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Serene Cheong

ARTICLES BY SERENE CHEONG

Photo: Bloomberg

How an epic gamble exposed the rot inside oil empire of Singapore's Hin Leong

10 min read . 21 Apr 2020

The companies said the emphasis, instead, will be on maintaining spending discipline and generating profits to return to investors. Photo: AFP

Big Shale turns Opec ally from foe with focus on oil returns

3 min read . 04 Dec 2017

Oil jumped almost 3% over the past two sessions as weeks of tensions following a Kurdish independence referendum flared into open conflict in the Kirkuk region. Photo: Reuters

Goldman sees geopolitics haunting oil again with unclear effects

2 min read . 17 Oct 2017

Returns from making oil products in Asia have soared to the highest level in more than one and a half years. Even companies that aren’t transporting fuel west are benefiting, according to Indian Oil Corp. Photo: AFP

Cheap oil and costly fuel rare windfall from Harvey for fuel traders in Asia

3 min read . 01 Sept 2017

Crude prices tumbled the most in three weeks on Thursday after the OPEC and its allies decided to prolong their curbs. Photo: Reuters

Goldman Sachs warns OPEC faces test as spectre of US shale looms

3 min read . 26 May 2017

A file photo of Saudi Arabia’s oil minister Khalid Al-Falih. Photo: Reuters

Saudi Arabia signals oil cuts could extend beyond second half of 2017

1 min read . 08 May 2017

Syria produced about 35,000 barrels a day of oil and some other petroleum liquids in 2016. Photo: Bloomberg

Missiles hitting producer of 0.04% of global oil rocks crude

2 min read . 07 Apr 2017

China is now producing fuel for countries across the globe. Photo: Reuters.

Fuel joins iPhones and Barbie as stuff China makes for the world

4 min read . 07 Jun 2016

The bank expects global oil demand to grow by 1.4 million barrels a day in 2016, versus 1.2 million predicted earlier. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Goldman Sachs surprised by sudden oil-market turn as glut vanishes

2 min read . 16 May 2016

A file photo of Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field at Shaybah in Saudi Arabia’s Rub al-Khali desert. Photo: AP

Saudis Arabia raises oil pricing for Asia by most since April last year

2 min read . 05 May 2016

In Asia, living standards are improving, putting more money in the hands of the middle class in nations where owning a car is seen as a status symbol. Photo: Reuters

Cars from Beijing to Mumbai lift world’s costliest crudes higher

2 min read . 25 Apr 2016

A file photo shows the Iranian flag with gas flaring from an oil production platform seen in the background at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf. Photo: Reuters

Iran steps up offence in oil market war with price discount

2 min read . 08 Apr 2016

US crude stockpiles are at 523.2 million barrels, the highest level since 1930. Photo: Reuters

Oil security seen at risk by IEA on historic spending cuts

3 min read . 24 Mar 2016

Suppliers from Opec have long moved in lockstep, raising or lowering prices in tandem. Now, Kuwait is undercutting Saudi Arabia by the most on record and Iraq is also selling its oil more cheaply than the group’s biggest member. Photo: Reuters

Opec brings oil price war home in pursuit of Asia’s cash

3 min read . 20 Oct 2015