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Oil prices Oil prices rise with US demand increase, Gaza cease-fire talks cap gains Wed 15 Jan 2025
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, driven by a stronger demand outlook in the US, the world's largest oil consumer, while reports of a potential cease-fire between Israel and... (photo: Creative Commons / In Memory of ColGould) Anadolu Agency
Gaza cease-fire   Oil prices   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Price of oil
 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to a question during the Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Thursday, March 1, 2007. (AP Photo/CP, Tom Hanson)  (js1) Harper condemns Trump’s rhetoric but blames Trudeau for Canada’s predicament Tue 14 Jan 2025
The self-professed most pro-American prime minister in Canada’s history, Stephen Harper, has criticized some of the recent statements made by President-elect Donald... (photo: AP/CP, Tom Hanson) True North
  51st state   Photos   Stephen Harper   Trump - Trudeau   Wikipedia: 51st state
Seed oil palm WTO favours EU over Indonesia on palm oil restrictions Sat 11 Jan 2025
World Trade Organization experts on Friday largely upheld European Union restrictions on use of palm oil in biofuels... (photo: WN / Emiko Silalahi) The Jakarta Post
Palm oil   Photos   Trade deal   Wikipedia: Palm oil production in Indonesia   World Trade Organization
Oil offshore platform Biden Withdraws Vast Swaths of U.S. Waters from Oil and Gas Leasing Mon 6 Jan 2025
With just days left to go in office, President Joe Biden has signed a sweeping ban on new offshore lease sales outside of the Gulf of Mexico, using the U.S. Outer... (photo: Creative Commons) The Maritime Executive
Biden admin   Oil & gas   Photos   US
Donald J. Trump displays his signature after signing a presidential order extending the moratorium on offshore drilling in Jupiter, Fla. Trump promises reversal of Biden drill ban Mon 6 Jan 2025
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to overturn outgoing President Joe Biden’s 11th hour ban on expanded offshore drilling in the U.S. On Monday, Biden declared he... (photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian) Boston Herald
Donald Trump   Offshore drilling   Photos   President-elect   Wikipedia: Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
Donald J. Trump participates in a signing ceremony with Aleksandar Vucic and Avdullah Hoti the Oval Office of the White House US to impose 'full sanctions' on Serbia’s oil sector in January: Serbian president Sun 5 Jan 2025
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed that the US will impose 'full sanctions' on the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS), a company largely owned by Russian... (photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian) Anadolu Agency
Aleksandar Vucic   Gazprom Neft.   Photos   Russian sanctions   Wikipedia: Sanctions involving Russia
Refinery in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Petrobras global operations extends over 27 countries (including Brazil). Those operations are more related to diplomatic trades than oil exploration, although the company has important fields in India, Turkey, Angola and Nigeria. Oil extends gains on optimism over policy support for growth Fri 3 Jan 2025
SingaporeOil prices extended gains on Friday after closing at their highest in more than two months in the prior session, amid hopes that governments... (photo: Creative Commons / Dantadd) Business Day
Oil extends   Photos   Singapore   Wikipedia: Oil   growth
This photo taken and provided by Sophie Seneque, shows a boom, a temporary floating barrier used to contain the oil spill in Mahebourg Waterfront, Mauritius, Saturday Aug. 8, 2020, after it leaked from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. Oil spill from Russian 'shadow fleet' reaches Crimean shore Fri 3 Jan 2025
Russian officials warned on Thursday that an oil leak from two damaged tankers had reached the beaches of the annexed Crimea peninsula.The two ageing tankers, named... (photo: AP / Sophie Seneque) The Times of India
Crimean shore   Oil spill   Photos   Russian   Wikipedia: Oil spill
Cracking plant in Orange County, California, 1961. The Union Oil Company of California was founded on October 17, 1890, in Santa Paula, California, by Lyman Stewart, Thomas Bard, and Wallace Hardison. Kuwait Oil Company hits a milestone with 90,000 BPD in heavy oil production Wed 25 Dec 2024
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 25:... (photo: Creative Commons) Arab Times
Kuwait   Oil Company   Photos   Wikipedia: Petroleum industry   oil production
FILE - This May. 3, 2009 file photo shows an oil facility in Jubeil, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco's initial public offering raised $29.4 billion, more than previously announced after the company said Sunday it used a so-called “greenshoe option” to sell an additional 450 million shares to satiate investor demand. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) Saudi Arabia ready to mine the future as it looks beyond oil Mon 23 Dec 2024
