Russia and Iran want to sign a number of agreements on trade and economic cooperation at a meeting of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission scheduled for February 16-18 in Tehran, the Russian Energy Ministry says. Following a meeting between Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev and Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali recently, …

Over 5.9 million tons of goods worth over 2.4 billion dollars were exported from the customs offices of Kermanshah province in western Iran to other countries in the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2025-January 20, 2026), a provincial official says. Speaking to IRNA on …

India’s largest state-owned refiner, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has boosted purchases of crude oil from ?West Africa and the Middle East, as New Delhi steers clear of Russian crude in the wake of the trade deal with the United States. Indian Oil has acquired six million barrels of Middle East …

Norwegian energy company Equinor has signed a five-year agreement to supply up to 0.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year to Dutch utility Eneco, Trend reports via Equinor. Deliveries to the Dutch gas grid began on 1 February. The gas supplied under the deal has a lower-than-average …

Several automakers are investing heavily in robots in a bid to further automate operations in the future. It does not seem to matter that the current generation of humanoid robots works at a slower pace than humans, as automakers still view these machines as more cost-efficient for their factories. While …

The European Union is preparing to take a much bigger swing at Russia’s oil trade, and this time Brussels is aiming less at optics and more at the plumbing that actually keeps barrels moving. The European Commission has proposed what would be its broadest sanctions package yet against Russian crude …

TotalEnergies is expanding its exploration portfolio offshore Namibia with acreage north of a block where a major oil discovery has been made, as the supermajor looks to boost activity in the new global exploration hotspot. TotalEnergies on Friday announced it had signed agreements to buy a 42.5% operated interest in …

Japan’s trading company Mitsui & Co is in an advanced stage of talks with QatarEnergy to buy a minority stake in one of Qatar’s mega expansion projects, anonymous sources with knowledge of the development told Reuters on Friday. Qatar’s state firm QatarEnergy is undertaking the world’s biggest LNG expansion project …

Tankers carrying a total of up to 12 million barrels of crude oil are either en route or close to China in East Asian waters, waiting for buyers in the world’s top crude importer, as India is pulling back. Five of these tankers signal ‘for orders’ or ‘China for orders’ …

India’s largest private refiner, Reliance Industries, is buying Venezuelan crude again, securing the first Indian purchase of oil from the world’s top reserves holder since the U.S. took control of Venezuela’s oil sales early last month. Reliance Industries has purchased a cargo of around 2 million barrels, an anonymous source …