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Venezuela advances plan to release oil industry from state control
To make these ventures more attractive, the plan would cut taxes and offer flexibility on the 30% royalty rate and introduce international mediation to address past expropriation disputes. Rodriguez framed the move as essential to revitalizing an…
Tourmaline Oil Corp. stock rises Friday, outperforms market
Shares of Tourmaline Oil Corp. TOU rallied 1.56% to C$62.51 Friday, in what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE rising 0.43% to 33,144.98. Tourmaline Oil Corp. closed…
U.S. Sanctions Iranian Oil Vessels-But Plans To Deport Iranians Despite Protest Killings
The U.S. announced new sanctions Friday against Iran's oil industry it says are punishment for the regime's killing of protesters, at the same time the Trump administration reportedly prepares to deport dozens of Iranians, some who could face death…
Robin Wheeldon oil paintings capture rural life in Lincolnshire - BBC News
Image source, Lincolnshire County Council/Robin Wheeldon An exhibition of oil paintings depicting rural life in Lincolnshire has gone on display. The paintings, by Robin Wheeldon who grew up in Heighington near Lincoln, capture the county's…
US Winter Storm Impacting Oil Markets - TT
Pumpjacks near Crane, Texas. A large swath of the country will be affected by this latest winter storm. (Justin Hamel/Bloomberg) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Frigid weather sweeping across much of the U.S. is…
Michigan sues oil giants, alleging collusion to stifle renewables, EVs
The state of Michigan is suing major oil companies and an industry association, alleging that they colluded to hamper the adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs). In a lawsuit announced Friday, Michigan sued BP, Chevron…
California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast
California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration's removal of regulatory barriers to offshore oil…
California sues Trump administration over allegedly 'unlawful' pipeline restart approval years after oil spill
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Friday the state is filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) asserting federal jurisdiction over two state oil…
US hits 9 tankers with sanctions over Iranian oil during protest crackdown and internet shutdown
WASHINGTON -- The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a fleet of nine ships and their owners accused of transporting hundreds of millions of dollars in forbidden Iranian oil to foreign markets. The sanctions are being imposed because of…
Exclusive | Trump tells The Post he has seized Venezuela oil - but can't reveal where ships are located
WASHINGTON – President Trump said the U.S. has taken the Venezuela oil aboard seven recently-seized tankers — but the location of the ships remains a mystery. “I'm not allowed to tell you,” the president told The Post in…
Venezuela's interim president's oil law reform to break with Chavez model
Caracas, Venezuela: Venezuela's parliament has advanced a proposal to loosen the state's control over its oil industry and boost the private sector's role in the first major overhaul of the industry in years. The proposal to reform Venezuela's…
US Oil Markets Start to Feel Impact of Winter Storm Disruptions
Frigid weather sweeping across much of the US is starting to freeze oil and natural gas wells, threatening to disrupt production from North Dakota to Texas. Crude output in North Dakota's Williston Basin declined on Friday by roughly 7%, or 80,000…
California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast
SACRAMENTO, Calif.(AP) — California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration's removal of regulatory…
Iran is not a major oil producer, but it still moves prices. Here's why
Oil prices hit multi-month highs last week as a new wave of civil unrest in Iran raised concerns about supply disruptions. 'They were going to hang 837 people,' President Donald Trump said in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. 'And I told them…
California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast
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