Equity strength and seasonality factors are supporting oil prices, but weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data throws in a seasaw pattern, reports CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis.
Oil prices need to be lower for longer for U.S. production to significantly decline, according to Azlin Ahmad, Editor, Crude Oil at Argus Media Singapore.
CNBC's Akiko Fujito discovers how the nuclear crisis that arose from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami motivated anti-nuclear activists like Yauemon Sato, founder of solar farm firm Aizu Electric.
Hilary Kramer, Founder of Greentech Research and Chief Investment Officer at A&G Capital, believes short-sellers are blocking the market from sustained gains.