By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces sanctions for Zhuhai Zhenrong and its chief executive The United States government will be imposing sanctions on Zhuhai Zhenrong Company Limited, a state-run oil company in China, and its chief executive for purchasing crude oil from Iran. On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced
From Reuters Saudi Arabia’s cabinet said on Tuesday that Iran’s interception of commercial vessels in Gulf waters, including its seizure of a British tanker, violated international law and must be prevented. The Saudi remarks came after Britain called on Monday for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Straight of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil artery.
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Iranian Revolutionary Guard seizes foreign tanker, claims it was smuggling fuel Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has reportedly seized a foreign oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming that the ship was attempting to smuggle Iranian oil out of the country. Based on a series of videos released
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Vessel suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions An Iranian supertanker carrying oil allegedly bound for Syria was detained in Gibraltar by British Royal Marines this Thursday for violating sanctions put in place by the European Union, further straining the already tense relationship between and Tehran
From Bloomberg The world’s biggest offshore oil supermarket is stocking up for anti-pollution rules that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts will upend energy markets. The Strait of Malacca off Singapore and Malaysia is not only a waterway linking supply from the Middle East, Africa and the U.S. to Asia, but has also been used in the past decade to store millions of
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Announces Closing of Term Loan Credit Facility Refinancing
