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dawn.com - Khaleeq Kiani - Oil industry prompts government to discourage hoarding as petrol stocks decline to 14-day cover
Oil industry prompts government to discourage hoarding as petrol stocks decline to 14-day cover
Dawn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's oil supply chain players appeared nervous as petrol stocks declined to a 14-day cover on Thursday, prompting the government to urgently address procedural issues and activate enforcement mechanisms to discourage hoarding for…

newsweek.com - John Feng - Oil shock: how China influences global markets
Oil shock: how China influences global markets
Newsweek

Energy prices rose sharply this week as Iran moved to close the Strait of Hormuz with more ship attacks and the U.S. military resumed its daily strikes on Iranian targets. Months of disruption to the most important waterway for crude oil trade…

forbes.com - Frank Holmes - Top 10 Oil-Producing Countries In The World, According To The EIA
Top 10 Oil-Producing Countries In The World, According To The EIA
Forbes

Oil has been declared dead more times than I can count, yet the world still consumes more than 100 million barrels of it every day, according to the Energy Information Administration. Petroleum powers planes, trucks and ships. It's used to make…

digitaljournal.com - AFP - New science report could boost climate suits against oil giants
New science report could boost climate suits against oil giants
Digital Journal

Climate lawsuits seeking massive damages from fossil fuel companies increasingly hinge on the question: how reliably can scientists pin specific extreme weather to human-caused climate change? Very confidently for events like heat waves and heavy…

upi.com - South Korea secures 74% of September crude oil needs
South Korea secures 74% of September crude oil needs
UPI

July 16 (Asia Today) -- South Korea has secured crude oil supplies for September equivalent to 74% of last year's level as renewed military tensions between the United States and Iran raise concerns about energy shipments through the Strait of…

thehill.com - Filip Timotija - US military boards oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
US military boards oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
The Hill

Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The U.S. military boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday as U.S. forces continued to enforce the naval blockade that went into effect…

cnbc.com - Sam Meredith - World's largest olive oil company says market has 'definitively' entered new phase
World's largest olive oil company says market has 'definitively' entered new phase
CNBC

The world's largest olive oil company says a period of unprecedented volatility has 'definitively' given way to more stable market conditions. Favorable rainfall trends across major producing nations, such as Spain, has paved the way for a solid…

yahoo.com - Natalia Katona - Could Somalia See The World's Next Major Oil Discovery?
Could Somalia See The World's Next Major Oil Discovery?
Yahoo!

As the Gulf (the world's traditional energy centre) becomes riskier, the oil industry is searching for new hydrocarbon provinces. Much high-impact exploration is concentrated in Latin America and West Africa, far from Asia-Pacific, the main…

seekingalpha.com - Ron Patterson and Guests - March World Oil Production Collapses
March World Oil Production Collapses
Seeking Alpha

The focus of this post is an overview of World oil production along with a more detailed review of the top 10 Non-OPEC oil-producing countries. The World's March oil production dropped by 10,320 kb/d to 76,395 kb/d due to the closing of the Hormuz…

rediff.com - Sundar Sethuraman - Is Oil Price Spike Derailing FPI Comeback?
Is Oil Price Spike Derailing FPI Comeback?
Rediff.com

FPIs have already withdrawn Rs 2.6 trillion from Indian equities in 2026, exceeding the outflows recorded in any previous full calendar year. FPIs turned net sellers after eight straight buying sessions, offloading Rs 7,443 crore amid a sharp surge…

marketwatch.com - Halliburton Gets Aramco Contracts for Saudi Oil Wells
Halliburton Gets Aramco Contracts for Saudi Oil Wells
MarketWatch

The lump sum turnkey contracts, which have an initial three-year term, cover oil re-entry operations, drilling, completions, and workers for about 285 planned oil wells across several oil fields in the country. The contracts also have an extension…

wsj.com - Oil Rises Amid Escalating Supply-Disruption Concerns
Oil Rises Amid Escalating Supply-Disruption Concerns
Wall Street Journal

2352 GMT — Oil rises in early trade amid escalating concerns over supply disruptions in the Middle East. The U.S. struck multiple bridges in Iran on Thursday in a bid to cut off supply routes to a port city and naval base in the Strait of…

techcrunch.com - Tim De Chant - Oil giant BP shutters its corporate venture arm after 20 years
Oil giant BP shutters its corporate venture arm after 20 years
TechCrunch

BP has had an on-again, off-again relationship with climate tech. Now it's definitely “off.” On top of pivoting away from clean energy earlier this year, the oil giant announced today that it was selling the majority of its venture…

dawn.com - Reuters - Oil rises on intensifying US-Iran hostilities, threat of Red Sea closure
Oil rises on intensifying US-Iran hostilities, threat of Red Sea closure
Dawn

Oil prices inched up on Friday after the US and Iran stepped up attacks across the Gulf, with their broken truce limiting oil flows out of the Strait of Hormuz and with Tehran asking the Houthis to stand ready to shut the Red Sea export route.

wsj.com - Jinjoo Lee - Gas Prices Will Stay Higher for Longer, Even if Oil Falls
Gas Prices Will Stay Higher for Longer, Even if Oil Falls
Wall Street Journal

President Trump has succeeded at times in calming crude-oil markets even as the Iran war rages on. But he doesn't have the same sway over gasoline prices, which ultimately matter more to consumers. Despite the resumption of U.S.-Iran hostilities…

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