Oil markets rose on Thursday, lifted by a fourth straight weekly fall in U.S. crude inventories, though climbing output capped prices well below the 2015 highs reached earlier this week. ›

British wholesale gas prices fell on Wednesday as supply worries eased after Austria’s Baumgarten gas hub reopened following an explosion on Tuesday. ›

Europe’s wholesale electricity market appeared calm on Wednesday after setting new curve price records a day earlier on disruption to gas supplies at a key Austrian hub, which had triggered energy supply fears in winter and sparked rallies. ›

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as industry data showed a larger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. crude stockpiles, while expectations for an extended shutdown of a major North Sea crude pipeline also continued to bolster markets. ›

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British wholesale gas prices reached their highest level in four years on Tuesday as supplies were hit by an explosion at Austria’s Baumgarten gas hub, a shutdown at a UK gas pipeline and an outage at Norway’s largest gas field Troll, traders said. ›

Brent oil prices jumped 1.5 percent on Tuesday to their highest since mid-2015, after the shutdown of the Forties North Sea pipeline knocked out significant supply from a market already tightening due to OPEC-led production cuts. ›

French day-ahead power prices surged on Monday in the European wholesale market on cold weather while prompt prices in Germany buckled under rising output from wind turbines. ›

British wholesale natural gas prices rose on Monday morning as surging demand due to near-freezing temperatures left the system struggling to cope with gas shortages.  ›

Oil markets edged lower on Monday as ongoing output cuts led by OPEC were countered by rising U.S. drilling activity that points to a further increase in American production. ›