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UK Leader Faces Crucial Test on North Sea Oil Drilling Decision
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to make a key decision on whether to allow oil and gas drilling in the North ...
Fire Near Aramco Riyadh Facility Unclaimed as Saudi-Houthi Hostilities Intensify
Smoke and flames were reported near an Aramco site in Riyadh with no confirmed cause, no claim of responsibility and no ...
Australia-ASEAN Forum Told to Convert Trust Into Commercial Deal Flow
Leaders at the Adelaide forum say Australia's $200bn ASEAN trade relationship must move from strategy to financed projec...
Oil Markets Shift From Iran War Sprint to Marathon as Saudi Pipeline and Red Sea Route Crumble
With crude above $100, the widening conflict is no longer a short-lived supply shock: Saudi pipeline attacks, Houthi Red...
Attack Reports in Hormuz and a Saudi Pipeline Shutdown Raise Global Oil Supply Fears
New attacks near the Strait of Hormuz and the temporary closure of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline threaten a route ca...
Saudi Arabia Halts East-West Oil Pipeline After Drone Attack
A precautionary shutdown of the pipeline carrying 4–5% of global crude compounds Red Sea and Hormuz disruptions, pushing...
Houthi Advance on Bab al-Mandeb Puts Saudi Oil Route and Global LNG Flows at Risk
Seizure of Mocha and strategic islands brings the Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint into play just as Saudi Arabia depends on Yan...
U.S. Strikes Iran's Minelaying Forces in Hormuz; Iran Reportedly Fires at Jordan Base
First confirmed U.S. strike on Iran in weeks hits IRGC rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting reported Ir...
Iran Conditions Hormuz Reopening on U.S. Compliance Amid Khamenei Unity Call
As Iran's Supreme Leader calls for Muslim unity against the U.S. and Israel, Tehran says the Oman-brokered Strait of Hor...
Ossiomo Power says Ologbo vandalism has shut output for 10 months despite N182m CSR spend
The Edo State plant alleges local youths, some reportedly acting with a Chinese contractor, have blocked its gas station...
German Foreign Minister Visits Ukraine With Winter Energy Security and Defence Ties in Focus
On Ukraine's 35th independence day, Berlin is signalling support for military resilience, winter energy repairs and long...
Romanian F-16s Down Suspected Russian Drone Near EU Gas Project Neptun Deep
The Black Sea intercept near the Neptun Deep site highlights how the Ukraine war's security spillover now reaches a proj...
German Gas Storage at 50% as TTF Hits Eight-Month High: Regulator Presses Traders
Germany's gas reserves are roughly half full weeks before the key injection period ends, with the Dutch TTF contract at ...
Iran-US Framework Expires: No Ceasefire, No Hormuz Reopening, No Final Deal
The 60-day Iran-US framework has lapsed with no extension: ceasefire broken, Strait of Hormuz traffic near-halted, oil s...
US Senate Advances Russia Sanctions Bill as Ukraine Marks Independence Day
A rare 86-12 Senate vote moves the Lindsey O. Graham Russia sanctions bill toward a floor vote, while Ukraine reports a ...
US-Iran War Exposes a Fragile Oil Buffer: How Many Barrels Can Actually Be Released?
The IEA says 1.5bn barrels cover 300 days at a 5m b/d deficit, but unusable commercial stocks and a degraded US SPR cut ...
Trump Says He Will Declare Strait of Hormuz U.S. Territory; Iran Vows to Keep Blockade
The president's remark at a New York rally drew a sharp Iranian rebuke as the strategic oil chokepoint stays shut and U....
Trump Says U.S. Will Claim Strait of Hormuz, Deepening Iran Standoff and Oil Supply Risk
Trump's pledge to declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory has escalated an unresolved Iran conflict and put the key ...
Russia's Refineries Are Becoming the Economic Fault Line of the War
Ukrainian long-range drone strikes have knocked a large share of Russian refining capacity offline, forcing fuel rationi...
Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Leverage Is Draining Away
An Atlantic Council analysis argues Iran’s oil-chokepoint leverage is weakening as non-OPEC supply, bypass pipelines and...
Slovenia Extends Energy-Supply Measure as Krško Nuclear Plant Runs at 80%
The government extended its reduced energy-supply risk declaration for another week, citing heat, low river flows and re...
Hungary Restarts Paks Nuclear Plant After Danube Water Levels Rise
Hungary has begun restarting a turbine at the Paks nuclear station after Danube levels recovered, easing a supply squeez...
Jellyfish swarm forces EDF to halt three reactors at France’s largest nuclear plant
A massive influx of jellyfish clogged cooling water intakes at the Gravelines nuclear station, stopping three reactors a...
Japan Condemns Houthi Attacks on Saudi Oil Tankers and Civilians in Red Sea
Japan has strongly denounced Houthi attacks on Saudi crude tankers, oil facilities and civilian targets, warning of esca...
U.S. Strategic Oil Reserve Drops Below 300 Million Barrels for First Time in Over 40 Years
America’s emergency crude stockpile has fallen to 298.7 million barrels after massive releases ordered during the Iran c...
Kazakhstan Reroutes Oil to Atyrau-Samara and China After CPC Terminal Attacks
Drone strikes on tankers at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Black Sea terminal forced Kazakhstan to divert crude flows...
Trump Rules Out Force, Bets on Economic Squeeze as Hormuz Deadlock Rattles Oil Markets
US President signals a quieter approach on Iran, highlighting sanctions-driven inflation and currency collapse, while th...
Fire Quelled at Aramco’s Jazan Refinery; Houthi Shadow Grows
Saudi Arabia extinguished a fire at its 400,000 bpd Jazan refinery without disclosing damage, while Houthi attacks on Sa...
Iran-Oman Hormuz Deal Near, But Tehran Demands U.S. Reparations Before Reopening Vital Oil Route
Iran signals an agreement with Oman on a new Strait of Hormuz shipping route is imminent, yet insists the waterway will ...
Iran Sets Preconditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz, Putting Oil Markets on Edge
Tehran's demand that the U.S. lift sanctions, withdraw troops, and pay reparations before ending the naval blockade thre...