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Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics

Tariff Doubts Send Oil Prices Lower Ahead of Fed Meeting

Oil fell below $73 a barrel after President Donald Trump’s pick for commerce secretary suggested tariffs on Canada and Mexico are not a done deal.

January 29, 2025
Business, Fuel

Diversified Energy to Buy Maverick Natural Resources

Diversified Energy agreed to acquire Texas-based energy producer Maverick Natural Resources to expand its scale as U.S. President Donald Trump makes higher oil production a key priority.

January 27, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Trump Team Readies Oil Sanctions Plan for Russia Deal

Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months.

January 16, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Oil Glut to Expand in 2026 as OPEC Output Rebounds, EIA Says

Global oil markets will face a widening glut in 2026 as OPEC brings back production and output from the U.S., Canada and Guyana continues to grow.

January 14, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Oil Tanker Rates Soar on Biden Sanctions Against Russia

Oil tanker rates jumped as the Biden administration’s sanctions on Russia’s petroleum trade threaten to cut the supply of ships while forcing traders to seek alternative sources of crude.

January 13, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Biden Expands Russia Sanctions in Final Days in Office

The outgoing Democratic administration billed the new sanctions as the most significant to date against Moscow’s oil and liquefied natural gas sectors, the driver of Russia’s economy.

January 10, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Biden’s Policy Blitz Spurs Trump’s Day-One Reversal Pledge

Donald Trump has pledged that he’ll move immediately to reverse several actions undertaken by Joe Biden through executive action and legal challenge.

January 9, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Biden Bans Offshore Drilling as Trump Vows to Undo It

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block action by the incoming administration to expand offshore drilling.

January 6, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Biden Expected to Permanently Ban Some Offshore Drilling

Biden is set within days to issue the executive order barring the sale of new drilling rights in portions of the country’s outer continental shelf, according to people familiar.

January 2, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

US Oil Exports to China Dwindle as Demand Wanes

U.S. crude exports to China plunged by almost half this year as shifts in the nation’s economy weighed on demand and it bought more barrels from other countries including Russia and Iran.

December 27, 2024