashing output amid global glut.

Low prices also raise the risk of geopolitical instability, warns commodity hedge fund manager Andrew J Hall.