(Oil Price)– The international gold and foreign exchange reserves held by the world’s biggest oil-producing nations in the EU could be at risk, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, after EU leaders discussed using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. “This is not just a blow to its image; it is an undermining of trust in the euro zone,” Putin
(BOE Report)– The United States is preparing a further round of sanctions on Russia’s energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace deal with Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The U.S. is considering options such as targeting vessels in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of tankers used
(BOE Report)– Russia sees scope to boost oil exports to China and to deepen cooperation on supplies of liquefied natural gas, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday in Beijing. China and India have become the main buyers of Russian oil since the start of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022. China imports roughly 1.4 million barrels
(Oil Price)– Oil prices skyrocketed in early Asian trading on Thursday after President Trump announced new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil producers, Lukoil and Rosneft, marking the first Ukraine-related sanctions of his second term. Brent crude futures jumped 5.53% to $66.05 per barrel, while WTI crude futures surged 6.05% to $62.04 per barrel, as traders weighed the immediate threat to Russian supply.
Today RIYADH :Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for hastily arranged talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on oil, Gaza and Ukraine. It was not immediately clear what Putin, who has rarely left Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, intends to raise specifically about oil or geopolitics in a face-to-face meeting with the crown
Nasdaq MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to provide state funds to ensure a smooth heating season, including the introduction of regulated prices for fuel oil supplied for household heating in some regions, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Russia has been tackling shortages and high fuel prices in recent month. Fuel oil is in high demand
Oil Price In his latest speech, Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine and the West for “provoking” Russia into invading Ukraine. Putin also issued a new warning to the West by suspending Russia’s participation in a major nuclear arms control treaty with the U.S. Source: Reuters In his two-hour-long state of the nation address today, Putin accused the West and Ukraine of starting
CNBC Russia’s announcement of an oil export ban on countries that abide by a G-7 price cap is the latest sign that we’ve entered a new era for global energy markets, according to analysts. But they also note it’s unlikely to have a short-term impact on oil prices, with markets taking their cues from data and concrete actions rather than words.
Yahoo Finance MOSCOW – Russia, the world’s biggest exporter of energy, could cut oil production and will refuse to sell oil to any country that imposes the West’s “stupid” price cap on Russian oil, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The Group of Seven major powers, the European Union and Australia last week agreed a $60 per barrel price
World Oil (Bloomberg) — Decisions of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are designed to stabilize global energy markets and are not targeted against anyone, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted. The OPEC+ alliance, co-chaired by Russia and Saudi Arabia, last week agreed to cut its production by 2 million barrels a day, the biggest reduction since
World Oil (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. took the first step toward filing a lawsuit against Russia after Vladimir Putin blocked the oil major from exiting its only remaining operation in the country. Exxon has been trying to exit the Sakhalin-1 project in the country’s Far East since March but was stalled by a presidential decree earlier this
Reuters President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Friday that continued sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine risked triggering catastrophic energy price rises for consumers around the world. Putin, who casts the sanctions imposed on Russia as a declaration of economic war, said that Western calls to reduce reliance on Russian energy had made global markets “feverish” with
