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Oil prices’ headed to a second weekly loss in a row, as fears of economic slowdown persisted and offset hopes of rising oil demand from China. But crude is gaining support from a looming European Union ban on Russian oil, as well as the recent 2 million-barrels-per-day output cut agreed …

US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela’s oil and gas need to be lifted if the world wants oil prices to decrease, says, the Turkish foreign minister. Speaking at a news conference in the southern Mersin province, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu dubbed the US criticism “bullying,” as Ankara threw its weight …

EU leaders on Oct. 21 reached agreement on a “roadmap” aimed at putting in place measures within weeks to shield European consumers from soaring energy prices. The accord came after 11 hours of wrangling over broad proposals to lower energy bills as gas prices pushed skywards by the war in …

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday accused the United States of bullying its ally Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced oil production cuts despite Washington’s objections. Earlier this month, OPEC+ announced that it will cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, starting in November, in a move that …

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister held talks with counterparts from China and India, two of the kingdom’s biggest oil customers, amid a standoff with the U.S. over OPEC+’s decision to cut production. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held an online meeting with China’s National Energy Administrator Zhang Jianhua, during which they agreed …

Spain has agreed with Portugal and France to substitute plans for a gas pipeline known as Midcat with a new “green corridor” running between Barcelona and Marseille that would channel natural gas and hydrogen, Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday. Unlike the Midcat project in the Pyrenees, the new …

US prosecutors on Wednesday charged five Russian nationals for sanctions evasion and other violations related to the shipment of military technologies bought from US manufacturers by Russian buyers, some of which have ended up on the battlefield in Ukraine. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say the electronic components purchased by Russian …

Germany is at risk of wasting billions of euros on boosting liquefied natural gas imports instead of moving toward sustainable alternatives like energy efficiency, according to a new report. The country faces about 200 billion euros ($196 billion) of additional costs for gas imports by the end of the decade, …

Saudi Aramco is pushing ahead with plans for an initial public offering of its energy-trading business and is targeting a listing in Riyadh for the end of the year or early 2023, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The world’s top oil producer is in the process of adding more banks …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday that he had agreed with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to form a natural gas hub in Turkey. Speaking to members of his AK Party in parliament, Erdoğan said Putin had said Europe can obtain its gas supply from the hub in Turkey. Putin …