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Tanker Rates On Russian Crude Routes Triple  

Tanker Rates On Russian Crude Routes Triple  

Feb 25, 2022 at 08:47 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Amid a general unwillingness of tanker owners to send their vessels to Russian ports, the freight rates for a medium-sized tanker to load Russian crude jumped nearly threefold on Thursday…

Europe Rushes To Buy Russian Gas As Spot Prices Skyrocket

Europe Rushes To Buy Russian Gas As Spot Prices Skyrocket

Feb 25, 2022 at 08:24 | Irina Slav

European commodity traders are scrambling to get as much Russian gas as they can under long-term contracts after spot market prices soared 60 percent in the wake of the Russian…

Renewables Stocks Spike On Fears Of War-Provoked Energy Shortage

Renewables Stocks Spike On Fears Of War-Provoked Energy Shortage

Feb 24, 2022 at 17:19 | Julianne Geiger

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine on Thursday not only pushed oil prices over $100 in the afternoon, but also led to a spike in renewable energy stocks, bolstered…

Tanker Owners Are Turning Their Backs On Russian Oil

Tanker Owners Are Turning Their Backs On Russian Oil

Feb 24, 2022 at 15:39 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Owners of tankers have become reluctant to offer their vessels to load crude from Russia for fear that their future cargo could be breaching potential sanctions if the West decides…

UK Targets Russian Oligarchs With Heavy Hitting Sanctions

UK Targets Russian Oligarchs With Heavy Hitting Sanctions

Feb 24, 2022 at 13:00 | Julianne Geiger

Ukraine has now lost control of its Chernobyl plant to the Russians, and the first Ukrainian refugees have arrived in neighboring Poland, as…

Asian Buyers Fear That Sanctions On Russia Could Complicate Oil Trade

Asian Buyers Fear That Sanctions On Russia Could Complicate Oil Trade

Feb 24, 2022 at 11:34 | Charles Kennedy

Oil traders in Asia—except in China—are alarmed that they could soon struggle to procure enough crude if the West imposes sanctions on Russian oil trade or cuts Russia from the…

European Natural Gas Prices Skyrocket 60% As Russia Threatens To Cut Supply

European Natural Gas Prices Skyrocket 60% As Russia Threatens To Cut Supply

Feb 24, 2022 at 10:41 | ZeroHedge

Conflict in Ukraine continues to send European energy prices higher Thursday morning.  Dutch TTF Gas Futures are up a staggering 60%, the most since 2005, in their fourth consecutive daily…

Global Equities Crash After Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

Global Equities Crash After Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

Feb 24, 2022 at 10:32 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattled global equity markets, all of which fell after Russian troops moved into Ukraine by land and sea. The Dow Jones index opened 800 points lower…

Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund Considers Sale Of $90 Billion Aramco Stake

Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund Considers Sale Of $90 Billion Aramco Stake

Feb 24, 2022 at 10:17 | City A.M

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is reportedly looking into ways to monetise its around $90 billion (£66.7 billion) stake in Aramco, the world’s largest oil company.

Electric Vehicle Charging Prices Are Expected To Soar In Germany

Electric Vehicle Charging Prices Are Expected To Soar In Germany

Feb 24, 2022 at 09:47 | ZeroHedge

It looks as though living the alternative energy EV dream is coming with higher costs...at least, that's what's being reported on the ground in Munich.  Germany's…

USPS Replaces Fleet With Gasoline Vehicles Despite Biden EV Plan

USPS Replaces Fleet With Gasoline Vehicles Despite Biden EV Plan

Feb 24, 2022 at 09:46 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The U.S. Postal Service is proceeding with plans to spend $11.3 billion on new trucks, most of which will be gasoline-powered vehicles, despite a request from the Biden Administration…

More Drilling In North Sea Won’t Cap Energy Prices

More Drilling In North Sea Won’t Cap Energy Prices

Feb 24, 2022 at 09:35 | Charles Kennedy

More drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea is unlikely to reverse the energy price climb that has created hundreds of thousands of new energy poor in the…

Commodity Prices Are Soaring As Russia Ramps Up Attacks On Ukraine

Commodity Prices Are Soaring As Russia Ramps Up Attacks On Ukraine

Feb 24, 2022 at 09:33 | City A.M

Commodities such as aluminum, nickel, and zinc have boomed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has exacerbated long-standing fears of supply shortages and rising energy costs.

Moldova Closes Airspace, Prepares To Declare State Of Emergency

Moldova Closes Airspace, Prepares To Declare State Of Emergency

Feb 24, 2022 at 08:47 | RFE/RL staff

Moldova has announced it was closing its airspace because of the war in neighboring Ukraine, shortly after President Maia Sandu said Chisinau would introduce a state of emergency…

Oil Buyers Struggle To Finance Russian Crude Following Ukraine Invasion

Oil Buyers Struggle To Finance Russian Crude Following Ukraine Invasion

Feb 24, 2022 at 07:52 | Julianne Geiger

Three buyers of Russian crude oil have been unable to open letters of credit from Western banks to cover their purchases, four Reuters trading sources said on Thursday following the…

EU Proposes New Law To Make Sure Suppliers Comply With ESG Standards

EU Proposes New Law To Make Sure Suppliers Comply With ESG Standards

Feb 23, 2022 at 17:06 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The European Commission, the legislative branch of the European Union, proposed on Wednesday a new directive to have the largest firms operating in the bloc check their supply chains…

API Reports First Crude Build In Five Weeks

API Reports First Crude Build In Five Weeks

Feb 23, 2022 at 15:58 | Julianne Geiger

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated the inventory build this week for crude oil to be 5.983 million barrels after analysts predicted a build of 767,000 barrels. U.S. crude…

Vietnam Grapples With Fuel Shortages

Vietnam Grapples With Fuel Shortages

Feb 23, 2022 at 13:11 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Vietnam has been grappling with gasoline and diesel shortages for weeks after its main refinery cut production last month and forced the Southeast Asian nation to tap its strategic national…

China’s Crackdown On Speculative Trading Could Impact A Key Metal Market

China’s Crackdown On Speculative Trading Could Impact A Key Metal Market

Feb 23, 2022 at 12:09 | Metal Miner

The price decline of iron ore appears short-lived as the Chinese government cracks down on speculative trading. This has led many market analysts to forecast a rise in…

Rio Tinto Faces Headwinds Despite Record-Breaking Profits

Rio Tinto Faces Headwinds Despite Record-Breaking Profits

Feb 23, 2022 at 12:06 | City A.M

Rio Tinto has paid out a monster $16.8bn (£12.4bn) dividend to shareholders, the second biggest in the history of the FTSE 100, after it rebounded from the pandemic…

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