President Donald Trump said the U.S. would meet with Saudi Arabia and Russia with the goal of staunching an historic plunge in oil prices.
Read More »China Starts Buying Oil for State Reserves after Price Crash
China is moving forward with plans to buy up oil for its emergency reserves after an epic price crash, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The world’s biggest importer is taking advantage of a 60 per cent plunge this year to snatch up cheaper barrels for its stockpiles, …
Read More »Oil Jumps as Trump Talks up Truce Hopes for Saudi-Russia Price War
Crude oil futures jumped 10% on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to reach a deal soon to end their oil price war. Brent crude futures rose more than 11% in early trade. By 0958, Brent was up 8.97%, or $2.22, to $26.96, …
Read More »US Ready to Help End Oil-Price War
US President Donald Trump said he was ready to help resolve an escalating oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia that has helped push crude benchmarks to 17-year lows. The threat of a global recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic had already hammered prices when Riyadh said last month …
Read More »Coronavirus Economy could Bring U.S. Shale Market to Its Knees, Break up OPEC
The rampant spread of the coronavirus has turned busy streets worldwide into quiet, abandoned thoroughfares. Few cars and trucks on the road means drastically less fuel is needed as millions of people stay at home. “The unprecedented reduction in demand as the economy has basically come to a standstill worldwide …
Read More »Chevron Cuts Capital Spending by $4bn in Response to Coronavirus Crisis
US oil giant said it would continue to execute plans to reduce operating costs by more than $1bn by the end of the year.
Read More »US Merely Claims Sanctions Do not Include Humanitarian Items
Stating that the US only claims that sanctions do not include humanitarian aids, Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that it is useless to just repeat this claim; a major problem is banking sanctions.
Read More »US not to Release Assets to Iran Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The US State Department shot down reports Trump administration will grant waivers to aid Iran's coronavirus relief effort.
Read More »US not to Release Assets to Iran amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The US State Department shot down reports Trump administration will grant waivers to aid Iran’s coronavirus relief effort. The US State Department shot down “inaccurate” reports claiming the Trump administration would soon be granting special sanctions exceptions to give Iran access to cash assets as it struggles to fight the …
Read More »World’s Wind Power Capacity up by Fifth after Record Year
The Global Wind Energy Council found that wind power capacity grew by 60.4 gigawatts, or 19%, compared with 2018, in one of the strongest years on record for the global wind power industry. The growth was powered by a record year for offshore wind, which grew by 6.1GW to make …
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