• Trump’s Foreign Policy Sends Tanker Market Adrift

    Vessel owners and oil traders are hesitant to enter long-term charter deals for oil tankers amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. The U.S. tariffs[...]

    Published On: February 28th, 20254.3 min read
  • Oil Prices Under Pressure Despite Fresh Sanctions on Iran

    Oil prices were under pressure early on Tuesday morning despite the Trump administration announcing fresh sanctions on Iran's oil industry on Monday. •⁠ ⁠President Trump’s recent push for a[...]

    Published On: February 26th, 20251.3 min read
  • Trump’s Energy Czar Has Plan to ‘Map, Baby, Map’ US Oil Bounty

    Interior Secretary Doug Burgum touted a plan for mapping deposits of oil, gas and critical minerals on US federal lands, casting it as an opportunity to catalyze development of[...]

    Published On: February 24th, 20252.5 min read
  • Oil Prices Climb as Trump Pledges to Refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    The U.S. Administration will fill up fast the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), President Donald Trump said at an investment conference in Miami. “We’ll fill it up fast, but it’s[...]

    Published On: February 21st, 20251.6 min read
  • Kazakhstan set to test crude oil exports to Hungary via Druzhba system

    Kazakhstan will try new crude deliveries to Hungary through Russia's Druzhba pipeline system in 2025, its energy ministry announced, after receiving Hungary's foreign minister in Astana to discuss cooperation[...]

    Published On: February 19th, 20252.2 min read
  • Russian Oil Output May Dip Further on Sanctions. But For How Long?

    In January this year, the outgoing Biden administration slapped its last round of sanctions on Russia. They targeted specifically the shipping industry and the oil industry—and helped oil prices[...]

    Published On: February 17th, 20254.1 min read
  • Germany To Extend Rosneft Trusteeship

    Germany is set to extend its trusteeship over Russian oil company Rosneft's local subsidiaries for another six months, marking the fifth time it has done so. Back in 2022,[...]

    Published On: February 14th, 20251.8 min read
  • Oil Bulls Wake Up as Trump’s Transactional Approach Puts Middle East at Risk

    The Middle East will again dominate front-page headlines in the coming days. Newly elected U.S. President Trump, as promised during his election campaign, is putting the already fragile security[...]

    Published On: February 12th, 20254.4 min read
  • Pushback Begins Against Trump’s Oil Agenda

    President Trump declared a national energy emergency as soon as he took office. The declaration had the goal of facilitating growth in energy supply or, as Trump likes to[...]

    Published On: February 10th, 20254.2 min read
  • Why US Refiners Won’t Ditch Canadian Crude

    Tariffs on Canadian oil could lead to reduced refinery runs and higher gas prices in the U.S. Midwest. Analysts predict Mexico may opt to divert exports to Asia and[...]

    Published On: February 7th, 20250.3 min read
  • Oil Prices Spike As Markets Digest Trump’s Iran Crackdown

    Oil prices took a sharp turn today as traders weighed President Trump’s latest “maximum pressure” push against Iran. While a quick glance at today’s oil prices could suggest traders[...]

    Published On: February 5th, 20250.4 min read
  • US to impose 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports, 25% on Mexican imports

    The US will impose a 10% tariff on energy imports from Canada and a 25% tariff on energy imports from Mexico, both major suppliers of crude to US refiners.[...]

    Published On: February 3rd, 20250.3 min read
  • Russia’s Refineries Enter Another Year of Uncertainty

    Russia’s refining sector, the world’s third largest, has entered its second consecutive unprecedented year with new drone attacks against the largest plants, emergency shutdowns, sanctions, discussions on export bans,[...]

    Published On: January 31st, 20250.3 min read
  • Oil Executives Fume as Trump Shakes Up Climate Rules Again

    President Trump's reversal of Biden's climate policies has angered Big Oil executives, who invested heavily in low-carbon technologies under the previous administration. The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and[...]

    Published On: January 29th, 20250.3 min read
  • First Oil Flows From Chevron’s Tengiz Expansion in Kazakhstan

    Chevron has started producing oil from the $48 billion expansion of the giant Tengiz field in Kazakhstan. It hopes to reach peak output of around 960,000 barrels per day[...]

    Published On: January 27th, 20250.3 min read
  • Oil Declines After Trump Says He’ll Push OPEC to Lower Prices

    US crude inventories fell 1.02 million barrels, EIA says Futures had advanced earlier in session on Russia sanctions Oil fell after President Donald Trump said he’ll push Saudi Arabia and OPEC to[...]

    Published On: January 24th, 20250.4 min read
  • Russian Oil Flows Stall as US Sanctions Start to Buffet Tankers

    A decline in shipments in the seven days to Jan. 19 kept four-week flows below 3 million barrels a day for a fourth week. Russia’s seaborne crude exports saw[...]

    Published On: January 22nd, 20250.5 min read
  • Trump to Declare National Energy Emergency, Unlocking New Powers

    President-elect to invoke powers on day one: people familiar Actions set to touch full spectrum of the US energy industry President-elect Donald Trump is poised to invoke emergency powers[...]

    Published On: January 20th, 20250.7 min read
  • Trump Team Readies Oil Sanctions Plan for Russia Deal, Iran Squeeze

    Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months while at the same time squeezing Iran and[...]

    Published On: January 17th, 20250.2 min read
  • Gas market on alert after Russia claims Ukrainian attack on TurkStream station

    The European gas market was on high alert Jan. 13 after the Russian military claimed that Ukraine had targeted the Russkaya compressor station, which feeds gas for the TurkStream[...]

    Published On: January 15th, 20250.6 min read
  • China’s Crude Imports Tumble in 2024

    The full-year decline marks the first time crude imports have fallen since 2022 when China was still in the grip of its zero-Covid policy. Click for full story [...]

    Published On: January 14th, 20250.2 min read
  • India’s Russian Oil Supplies Face Geopolitical Test

    Geopolitics will take center stage for Indian crude buyers in 2025. The country has grown reliant on Russian barrels sold at a discount thanks to a US-enforced price cap[...]

    Published On: January 10th, 20250.5 min read
  • Trump Threatens Tariffs If EU Doesn’t Buy More US Oil and Gas

    President-elect Donald Trump warned the European Union that its exports will get hit with US tariffs if its member states don’t buy more American oil and gas. President-elect says[...]

    Published On: January 8th, 20250.3 min read
  • Norway Doubles Down on Oil and Gas

    Norway's oil and gas investment is expected to reach a record high in 2025, driven by new exploration activity and increased demand for Norwegian gas. Norway's oil and gas[...]

    Published On: January 6th, 20250.6 min read
  • German Oil Refinery Supplies via Poland Unaffected by Leak

    Oil supplies to German refineries via Poland were unaffected by a leak reported Sunday in one of the two Druzhba pipeline links, Polish state pipeline operator PERN SA said[...]

    Published On: December 31st, 20240.4 min read
  • Crude Slightly Lower Following Trump Win

    Trump win could pave the way for increased US production Stronger dollar also puts some downward pressure on oil prices Oil futures were slightly lower and trading in a[...]

    Published On: November 9th, 20240.6 min read