The oil giant has access to vast mineral resources, occupies a strategic geographical position and is hoping to establish an investment-friendly environment as it... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar, File) Offshore Technology
Photos   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia   beyond oil   economic
North Sea Oil Rig (7573694644) CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households Fri 20 Dec 2024
New research comes as dozens of small potential fields have received some form of license from the government... (photo: Creative Commons / Gary Bembridge from London, UK https://www.flickr.com/people/8327374@N02) The Guardian
Carbon Emission   North Sea Drilling   Oil and Gas   Photos   Wikipedia: Offshore Drilling
oil exports UK sanctions 'shadow fleet' ships to choke Russian oil exports Wed 18 Dec 2024
The UK announced new sanctions on Tuesday that target the Russian energy sector, as part of efforts to disrupt that country's economy, according to a statement by 10... (photo: Creative Commons / oil exports) Anadolu Agency
Photos   Russian   UK sanctions   Wikipedia: List of countries by oil exports   oil exports
Workers walks past a bouquet of flowers for victims of mine explosion at the Pike River mine at Greymouth, New Zealand on June 28, 2011 NZ’s government may ask the public to underwrite the risk of fossil fuel exploration – ... Mon 16 Dec 2024
By Nathan Cooper of Analysis - After reversing the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits, New Zealand's coalition government is now considering whether to... (photo: AP / Ian McGregor) RNZ
Carbon neutrality   Fossil fuel   New Zealand   Photos   Wikipedia: Energy in New Zealand
prices higher US sanctions on Iran tighten supply, set to drive crude prices higher Mon 16 Dec 2024
Tightening the oil supply from Iran could provide much-needed support to oil prices in the short term. According to a Bloomberg report on Monday, Iranian crude exports to... (photo: Creative Commons / prices higher) Invezz
  Iran   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: List of countries by oil production   oil supply
This Jan. 31, 2019 file photo, shows an oil platform in the Leviathan natural gas field, in the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast INEOS Energy to acquire oil and gas assets in US Gulf of Mexico (INEOS Group AG) Sat 14 Dec 2024
) 14 Dec 2024 INEOS Energy to acquire oil and gas assets in US Gulf of Mexico INEOS Group INEOS Energy The third major investment by INEOS Energy in the USA, in the past... (photo: AP / Marc Israel Sellem) Public Technologies
INEOS Energy   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Fossil fuel   oil and gas
Mumbai: oil tankers in the Mumbai sea. 2 Iranian Oil Prices to China Hit New Multi-year Highs as Sanctions Hit Shipping Fri 13 Dec 2024
SINGAPORE, Dec 13 (Reuters) – The price of Iranian crude oil sold to China has risen to the highest in years as fresh U.S. sanctions have tightened shipping capacity and... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) gCaptain
Beijing, China   Iran sanctions   Oil prices   Photos   Wikipedia: International sanctions against Iran
Oil pump Argentina to Eclipse Colombia as Oil Production Growth Continues Thu 12 Dec 2024
Crude oil production in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina is about to... (photo: Creative Commons) Oil Price
Argentina   Colombia   Crude oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Argentina–Colombia relations
Petroecuador gas & petrol station on the Pan-American Highway, Ecuador Ecuador’s imports of refined products rise due to refinery struggles Wed 11 Dec 2024
As Ecuador grapples with ongoing refinery challenges,... (photo: GFDL / Bernard Gagnon) Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Commodities   Ecuador   Petroleum products   Photos   Wikipedia: Petroecuador
A nuclear radioactive sign at Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine Nuclear Stocks Were Super Hot Just A Month Ago. What’s Changed? Wed 11 Dec 2024
Over the past couple of years, the nuclear energy sector has enjoyed a... (photo: Creative Commons) Oil Price
Energy crisis   Photos   Ukraine crisis   Uranium
Donald J. Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau n the West Wing Lobby entrance of the White House Analysis: US may struggle to replace Canadian oil if Trump imposes tariffs Mon 9 Dec 2024
The US may find it difficult to replace crude oil shipments from Canada and Mexico if President-elect Donald Trump imposes hefty tariffs on both countries. In a much... (photo: White House / Shealah Craighead) Invezz
  Oil prices   Photos   Trade war   Trump tariffs   Wikipedia: Trump tariffs