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Here is the weekly look at crude oil, gasoline and distillate stocks compared to 5 year highs and lows:

Here is recent history from the EIA’s This Week in Petroleum: “The WTI price spread with Brent reflects the transportation costs associated

Lucia Kassai, Bloomberg, reminds us that Venezuela’s oil industry is in decline: “The number of active oil rigs in Venezuela is heading for a

Implied volatility for December WTI crude oil options (currently the front month) jumped from 21% on Friday to 27.9% on Monday.... The most active

The article from FT Alphaville is about China’s growth relative to world growth, but here is one takeaway: ” And we do see world petroleum

The excellent John Kemp summarizes hedge funds’ positions in energy markets here: ”Hedge funds and other money managers had amassed a net bullish

The Saudi-Iran Cold War intensifies... Here is the Wall Street Journal: ”The latest salvo in the Iran-Saudi struggle came Saturday, when Lebanese