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• NYMEX-Oil holds gains, US jobs data eyed for demand outlook clues Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 8:27 PM ET

  TOKYO, June 7- U.S. oil steadied on Friday, holding on to most of its gains from the day when it was bolstered by a weaker dollar and a steep drop in inventories, with focus turning to jobs data for clues on the outlook for demand in the world's biggest oil user.

• COMMODITIES-Gold, oil lead gains; copper hit by demand worries Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 6:39 PM ET

  NEW YORK, June 6- Gold rose 1 percent in a late recovery on Thursday as the dollar fell sharply against the yen and the euro on fears of weak U.S. jobs data that will be released on Friday.

• Final Glance: Oil companies Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 6:07 PM ET

  BP PLC rose$. 28 or. 7 percent, to $43.15. Exxon Mobil Corp. rose$. 58 or. 6 percent, to $90.23. Marathon Oil Corp. rose$. 58 or 1.7 percent, to $34.63.

• UPDATE 2-EU benchmark reform plan threatens oil price reporting Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 3:50 PM ET

  LONDON, June 6- Tough new rules proposed by the European Union for financial benchmarks would seriously threaten oil price reporting agencies, industry sources say, as they could impose huge liabilities on oil publishers and participants.

• UPDATE 8-Oil up on Buzzard shutdown, Brent premium to US oil dips Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 3:46 PM ET

  *BP's Whiting refinery due to restart end of June. NEW YORK, June 6- Oil prices rose on Thursday as Britain's largest oilfield was shut down for the second time in less than a week, and as a major U.S. refinery prepared to re-start this month.

• Brent Crude Orbits $104 as ECB Spurs Buying Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 2:27 PM ET

  

  Brent crude oil steadied around $103 a barrel as a drop in US oil stocks and lower Iranian exports balanced worries the US Federal Reserve may scale back its economic stimulus.

• UPDATE 1-EU plans could spell doom for oil price reporting Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 1:37 PM ET

  LONDON, June 6- Tough new rules proposed by the European Union for financial benchmarks would seriously threaten oil price reporting agencies, industry sources say, as they could impose huge liabilities on oil publishers and participants.

• EU plans could spell doom for oil price reporting Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 1:28 PM ET

  LONDON, June 6- Tough new rules proposed by the European Union for financial benchmarks would seriously threaten oil price reporting agencies, industry sources say, as they could impose huge liabilities on oil publishers and participants.

• Midday Glance: Oil companies Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 1:20 PM ET

  BP PLC fell$. 12 or. 3 percent, to $42.75. ConocoPhillips fell$. 40 or. 6 percent, to $61.22. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell$. 38 or. 4 percent, to $89.27.

• UPDATE 2-Britain's Ofgem to review gas, power benchmark setting Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 12:54 PM ET

  LONDON, June 6- Britain's energy watchdog Ofgem on Thursday launched a review of how price reporting agencies set wholesale gas and electricity prices, while separately investigating allegations of market rigging and beefing up its enforcement role.

• Early Glance: Oil companies Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 10:29 AM ET

  BP PLC rose$. 20 or. 5 percent, to $43.07. ConocoPhillips fell$. 03 or percent, to $61.60. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell$. 08 or. 1 percent, to $89.57.

• UPDATE 1-Britain's Ofgem investigates gas, power price manipulation Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 9:55 AM ET

  LONDON, June 6- Britain's energy watchdog Ofgem has broadened its investigation of gas and power price manipulation, following allegations made by a whistleblower last year, including the role played by price reporting agencies, it said on Thursday.

• NYMEX-Oil holds gains as inventories fall, jobs data awaited Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 8:17 PM ET

  *NYMEX crude for July delivery was up 2 cents at $93.76 a barrel by 2354 GMT, after settling 43 cents higher at $93.74 on Wednesday. *Brent settled Wednesday 20 cents lower at $103.04 a barrel, reversing early gains after reports of the imminent restart of a key U.S. refinery run by BP Plc depressed the international benchmark's premium to U.S. oil.

• Final Glance: Oil companies Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 6:04 PM ET

  BP PLC fell$. 37 or. 9 percent, to $42.87. ConocoPhillips fell$. 06 or. 1 percent, to $61.62. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell $1.14 or 1.3 percent, to $89.65.

• UPDATE 8-Brent oil ends lower on U.S. refinery start-up report Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 4:37 PM ET

  NEW YORK, June 5- Brent crude dropped sharply just before the session close on Wednesday after reports of the imminent restart of a key U.S. refinery depressed the international benchmark's premium to U.S. oil.

• Midday Glance: Oil companies Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 1:17 PM ET

  BP PLC fell$. 35 or. 8 percent, to $42.89. ConocoPhillips fell$. 16 or. 3 percent, to $61.52. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell$. 75 or. 8 percent, to $90.04.

• COLUMN-EU solar outlook still bright after binge: Wynn Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 10:34 AM ET

  LONDON, June 5- European solar power capacity has already reached some 80 percent of national projections for the end of the decade, underlining how growth has caught policymakers unawares. But it is still a key market for solar panels, led by Germany, Italy and France.

• Early Glance: Oil companies Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | 10:31 AM ET

  BP PLC fell$. 11 or. 3 percent, to $43.13. ConocoPhillips rose$. 33 or. 5 percent, to $62.01. Exxon Mobil Corp. rose$. 06 or. 1 percent, to $90.85.

• 9 Powerful Trends Shaping Our Energy Battles Tuesday, 4 Jun 2013 | 9:51 AM ET

  

  As demand from the developing world dominates global energy hunger in the decades to come, these trends will help define a balance between economic growth and energy intensity.

• INTERVIEW-Rosneft in no rush to sell assets - CFO Monday, 3 Jun 2013 | 12:11 PM ET

  MOSCOW/ LONDON, June 3- Russia's Rosneft is under no pressure to sell assets to fund debt repayments and will decide how to streamline its business once cost savings from a takeover of rival TNK-BP become clear, its finance chief said on Monday.