MarketWatch | Oil prices pull back; natural-gas futures rally MarketWatch Oil pulled back on Thursday, with U.S. prices failing to hold above $50 a barrel as a report from OPEC showed that crude production among the group's members rose in July. Natural-gas futures, meanwhile, headed sharply higher after U.S. government data ... Oil gains as inventory overhang erodes and Saudi cuts exports OPEC's oil output hits a 2017 high, another setback for its deal to pump less Oil prices hit 11-week high as Opec raises demand forecast |