Le prix du pétrole est à nouveau à la hausse suite à un achat important de la Chine sur les marchés. Les importations de la Chine ont atteint 4, 5 millions de barils par jour soit presque le record pour ce pays. Le baril se retrouve une fois de plus en dessus de 80$ le baril ce 11 novembre 2009. En quelques années, la Chine ...
A l'entrée de l'hiver, la quantité des réserves du crude de pétrole aux États-Unis sont 14% plus élevés qu'il y a une année, et l'OPEP pompe 600 000 barils en trop par jour par rapport aux besoins actuels selon l'agence internationale de l'énergie.
Les prix risques de fortement diminuer d'ici au printemps 2010.
Oil prices spiked Friday as continued tensions in the Middle East and concerns of renewed violence in Nigeria pushed the price for a barrel of oil to a record near $147. By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for August delivery jumped $5.25 to $146.90 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Oil prices had fallen $10 over two days to start the week and as oil rebounded Friday, Dow Jones industrial average futures fell more than 120 points. In London, August Brent crude soared $4.92 to $146.95 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange after hitting a record $147.25.
PARIS (AFP) - Les prix de l'essence et du fioul en France ont atteint de nouveaux records la semaine dernière, le super sans plomb 95 frôlant la barre de 1,50 euro le litre, selon des chiffres de l'Union française de l'industrie pétrolière (Ufip) publiés mardi.
Le litre de super sans plomb 95 a frôlé la barre de 1,50 euro, avec un record à 1,4935 euro, après 1,4713 euro la semaine précédente et un précédent plus haut à 1,4755 euro fin mai.
Le litre de fioul a franchi de nouveau le seuil de 1 euro, à 1,0131, après 0,9724 euro la semaine précédente et un précédent record à 1,0041 le 23 mai.
Le litre de gazole, carburant le plus consommé en France et dont la flambée des prix provoque la colère de plusieurs professions, s'est vendu la semaine dernière 1,4525 euro, tout proche de son record de fin mai à 1,4541 euro.
Les prix de l'Ufip correspondent à des moyennes hebdomadaires, mais ils peuvent varier d'un jour à l'autre ou d'une station-service à l'autre.
Cette hausse des prix des carburants est liée à la flambée des cours du pétrole brut sur les marchés internationaux. Le baril a battu un nouveau record le 16 mai 2008 à 139.89$ le baril. Les prévisions penchent pour un baril à 150$ pour le mois de juillet 2008
ROME, Italy. OPEC's secretary-general said Tuesday there are plans to boost oil production target capacity by 5 million barrels a day by 2012. OPEC blames a weak dollar and speculators for soaring prices of oil, which are hitting economies worldwide.
Oil producer Royal Dutch Shell says it may not be able to honour contracts for April and May after attacks on its pipelines in southern Nigeria.
The company declared the so-called force majeure following an announcement that it would have to cut exports from the region by about 169,000 barrels per day.
as scattered pipeline interrutions and a weak dollar pressured a tight global market. Oil prices have risen more than 18 percent since the beginning of the year.
The immediate driver behind higher oil prices has been a string of interruptions in pipeline operations in Nigeria and the Caspian region, as well as a shutdown of Mexican exporter terminals in the Gulf Coast because of bad weather. While small, these interruptions underlined how reactive the market is to the slightest disruption in supplies.
Oil prices rebounded to another record high Wednesday afternoon March 12, 2008 after initially plummeting when the US government report said supplies of crude and gasoline had risen much more than expected.
In afternoon trading, U.S. light crude for April delivery surged to a high of $110.20 before closing at $109.92. Oil had traded as low as at $107.09 following the report's release on Wednesday morning.
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Oil prices topped $109 a barrel for the first time Tuesday as investors sought refuge from the anemic dollar. Oil's growing strength comes amid warnings that there are no signs of relief on the immediate horizon.
Unexpected drop in crude supplies, OPEC decision send prices to record high. Oil prices were sent sky-high on an unxpected drop in crude supplies.
Oil prices neared $106 a barrel Wednesday for the first time ever after a government report showed a surprise dip in crude supplies and OPEC announced its decision to not increase production.