The steady rise in U.S. exploration and production figures, coupled with a slowing Chinese economy, helped drag crude oil prices lower in early Monday trading. Crude oil prices moved lower during the latter half of April as U.S. crude oil production recovered on the back of improved market conditions. On Friday, oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported nine more rigs added to the U.S. fleet for the week ending April 28, putting the upstream sector on par with levels from 2015. On Monday, the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific reported Chinese economic growth is on a slow track downward. Representing about 42 percent of the gross domestic product from the developing economies in the Asia-Pacific, the U.N. […]