Category: Crude Oil

UK Moves to Ban New North Sea Oil and Gas Licenses Permanently – UK Deindustrialization and further fiscal failure on the horizen

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The UK government has confirmed it will introduce legislation to permanently ban new North Sea oil and gas exploration licenses, embedding Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s existing moratorium into law through the Energy Independence Bill. The move, announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May 2026, fulfills a core Labour Party manifesto pledge to position Britain […]

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Aramco Shoring Up Their Balance Sheet Through Privatization Plan

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Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, is embarking on its most ambitious privatization and asset monetization drive in its 93-year history. The company aims to raise up to $35 billion by opening midstream, downstream, and non-core assets to Wall Street investors through sale-leaseback deals, minority stake sales, and infrastructure partnerships. This move is explicitly […]

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The U.S. dollar and oil prices are moving in lockstep like never before — and the ongoing Iran war is the reason.

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Eleven weeks into the Middle East conflict that has effectively shuttered the Strait of Hormuz and sent energy prices soaring, the correlation between the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index and Brent crude futures has hit its highest level on record. This marks the strongest daily tandem movement between the greenback and oil in more than two […]

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Secretary Bessent Comments: Iran’s Storage is Full, and Other Comments on China Trip

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WASHINGTON/BEIJING – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a stark update on Iran’s oil sector while in Beijing for the Trump-Xi summit, declaring that Iran’s primary export terminal at Kharg Island has reached 100% storage capacity. No oil loadings have occurred in the past three days, ships are neither entering nor leaving, and production shutdowns […]

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OPEC+ Has Plan to Complete Series of Quota Hikes

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In a move that signals business-as-usual intent amid extraordinary disruption, OPEC+ delegates have outlined plans to press ahead with a series of oil production quota increases, aiming to fully unwind the final layer of voluntary cuts announced in 2023 by the end of September 2026. According to Bloomberg reporting, key members intend to raise targets […]

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