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...International oil benchmark Brent crude exceeded $120 per barrel in June, before easing off to reach $95 per barrel on Monday. European gas prices are about 10 times the level of the previous decade....
...opposite corner is Jeremy Weir of Trafigura, Vitol’s long time rival, who said at the same London event he expects to see “three figure” prices before the recent rally is tempered, which has already seen Brent...
...In a minute of irresistibly exuberant conversation, she had me signed up to go and talk to her students in Brent. I can’t wait....
...market share to rivals in key nations Thirst for oil returns in wealthy nations How US oil and gas passed test of ‘unprecedented’ weather US oil output growth hit by lack of operators and equipment Brent...
...Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, hit a new 2016 high on Tuesday above $43 a barrel. Mr Törnqvist’s view was broadly echoed by others on the panel and speaking at the conference....
...“To get any significant rally, there’s a very large stockpile to work through,” Mr Beard said. “I don’t think it’s going to come very quickly.”...
...On Thursday, Brent was up 0.5 pe cent at $44.41 a barrel, while the US oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate was 0.6 per cent stronger at $42....
...Better hope the hipster beard thing goes out of fashion soon. Are there any more Brexit-y foodstuffs than Mr Kipling cakes, Bisto gravy and Oxo cubes?...
...Alex Beard, Glencore’s head of oil, said that while supply and demand were likely to balance in the second half, crude and refined stockpiles had increased substantially....
...It is true that Corbyn boasts an Obi-Wan Kenobi-style beard; but so does Graham Norton. The Stop the War Coalition does not fit the bill either....
...When I meet Charles, he seems the antithesis of the modern celebrity chef, shy and humble with a thick beard like an old-time gold prospector....
...WTI’s discount to Brent has widened to more than $13 a barrel — the biggest it has been since January 2014. But many industry participants are cautious....
...Brent, the international crude marker, also headed south, falling 56 cents to $63.68 a barrel. Both contracts settled at the lowest levels since mid-July 2009....
...The bank cut its forecast for Brent crude in 2013 to $110 a barrel, down from $130 a barrel....
...basis I don’t see us going,” Mr Beard says....
...To control one’s beard is a manly necessity, not a narcissistic indulgence....
...that beards make men look undependable (David Brent in The Office ), that beards make men look untrustworthy (?...
...He is in tragic denial about his age, and with his Robert Pires-style landing-strip beard, is desperate to stay on a level with his younger colleagues, even when this means resorting to absurd assertions...
...He had grown a long beard, which covered the heavy chain around his waist. Unlike the first detainee I saw, this prisoner had never been to Afghanistan....
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