(Investing) – WASHINGTON – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on nine vessels of what is known as the shadow fleet and eight related firms, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement, as Washington sought to escalate pressure on Iran over the recent killing of protesters. The Treasury said the vessels and their respective owners or management firms, which
(Oil Price) – U.S. President Donald Trump supervises the release of funds from sales of Venezuela’s oil, an official at the U.S. Administration told Semafor on Thursday. Following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro early this month, President Trump moved to create a fund to hold revenues from sales of Venezuela’s oil. The money is being held in U.S. accounts and released at the
(Oil Price) – Russia on Tuesday asserted ownership of all oil assets a state Russian company is developing in Venezuela, following the claims of U.S. President Donald Trump that major American and Western oil firms would help revive Venezuela’s oil industry. Russia’s Roszarubezhneft, a state-owned firm that took over Rosneft assets in 2020 following U.S. sanctions on Rosneft’s Venezuelan oil trade, said on
(Investing) – WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE – The U.S. has seized the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports, U.S. officials said on Friday. The Olina, which according to public shipping database Equasis was falsely flying the flag of Timor Leste, previously sailed from Venezuela and had returned
(Oil Price)– The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States saw a build of 1.7 million barrels in the week ending December 26. Crude oil inventories rose by 2.4 million barrels in the week prior. Crude oil inventories in the United States are so far showing a net decrease of 5.1 million barrels for
(Investing)– Oil prices rose by more than $1 on Monday as investors weighed talks between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents on a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine against potential oil supply disruption in the Middle East. Brent crude futures rose $1.33, or 2.2%, to $61.97 a barrel by 1416 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $1.31, or
(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
(Oil Price)– Amid major policy shifts, next year will see the first-ever decline in annual solar power capacity installations, following the weakest growth in seven years in 2025, according to BNEF’s Global PV Market Outlook. Developers are set to add globally a total of 649 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity in 2026, which would be a slight drop compared to
(Investing)– India’s oil imports from Russia are expected to drop to 800,000 barrels per day in December, down from 1.9 million barrels per day in November, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday. The significant reduction comes as Indian authorities have implemented tighter checks at ports and increased banking scrutiny to ensure compliance with Western sanctions on Russian oil. These
(Investing) – The Trump administration will hold the government’s first sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico since 2023 on Wednesday, a key test of industry appetite for offshore acreage at a time when the United States is seeking to unleash more domestic fossil fuel production. The auction is the first of 30 mandated by
Investing – LONDON -Oil prices fell on Friday, extending declines for a third session as the United States pushed for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal that could swell global supply while uncertainty over interest rates curbed investors’ risk appetite. Brent crude futures dropped by $1, or around 1.6%, to $39 a barrel by 1417 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (CLc1) was down
(Oil Price) – The U.S. Department of Energy is extending a $1-billion loan to help Constellation Energy restart the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor to add baseload power to the grid and help the AI advancement in the United States. “Funded by the Energy Dominance Financing Program, this interest-bearing loan will lower Constellation’s cost of financing and leverage private investment to
