Oil-laden tankers risk being left languishing at sea if insurers do not urgently get clarity on an unfinished G7 and European Union plan to cap the price of Russian crude, two senior industry executives told Reuters. The Group of Seven (G7), which includes the United States, Britain, Germany and France, …
Read More »India can Buy as much Russian Oil as It Wants, Outside Price Cap
The United States is happy for India to continue buying as much Russian oil as it wants, including at prices above a G7-imposed price cap mechanism, if it steers clear of Western insurance, finance and maritime services bound by the cap, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday. The …
Read More »EU Sanctions won’t Fully Stop Russian Oil Coming to Europe
The European Union’s impending sanctions on oil imports from Russia aren’t quite as exclusionary as they might seem at first sight. While almost all direct seaborne imports of crude and refined petroleum products will both be banned by early next year, it will still be possible for what are arguably …
Read More »China Replaces Alaskan Expensive Crude with Russian Oil
China’s passion for Alaskan oil appears to be over as the country turns to Russia. Surging Chinese energy demand amid Covid lockdowns on the US West Coast prompted Alaskan oil exporters to ship more crude than any time in two-decades, and nearly all of it went to the East Asian …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Output Set to Fall by 1.5 Million Bpd in December
Russia’s oil production could drop to as low as 9 million barrels per day (bpd) in December when the EU embargo on imports of Russian crude oil enters into force, Russian news agency TASS reported on Wednesday, citing analysts at the Energy Development Center. “We expect that production in December …
Read More »India Ramps up Oil Imports from Iran and Russia
As India’s oil and gas demand continues to grow, the South Asian country is looking to any supplier offering a low-cost product, regardless of how controversial they may be. India’s refiners are diversifying their supply, in response to recent OPEC oil quota cuts, and turning to sanctioned states, such as …
Read More »India, Russia Vow to Expand Economic Cooperation, including Energy Sector
India and Russia on Tuesday vowed to expand their economic engagement including New Delhi’s import of petroleum products from its “time-tested” partner even as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasized on ending the Ukraine conflict in view of growing global concerns over energy and food security. After holding wide-ranging talks …
Read More »Iran, Russia Firms to Build Joint Pipeline
The CEO of Sina Energy Gostar Holding, affiliated with Mustazafan Foundation, said the holding was planning to build a pipeline for the transfer of petroleum products with support from Russian companies. According to the Mustazafan Foundation, Mohammad Ziyar underlined the details of a document signed during the recent visit of …
Read More »India will Benefit from Price cap on Russian Oil
India will “benefit” from the proposed price cap on oil, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said, arguing that the United States does not want Russia to “profit unduly” from the war by enjoying prices that are essentially very high due to its Ukrainian invasion. Developing countries like India and China …
Read More »The Russian Gas Habit Europe can’t Quit: LNG
European leaders have boasted about cutting their reliance on Russian gas since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. But that’s only part of the truth. While supplies of natural gas delivered by pipeline fell dramatically this year, liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from Russia into the EU increased by 46 percent year-on-year …
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