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...The company is trialling a 150-strong rollout in the London boroughs of Brent and Camden next month, but still needs local planning permission for each installation....
...On Thursday, Brent crude, the international benchmark, almost hit $106 a barrel, its highest price since 2014, as traders digested the news that the world’s second biggest oil exporter had gone to war with...
...Reporting by Sylvia Pfeifer, Neil Hume, Harry Dempsey, Peter Campbell, Emiko Terazono and Tom Wilson...
...Brent oil settled 4 per cent higher at $127.98 a barrel on Tuesday, a day after hitting its highest intraday level since the global financial crisis, while US petrol prices hit a new high....
...Some drivers, noted Jefferies analyst Brent Thill, would have moved to other gig economy jobs, such as food and grocery delivery. “Would you rather be moving things around or people around right now?”...
...assuming the Chinese leadership, gathered the old lions of bilateral diplomacy while in Washington for a celebration of the relationship, including former national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent...
...Brent, the international benchmark, gained 12 per cent to $28.22 barrel. The ECB kicked off the policy action on Wednesday night, announcing a plan to buy €750bn in bonds....
...Additional reporting by Peter Campbell...
...Robert Campbell, analyst at Energy Aspects, a consultancy, said that sales of very low-sulphur fuel oil could be high enough to avoid serious shortfalls of diesel or gas oil....
...Brent crude spent most of the autumn between $75 and $85, before dropping back to just over $60 in mid-December, and Iata predicted it would average out at $65 next year....
...Peter Campbell, motor industry correspondent, has the full story here....
...Brent oil prices spiked higher after the reports of attacks....
...“ICE would love this to be a giant contract,” says Campbell Faulkner, chief data analyst at OTC Global Holdings, a Houston-based energy broker....
...“Breakdowns are a double edge,” says analyst Joe Brent at Liberum. “They cost money but they validate the model and increase future retention, if handled well.”...
...But in the North Sea, the $80 a barrel price of Brent crude is stirring up trouble, because workers are pushing for a bigger cut after enduring years of austerity....
...Brent crude was about $58.50 a barrel on Friday, close to its level on Monday....
...Questions for next year I am interested in readers’ views on two questions about the outlook for next year: 1) What price do you expect for Brent crude at the end of 2019?...
...Brent crude has been holding on to levels close to $80 a barrel this week, and US West Texas Intermediate has been over $70, prompting President Donald Trump to fire off another one of his tweets urging...
...Expectations of increased production from Opec and Russia on Friday drove Brent crude down to its lowest level since early May, below $74 a barrel....
...“We’re going to be living with the effect of this disruption for months,” Mr Campbell said....
...Bolstered by Mr Falih’s comments at the weekend, and by the weaker dollar, oil prices rose, with Brent crude breaking above $71 a barrel for the first time in three years....
...Other big declines were concentrated in the energy sector, which fell 1.9 per cent, as Brent crude lost 4.3 per cent, to close the day at $47.96....
...The price for Brent crude is about $40 a barrel. “In the last 12 months, petrol prices have plummeted,” he told MPs on Wednesday “That is why we pencilled in an inflation rise.”...
...Brent crude has fallen from $115 a barrel in mid-2014 to just $36 this week, leading to a sharp fall in petrol and diesel prices. That has made larger vehicles more attractive to consumers....
...Brent crude has fallen from $115 a barrel last summer to just $45 amid global oversupply and falling demand in developing economies and China....
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