Americas Oil Policy News
3 Jun 2024
The weekend's OPEC+ meeting presents downside risk to Goldman Sachs' Brent outlook price of $75-$90/b after the producer group...
28 May 2024
Texas-based Global Oil Terminals has been granted a waiver to continue importing asphalt from Venezuela after Washington...
28 May 2024
Iran's nuclear capabilities have come under close scrutiny once again following a confidential report from the UN's nuclear watchdog...
24 May 2024
OPEC+ will hold its early-June ministerial meeting online rather than in person, while the date has also been pushed back...
21 May 2024
Gasoline sales in Argentina continued to fall in the wake of government subsidy cuts, with government figures published Tuesday...
20 May 2024
The latest attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen sparked renewed shipping tensions in the region after what has been a relatively quiet...
15 May 2024
A US appeals court Monday confirmed biofuel blend targets for the years 2020-22 after both oil refiners and biofuel producers had pushed for...
14 May 2024
OPEC and its allies reduced output by over 200,000 bpd largely on Russian cuts, but worryingly for the alliance Iraq continues...
9 May 2024
A lobby group representing major oil companies has called for increased carbon taxes and the adoption of emissions trading systems...
8 May 2024
Scrubber installations in oceangoing vessels can expect to breakeven in about five years, although the use of open loop systems is...
8 May 2024
Toronto-based lobby group Carbon Removal Canada (CRC) is seeking views for its upcoming proposal on how an effective government ...
8 May 2024
The US is set to resume its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) buyback program after issuing a tender for October-delivery crude...
7 May 2024
The US has sufficient supplies in its SPR to cope with any potential needs, despite the record sales in 2022 and a relatively slow buy-back program...
3 May 2024
The rally in high sulfur fuel oil margins showed no sign of slowing down this week as bullishness for the sector was given a further boost by a...
2 May 2024
The use of renewable diesel surpassed that of conventional fossil diesel in California for the first time last year and hit a record share of all...
1 May 2024
The development of a global parallel trade in crude oil and refined products means G7-led sanctions on Russia's exports are not working...
24 Apr 2024
Egypt has likely loaded its last LNG export cargo for the foreseeable future, as the Mediterranean country turns gas importer in a bid to stave off...
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