Crude oil fell on Tuesday, snapping four days of gains, on concern a U.S. government report will show stockpiles climbed from the highest level since September 1990. Crude oil for June delivery declined as much as 77 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $53.70 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil is up 21 per cent this year.
Owing to inefficiencies, funding constraints and shut-in of oil wells due to crisis in the Niger Delta, approximately 430 million barrels of crude oil have been lost by Nigeria in the NNPC, Shell Joint Venture deal. Shell’s African Executive Vice President, Ms. Ann Pickard, said: The inefficiencies in the sector that are blocking Nigeria from [...]
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