Euro zone finance ministers early Wednesday morning agreed in principle to disburse 10.3 billion euros. The September part of the tranche will be disbursed only if the Greek government has sorted out the establishment of an independent privatization fund controlled in part by the European Commission. Source: Greek Reporter
On Tuesday, around 5 am, a young man fled after being checked and hit a pole. According to the police, there would have been no chase. Source Le Parisien
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is offering 11 million barrels of oil for sale from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) ahead of sanctions on Iran that are expected to reduce global supplies of crude. Source: Reuters
Iraq’s state-run Basra Oil Company and Chevron agreed to begin implementing a memorandum of understanding to develop fields in the south of the country. Source: Reuters
