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Traders rebrand Venezuelan oil for China as Brazilian, sources and tanker trackers say

May 12, 2025

(BOE Report) – Traders have rebranded more than $1 billion of Venezuelan oil shipments to China as Brazilian crude over the past year, according to two tanker tracking firms, company documents and four traders, helping buyers to cut logistics costs and circumvent U.S. sanctions. Independent refiners in China are the main buyers of seaborne oil shipments from countries sanctioned by

Russia braces for oil output cuts as sanctions and drones hit

February 12, 2025

(Investing)– Russia may be forced to throttle back its oil output in the coming months as U.S. sanctions hamper its access to tankers to sail to Asia and Ukrainian drone attacks hobble its refineries. The United States imposed sanctions last month that targeted 180 Russian tankers while Kyiv has stepped up drone attacks to improve its bargaining position amid expectations

The Panama Canal is key to American LNG

May 13, 2024

Oil Price Back in March, S&P Global reported that a record 24 cargoes carrying nearly 1.6 million metric tons of U.S. LNG had reached Asia via the Cape of Good Hope in the first three months of 2024, with exporters choosing the much longer route and shunning the Panama and Suez canals due to various challenges. S&P reported that only 14 cargoes

As shale oil gains slow, deepwater port struggles for customers

April 22, 2024

Yahoo Finance HOUSTON – As U.S. shale oil boomed last decade, an oil pipeline company pitched an ambitious multi-billion-dollar export port off the Texas coast to ship domestic crude to buyers in Europe and Asia. In April, Enterprise Products Partners’ SPOT became the first project to receive a license from the U.S. maritime regulator for a deepwater port that could

Baltimore coal exports blocked after bridge collapse

March 27, 2024

Oil Price Baltimore Port’s coal exports are likely to be blocked for weeks after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, according to a Pennsylvania coal trading firm. The bridge collapsed early on Tuesday after a cargo ship lost power and slammed into the construction, which crumbled within seconds and will disrupt navigation near the Baltimore port, which is

Shipping giants warn of worsening Red Sea security situation

February 8, 2024

Oil Price Security threats to commercial shipping in the Red Sea are not abating, they are escalating instead, and disruptions to maritime trade are expected to last up to a year, according to some of the biggest shipping companies in the world. Many container and tanker operators have been avoiding the Red Sea/Suez Canal route and diverting vessels via the

ANALYSIS-Energy traders, shippers grapple with Red Sea fallout

January 31, 2024

Nasdaq SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI/LONDON – To avoid the Red Sea, the supertanker Grand Bonanza set out early this month on a roughly 40-day journey carrying 1.8 million barrels of Abu Dhabi crude for TotalEnergies from the United Arab Emirates all the way around Africa to France. The trip will take at least two weeks longer than the normal route via the

Houthis target U.S.-owned tanker in Red Sea

January 19, 2024

Oil Price The Iran-aligned Houthis fired late on Thursday two anti-ship ballistic missiles at a U.S.-owned chemical tanker in the Red Sea, the U.S. Central Command said in what it described as the third Houthi attack on a commercial vessel in three days. On Thursday evening local time, the Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at the chemical tanker M/V Chem Ranger.

9 million barrels of Saudi and Iraqi oil delayed amid Red Sea chaos

January 19, 2024

Oil Price Tankers carrying nearly 9 million barrels of oil from Saudi Arabia and Iraq will delay their deliveries as they have diverted away from the Red Sea/Suez Canal route in recent days, and are now headed on the longer route via Africa, Bloomberg vessel-tracking data showed on Friday. The tankers loaded crude oil and petroleum products at Saudi Arabia’s ports of

Brent breaks past $80 barrier as Houthis attack Red Sea

December 20, 2023

Oil Price Brent crude oil broke past the $80 resistance level on Wednesday, as tensions in the Middle East continued to rise and as Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping showed no signs of easing, prompting concerns of price-impacting disruptions to the energy trade. At 10:38 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Brent was trading at $80.20, up 1.22% on the day,

U.S. launches Red Sea force as ships reroute to avoid attacks

December 19, 2023

US News MANAMA/DUBAI – The United States on Tuesday launched a multinational operation to safeguard commerce in the Red Sea as attacks by Iran-backed Yemeni militants forced major shipping companies to reroute, fueling concern over sustained disruptions to global trade. The Houthi militant group, which controls vast amounts of territory in Yemen after years of war, has since last month

Mysterious Saudi oil tanker cluster off Suez starts to clear

June 22, 2023

Oil Price A cluster of mostly Saudi supertankers loaded with oil that has been idling off Egypt’s Red Sea coast for weeks has shown signs of starting to clear as two of the 11 tankers are no longer anchored near the Ain Sukhna oil terminal, according to tanker tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. As of last Friday, 10 very large

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