A warning has emerged that global crude oil inventories could reach critical levels within weeks. ExxonMobil senior vice president Neil Chapman said the market is approaching unusually low stock levels and that it could take only 2 to 3 weeks for shortages to deliver a real shock. If supply does not recover quickly, Brent crude could surge to around $150 a barrel, with an upper scenario of $160, he said.

Krafton’s flagship game PUBG: Battlegrounds is expanding beyond battle royale as it seeks to become a content platform. The company posted record first-quarter quarterly revenue supported by upgraded collaborations and new mode experiments. PUBG IP franchise revenue rose 24 percent from a year earlier, topping 1 trillion won for the first time on a quarterly basis. A new PvE mode, XenoPoint, helped raise peak daily concurrent users without cannibalising existing battle royale traffic.