Americas Oil Policy News

The US State Department is to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry, after the government of President Nicolas Maduro failed to uphold commitments...

Further releases of crude from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have not been ruled out...

The US State Department looks set to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry Thursday, barring a last-minute deal, with both sides...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Global oil markets are set to tighten in the second half 2024, which could in turn constrain demand unless OPEC starts unwinding production cuts...

A senior US government official said that Washington has not asked India to reduce Russia crude oil imports, but reiterated that unrestricted...

The Senate of the US state of Vermont has backed proposed legislation aimed at clawing back from fossil fuel companies some of the cost...

Mexico is to reign in exports of its heavy crude oil exports with state-owned energy firm Pemex notifying some customers that term contracts...

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia's oil processing infrastructure resumed over the weekend...

Former OPEC member Ecuador is looking to stabilise and the gradually increase oil production over the next two years...

India's Reliance Industries has halted oil imports moved by Sovcomflot after the US targeted Russia's largest tanker operator with...

The US government has passed new vehicle environmental regulations aimed at cutting carbon emissions from its road transport by more...

Russia's energy ministry has discussed changing maintenance schedules at its refineries that Ukrainian drones have not already hit to...

Oil and gas executives attending this week's CERAWeek in Houston remain relatively upbeat on the outlook for global LNG markets...

Saudi Aramco President & CEO Amin Nasser said governments and policymakers should give up on the "fantasy" of phasing out oil and gas...

A US appeals court has temporarily paused new rules issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission requiring publicly-listed companies to disclose climate-related risks...

Emissions of methane from oil and gas emissions in the US could be three times what is disclosed in official data...