Wednesday, January 29, 2025
International diesel prices surge after U.S. sanctions on Russia- oil and gas 360

International diesel prices surge after U.S. sanctions on Russia

(Oil Price) – Diesel prices in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. jumped this week as the latest U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil industry added to colder winter weather to boost futures prices and margins amid expectations of reduced diesel and crude supply from Russia.   On January 10, the outgoing U.S. Administration imposed the most aggressive sanctions on Russia’s oil yet, designating two

Analysis-Russia's Arctic oil feels the chill from U.S. sanctions- oil and gas 360

Analysis-Russia’s Arctic oil feels the chill from U.S. sanctions

(Investing) – MOSCOW – Russia’s vast Arctic oil business is facing major disruption from U.S. sanctions on its tankers and depots, stranding crude supplies previously snapped up by Asian buyers in storage, according to three sources familiar with its logistics. The sanctions unveiled on Friday are the toughest yet on Russia’s oil sector, targeting major producers Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) Neft and Surgutneftegas

Russia faces higher costs on sea-borne oil exports due to new US sanctions- oil and gas 360

Russia faces higher costs on sea-borne oil exports due to new US sanctions

(Investing) – MOSCOW – Sweeping U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil industry will make it more expensive for Moscow to sell its oil and complicate sea-borne crude exports due to restrictions on tankers, analysts and traders said on Monday. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled the measures targeting Russia’s oil and gas revenues on Friday, in an effort to give Kyiv and

Biden hits Russian oil in toughest sanctions yet in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage- oil and gas 360

Biden hits Russian oil in toughest sanctions yet in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage

(US News) – WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions yet targeting Russia’s oil and gas revenues in an attempt to give Kyiv and the incoming administration of Donald Trump leverage to reach a deal for peace in Ukraine. The move is meant to cut Russia’s oil revenues for the war that started in

Biden administration plans more sanctions on Russian oil exports- oil and gas 360

Biden administration plans more sanctions on Russian oil exports

(Oil Price) – The Biden Administration is set to slap more sanctions on Russia’s oil exports by targeting tankers hauling Russian crude and products, sources familiar with the outgoing administration’s plans have told Reuters. “It is going to be a big package,” one of Reuters’s sources said. The current Administration plans to target vessels that carry Russian oil above the $60 per

Russian Rosneft, India's Reliance strike biggest-ever oil deal-oil and gas 360

Russian Rosneft, India’s Reliance strike biggest-ever oil deal

(Oil Price) – Russia’s state oil firm Rosneft has agreed to supply nearly 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude to India’s Reliance Industries in the biggest oil supply deal between the two countries, Reuters reported on Thursday. The 10-year agreement is worth roughly $13 billion a year at current prices. Under the deal, Rosneft will deliver 20-21 Aframax-sized cargoes (80,000 to 100,000 metric tons)

Crude oil edges higher on raised Ukraine/Russia tensions- oil and gas 360

Crude oil edges higher on raised Ukraine/Russia tensions

(Investing) – Oil prices rose Monday as more intense fighting between Russia and Ukraine raised the possibility of a disruption to supplies, although gains have been limited by concerns about fuel demand in China and the potential of a global oil surplus next year. By 09:15 ET (14.15 GMT), the U.S. crude futures traded 1.4% higher at $67.86 a barrel and the Brent contract climbed

Note on the news: Suddenly – No oil news?- oil and gas 360

Note on the news: Suddenly – No oil news?

(Oil & Gas 360) – Sudden, violent, disruptive events in the Middle East cause big oil price jumps and front-page headlines about gasoline prices – don’t they?   But not lately.  Like the dog that did not bark, why not? Russia, one of the world’s three largest oil producers, invaded Ukraine and started a war which has been going for 2 ½

Lukoil’s trading arm looks to revive U.S. business- oil and gas 360

Lukoil’s trading arm looks to revive U.S. business

(Oil Price) – Litasco, the international oil trading and shipping firm owned by Russian oil company Lukoil, is looking to rebuild its business in the Americas by arranging credit lines and distancing itself from Russian oil trades and its parent, sources close to Litasco have told Reuters. Litasco and Lukoil have not been sanctioned by the United States as part of the

The main takeaways from the BRICS summit- oil and gas 360

The main takeaways from the BRICS summit

(BOE Report) – KAZAN, Russia – Here’s a brief summary of the outcome of the BRICS summit: * XI AND MODI – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met just two days after New Delhi announced that it had reached a deal with Beijing to resolve a four-year military stand-off on their Himalayan frontier. * LOTS

Lawmakers demand tougher sanctions on Russian oil- oil and gas 360

Lawmakers demand tougher sanctions on Russian oil

(Oil Price) – More than 50 members of Congress have signed a letter calling on the U.S. government to toughen sanctions on Russian oil and questioning an exception granted to U.S.-based oil-services company Schlumberger (SLB) that has allowed it to continue operating in the country. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (Democrat-Texas) and Jake Auchincloss (Democrat-Massachusetts) said they and 50 other members of Congress sent the

Texas regulator calls on Biden administration to restart LNG exports to support Ukraine- oil and gas 360

Texas regulator calls on Biden administration to restart LNG exports to support Ukraine

World Oil (WO) – Following recent reports that the Biden Administration’s federal moratorium on new liquified natural gas (LNG) export plants is prohibiting Ukraine from purchasing American LNG, Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian slammed the administration’s policy and called on the president to rescind the ban. “This politically motivated ban is doing more than simply costing America economic activity— it’s jeopardizing