Australian oil and gas player Karoon Energy has bought the Cidade de Itajaí FPSO for $115m from Altera & Ocyan, the joint venture formed by the Brazilian company Ocyan and Altera Infrastructure. The FPSO was bought by Karoon’s wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary Karoon Petróleo & Gás. The deal also includes approximately $8m of transaction costs. The […]
Continue ReadingAround 120 discoveries were made in 2024, but most were small, unlike major finds in previous years. High-impact drilling is expected in Suriname (Korikori), Cyprus (Elektra), Libya (Area C), and South Africa (DWOB). Oil majors like Chevron, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies are leading the charge in new and existing frontier basins. The global oil industry saw […]
Continue ReadingTrafigura Head of Trading: U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis Iran is the main upside risk for oil. Last year, Trump pledged in his Republican National Convention speech to dramatically lower Iranian oil exports. On Tuesday, the Trump administration imposed further sanctions on more than 30 people and vessels for selling and transporting Iranian petroleum-related products. Trafigura […]
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration imposed a new round of sanctions on oil brokers, ships and people it said were linked to illicit shipments of Iranian crude, framing the move as a return to a “maximum pressure” strategy to squeeze the country’s economy. Twenty-two people and 13 vessels were targeted in the latest sanctions, the State and […]
Continue ReadingThe UK is imposing a new wave of sanctions against the Russian oil trade, targeting an additional 40 ships. The biggest sanctions package against Russia’s shadow fleet brings the total number of oil tankers sanctioned by the UK to 133—more than any other European nation. Publishing details of the sanctions, Britain said the ships being […]
Continue ReadingData source: China General Administration of Customs, Bloomberg L.P. Slower oil demand growth in 2024 led to less crude oil processed by China’s refineries and fewer crude oil imports compared with the record high set in 2023. China, the world’s largest importer of crude oil, received 11.1 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2024, down from 11.3 […]
Continue ReadingThe United States will not lift any sanctions on Russia unless Moscow noticeably changes its behavior, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European leaders in a call after the U.S.-Russia meeting in Riyadh. European leaders are concerned that they are being left out of talks and of the apparent major pivot in U.S. foreign […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Iranian Oil Exports to China are rolling February 19, 2025 Clark Savage Iranian crude oil flows to China have rebounded this month after a U.S. crackdown on shipments launched in late 2024 decimated them in January. In a last-minute push to sanction Iran, the Biden admin blacklisted […] West will have to reconsider […]
Continue ReadingIranian crude oil flows to China have rebounded this month after a U.S. crackdown on shipments launched in late 2024 decimated them in January. In a last-minute push to sanction Iran, the Biden admin blacklisted a number of tankers, trading entities, and shipping companies as participants in sanctioned oil trade. The February average of Iranian […]
Continue ReadingEnding the conflict could open up “historic” opportunities for US-Russian relations, the US secretary of state has said The United States and its allies would have to address the sanctions imposed on Russia in order to achieve an “enduring, sustainable” solution to the Ukraine conflict, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told journalists in Riyadh […]
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