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Oil prices surge above $100 a barrel as war on Ukraine rages

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices soared and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped up its war on Ukraine. The price of oil surged back above $100 a barrel after Russia, a major energy producer, faced further isolation and economic damage because of its...

Oil swings from pandemic collapse to $105 a barrel

In July 2020, a few months after the Covid-19 pandemic escalated and spiraled out of control, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden announced that global oil demand may have crossed its peak and will not return to what it was. "It's going to take a long time for demand to recover, that's if it recovers...