Americas Oil Policy News

A trial date has been set for the former Trafigura executive, Mike Wainwright, on charges related to bribery allegations...

California's Richmond City Council has voted unanimously to approve a $550 million settlement from Chevron...

The US unit of commodities trader Vitol has been hit with a $500,000 fine by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for...

Brazil is set to beef up LNG imports to make up for the loss in hydropower generation caused by this year's droughts...

Russia has extended a gasoline export ban until the end of 2024, government officials were quoted by Interfax Wednesday...

The California Air Resources Board has proposed to nearly double its 2025 carbon intensity reduction targets for transportation fuel and...

The US Department of Energy has tendered to buy another 6 million barrels to top up its depleted Strategic Petroleum Reserve...

European natural gas prices consolidated at this week's yearly highs Friday, as heightened tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border...

Proposed changes to Argentinian biofuels regulation are a potential "game changer," according to a new US Department...

Oil production from the 12 core OPEC members increased during July, as Iraq was again was the primary overproducer despite pledging...

The OPEC+ JMMC has not recommended any immediate changes to the producer alliance's current production policy...

The US Department of Energy has continued to restock the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, booking 4.65 million barrels of...

Losses at Mexican oil firm Pemex hit an eye-watering $14 billion in the second quarter as big forex losses mounted, while overseas...

The operator of Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline operator is set to refinance its huge debt pile ahead of the likely sale of the...

Iran has been plotting a revenge attack on former President Donald Trump in retaliation for the 2020 that killed top Iranian general...

The US government is weighing up further restrictions on oil drilling in Alaska's vast National Petroleum Reserve...

The developer behind a major US Gulf Coast LNG project has requested the Department of Energy (DOE) approve its export application...

The US Department of Energy has tendered for another 4.5 million barrels of crude oil to replenish stocks in its Strategic Petroleum...

BP has increased its outlook for future oil demand amid a slowdown in the growth in energy efficiency, while fossil fuel demand...

The EIA expects Brent crude prices to continue to rise out to the year end, pointing to tightening global supply as it put an $89/b forecast...