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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 86.49 | -0.63 | -0.72% | ||
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Bonny Light • 23 hours | 88.40 | -0.92 | -1.03% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 88.45 | +1.94 | +2.24% | ||
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Mars US • 174 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 44 mins | 2.769 | +0.011 | +0.41% |
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Bonny Light • 23 hours | 88.40 | -0.92 | -1.03% | ||
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Girassol • 23 hours | 89.03 | -0.87 | -0.97% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 88.45 | +1.94 | +2.24% |
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Peace Sour • 22 hours | 76.01 | -0.55 | -0.72% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 22 hours | 79.06 | -0.55 | -0.69% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 22 hours | 86.01 | -0.55 | -0.64% | ||
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Central Alberta • 22 hours | 76.41 | -0.55 | -0.71% |
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Eagle Ford • 2 days | 79.29 | -0.04 | -0.05% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 79.25 | -0.50 | -0.63% | ||
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Kansas Common • 23 hours | 73.75 | +0.75 | +1.03% | ||
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Buena Vista • 2 days | 87.23 | -0.55 | -0.63% |
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Tim Daiss
I'm an oil markets analyst, journalist and author that has been working out of the Asia-Pacific region for 12 years. I’ve covered oil, energy markets and geopolitics for Forbes, Platts, Interfax, NewsBase, Rigzone, and the UK-based Independent (newspaper) as well as providing energy markets analysis for subscription newsletters. I've also authored geopolitical reports and analysis for Singapore-based consultancy Enerdata.
My analysis and news reports have been cited in media outlets around the world, including in the US, Japan, China, Vietnam, the BBC in the UK, and Russia and have been translated into several languages and used in television news reports
I'm a former columnist for five Georgia-based newspapers, hosted a 30-minute news talk show on CBS affiliate WTOC-TV Savannah, and the author of four books.
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Big Oil’s Next Major Move
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The European Nation Turning Its Back On Russian Gas
There has never been any love lost between Poland and Russia. Angst between the two countries dates back to Soviet dominance over Poland which started…
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China Is About To Disrupt Natural Gas Markets
The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its Gas 2018 annual report on Tuesday that China will become the world’s top natural gas importer,…
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Iran Blames OPEC For Vague Output Agreement
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