Oil prices continue to rise as US likely to extend blockade
Oil prices went up further on Wednesday, extending a multi-day rally, as the Iran and US blockades of the Strait of Hormuz continued....
Oil prices went up further on Wednesday, extending a multi-day rally, as the Iran and US blockades of the Strait of Hormuz continued....
SLB has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the geoscience and petroleum engineering software business portfolio of S&P Global Energy, a provider of subsurface software widely used by US onshore and unconventional operators....
QatarEnergy marked its first LNG export from the Golden Pass project in Texas, a joint venture with ExxonMobil, as a milestone toward full operations, with cargo loaded onto the new 174,000-cubic-meter Al-Qaiyyah carrier....
Conflict between the US, Israel and Iran has disrupted Strait of Hormuz shipping, exposing limited export alternatives. Existing pipelines offer partial relief, while proposed routes face major political, security and financial challenges. ...
The Iran–US–Israel conflict is driving the worst global energy crisis, IEA head Fatih Birol said, calling it the biggest in history, worsened by Russia-related energy shocks and supply pressures global....
Oil prices jumped more than 5 per cent on Monday (April 20), on fears that the ceasefire between the US and Iran could collapse after the US seized an Iranian cargo ship, while traffic through the Strait of Hormuz stayed largely halted....
The European Union (EU) will urge members to cut their dependence on Middle Eastern jet fuel and look into increasing imports from the US, in new guidelines expected next week, an official source told Reuters, as the Iran war disrupts global supply....
The US has authorised operations involving the sale, delivery, or offloading of crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin loaded onto tankers, according to a general license published on the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department. ...
Qatar may extend force majeure on gas supplies beyond mid-June, Italian importer Edison said, after cancellations linked to the Middle East war, with Edison replacing lost LNG cargoes by increasing purchases from the US....
The US nearly became a net crude exporter for the first time since World War Two, as exports surged toward record levels to meet rising demand from Asia and Europe replacing disrupted Middle East supplies....
Oil prices fell below $100 a barrel this morning (April 14) over signs of new US-Iran dialogue to end their war. Brent crude was at $97.8 in early trade, while US WTI crude was at $96.83....
deVere Group CEO Nigel Green warns that closing the Strait of Hormuz would trigger a sharp oil price surge beyond previous spikes and cause intensified market volatility as blockade risks become more plausible....
Asia's biggest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) importers, including India and China, are racing to replace disrupted Middle East supplies with cargoes from the Americas, driving spot premiums to record highs, analysts and traders said....
It would take months for jet fuel supply to recover even if the he Strait of Hormuz reopens, given disruptions to Middle East refining capacity, said Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)....
Oil prices could rise to $120–$130 a barrel in the near term, with a risk of climbing above $150 if supply flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted into mid-May, according to a JP Morgan note cited by Reuters....
Sadara Chemical, a joint venture between Saudi oil giant Aramco and US chemicals firm Dow, has announced that it has temporarily shut down production at its parent-operated plant. Sadara Chemical operates a complex in Jubail with an annual production capacity of 3 million MT of chemicals and plastics. ...
The Government of Dubai has confirmed that firefighting teams successfully extinguished the fire that broke out on a huge Kuwaiti oil tanker after an Iranian drone attack off Dubai waters early on Tuesday....
Oil prices extended gains on March 30, with Brent headed for a record monthly rise, after Yemeni Houthis launched their first attacks on Israel over the weekend, widening the US-Israel war with Iran in the Middle East....
TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to relinquish its Carolina Long Bay lease (Lease OCS-A 0545) and its New York Bight lease (Lease OCS-A 0538), both awarded in 2022, along with its partners. As a result, TotalEnergies will no longer develop offshore wind projects in the US....
Iranian attacks have knocked out 17% of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia, QatarEnergy's CEO and state minister for energy affairs told Reuters. ...