Oil Policy News
23 Apr 2024
Washington is set to fast-track a fresh round of sanctions aimed at Iran's oil industry, but the effectiveness of the new measures appears uncertain...
23 Apr 2024
OPEC has reiterated its position that the timetable for the switch to cleaner fuels needs a radical rethink, contending the current net-zero...
23 Apr 2024
The world is on track to phase out the internal combustion engine, the IEA said Tuesday despite warnings
18 Apr 2024
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are in negotiations over the possible export of up to 5 million mt per year of crude via Baku to the Black Sea...
18 Apr 2024
The US State Department is to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry, after the government of President Nicolas Maduro failed to uphold commitments...
17 Apr 2024
Further releases of crude from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have not been ruled out...
17 Apr 2024
The US State Department looks set to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry Thursday, barring a last-minute deal, with both sides...
17 Apr 2024
China's market watchdog hiked the price ceilings for domestic gasoline and diesel for the second...
16 Apr 2024
The United States is preparing to rollout a fresh round of sanctions aimed at Iran, although Washington may stop short of directly targeting oil sales...
15 Apr 2024
US tight oil output is only expected to see modest gains over the coming months even with crude pricing near its highest levels in, with the...
15 Apr 2024
Goldman Sachs said that the short-term outlook for oil prices will be largely determined by events in the Middle East and Israel's response...
15 Apr 2024
Quantum Commodity Intelligence – South Korea will continue with its current tax-break policy on domestic road fuels and liquified petroleum gas for...
12 Apr 2024
China could be considering a large second batch of oil product export quota as rising gasoline prices...
12 Apr 2024
EU lawmakers have rubber-stamped new rules that would allow member states to ban imports of Russian LNG, although it is unclear whether...
11 Apr 2024
The EU Parliament has voted in favour of a draft law almost entirely phasing out trucks and lorries powered by conventional engines by 2040...
9 Apr 2024
Global oil consumption is continuing to grow and will hit a record 102.9 million bpd this year due to demand growth led by China and India, the...
9 Apr 2024
Iraq is in the process of repairing an oil pipeline to export crude to Turkey, which could act as an alternative to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline...
9 Apr 2024
Global oil markets are set to tighten in the second half 2024, which could in turn constrain demand unless OPEC starts unwinding production cuts...
4 Apr 2024
A senior US government official said that Washington has not asked India to reduce Russia crude oil imports, but reiterated that unrestricted...
3 Apr 2024
The UK Parliament committee in charge of measuring progress on green goals has called for the government to bring forward a review...