Oil prices fall 2% to 2-week low as trade war concerns dampen demand outlook

Oil prices

NEW YORK: Oil prices fell about 2% to a two-week low on Tuesday on expectations OPEC+ will boost output even as U.S. President Donald Trump’s on-again off-again trade tariffs could reduce global economic growth and demand for the fuel. Brent crude futures fell by $1.41, or 2.1%, to $64.45 per barrel by 11:03 a.m. EDT (1503 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped by $1.36, or 2.2%, to $60.69. That puts both benchmarks on track for their lowest closes since April 10. Trump’s push to reshape world trade by…

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Thar coal: TCEB holds public hearing on SSRL’s tariff plea

natural gas prices

DOHA: Qatar began supplying Syria with gas via Jordan, state media in the gas-rich country reported Thursday, as Damascus’s new leadership seeks economic relief for the war-torn country long prone to power cuts. “Qatar has started today providing… natural gas supplies to the Syrian Arab Republic through the territories of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” the Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. The new authorities in Damascus, who seized power from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December, have sought to rebuild the country’s infrastructure and economy after almost 14 years of…

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