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Energy, Oil & Gas

Brent crude tops $125 a barrel as no end seen for blockades

Oil prices continued to climb on Thursday with no sign of easing, as markets priced in a prolonged supply squeeze from the Middle East following stalled negotiations and firm signals from Donald Trump that the blockade on Iran will remain in place....

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QatarEnergy marks first LNG export from Golden Pass project

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....

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Hormuz closure: Alternative routes for Mideast oil

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. ...

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Oil rises 5pc on renewed US-Iran tension

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....

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EU to push for jet fuel diversification as Iran war threatens supply

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....

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US extends waiver for delivery, sale of Russian oil at sea

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. ...

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Asia boosts US LPG imports to replace Middle East supply

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....

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Jet fuel supply normalcy will take months says IATA

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)....

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Aramco-Dow Chemicals JV shuts down production at Saudi plant

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. ...

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Giant Kuwaiti oil tanker hit off Dubai, fire extinguished

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....