Oil

EU Tightens Russian Oil Cap, but Loopholes Undermine Impact

The ongoing push by EU countries to target Russia’s primary revenue source—oil and gas exports—has received a significant boost. With its 18th sanctions package, the EU has agreed not only to hit Moscow’s energy sector harder but also to impose a significantly lower price cap on Russia’s oil exports. The …

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EU Lowers Russian Oil Cap to $47.60

The European Union lowered the price cap on Russian crude oil to $47.60 from $60 per barrel as it adopted on Friday the 18th sanctions package against Russia, targeting a hundred more ‘shadow fleet’ tankers, energy trade, and traders and banks enabling it. Following weeks of negotiations and Slovakia holding …

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Indonesia Ties Purchase of more U.S. Oil to Reduced Tariffs

Indonesia will buy billions of U.S. dollars worth of American oil and oil products if the U.S. tariffs on Indonesian goods are lowered, Indonesia’s Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said on Monday. Indonesia could scrap plans to import energy commodities from the United States if the Trump Administration refuses to lower …

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EIA: Iraqi Oil Exports to US Fall by 48,000 bpd

The United States scaled back crude oil imports from Iraq last week, according to data released Sunday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA reported that US crude imports from 10 major suppliers averaged 5.416 million barrels per day (bpd), down 772,000 bpd from the previous week’s 6.188 …

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Oil Price Cap Debate Stalls EU-Russia Sanctions

The European Union is edging closer to finally adopting its latest sanctions package, the 18th since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine over three years ago. But two items still remain to be negotiated. Firstly, the price cap on Russian oil. It’s still in the draft proposal seen by RFE/RL, …

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Baghdad-KRG Oil Deal Stalls despite Reports of Breakthrough

The long-running oil export dispute between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil over oil exports and public-sector salaries has now deepened, as Iraq’s Cabinet failed to address the issue in its latest session, just a day after media outlets reported that a resolution was near. According to …

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