Charles Kennedy

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• Shots Fired As Protesters Fail To Stop Oil Tanker From Loading In Libya

  Published 19 May 2022 | viewed 45 times

  Protesters on Thursday fired shots outside Libya’s Hariga port in a failed attempt to stop the loading of 1 million barrels of crude oil bound…

• Gas Stations In Washington State Are Running Out Of Fuel

  Published 19 May 2022 | viewed 387 times

  Gas stations throughout eastern Washington State are sold out of gasoline, and some are selling only diesel, while nationwide U.S. gas prices hit another all-time…

• Soaring Energy Imports Put Japan’s Economy Under Pressure

  Published 19 May 2022 | viewed 177 times

  Crude oil imports into Japan soared by almost 100 percent last month, pushing the resource-poor country's trade balance deeper into deficit territory. The increase in…

• China To Offload 2 Million Barrels of Iranian Crude Despite Sanctions

  Published 18 May 2022 | viewed 15,875 times

  After easing up on Iranian oil somewhat in favor of heavily discounted Russian crude, China is now set to receive nearly two million barrels of…

• Ex-German Chancellor Could Be Sanctioned Over Rosneft Ties

  Published 18 May 2022 | viewed 1,606 times

  European Parliament is threatening sanctions against Gerhard Schröder unless the former German chancellor, who serves as chairman of the supervisory board of Russian state oil…

• Gasoline Prices Top $6 In California, $9 In Parts Of Europe

  Published 18 May 2022 | viewed 5,118 times

  Gas prices in both the United States and Europe hit new highs Wednesday, with average prices per gallon in California topping $6, compared to over…

• Russia Increasingly Using Own Oil Tankers To Boost Shipments To Asia

  Published 18 May 2022 | viewed 7,279 times

  Russia’s state-owned oil producers Rosneft and Gazprom Neft have started to use tankers of local state tanker operator Sovcomflot to ship their crude to Asia,…

• Russia Could Halt Gas Supply To Finland On Friday

  Published 18 May 2022 | viewed 7,117 times

  Russian could cut off the natural gas supply to Finland late on Friday or early Saturday, Gasum, the state-owned energy provider in Finland, said on…

• Libyan Oil Deadlocked As Clashes Force PM-Designate Out of Tripoli

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 1,550 times

  Libyan prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha was forced out of the capital Tripoli on Tuesday by armed militias backed by current interim Prime Minister Adbdul Hamid…

• Hungary Says Complying With Russia Oil Ban Would Cost It $811 Million

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 2,051 times

  The biggest holdout to an EU embargo on Russian oil imports, Hungary, continues to dig its heels in, and has told the other European Union…

• Iraqi Government Prevents Chinese Parties From Buying Into Oil Deals

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 2,140 times

  The Iraqi government prevented three deals that would have seen greater Chinese ownership in its oil fields, Reuters has reported, adding that should that have…

• Saudi Aramco Considers Listing $30 Billion Trading Arm As Oil Prices Soar

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 2,523 times

  Saudi oil giant Aramco is discussing with major international banks the possibility of listing 30 percent of its trading arm, Aramco Trading, 100 percent of…

• Shale Pioneer Harold Hamm Slams Biden's "Failed" Energy Policies

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 3,049 times

  The Biden Administration's "failed policies on energy are not working" and this administration hasn't changed its tune to the oil industry since day one in…

• Oil Prices Surge Past $113 As Shanghai Signals End Of Lockdown

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 32,441 times

  Oil prices have topped $113 per barrel on optimism that China’s lockdowns are coming to an end and demand will not take a prolonged hit. …

• Germany’s RWE To Follow Kremlin’s Rubles-for-Gas Scheme

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 9,552 times

  Germany’s largest producer of power, the giant RWE utility, has opened an account to pay for Russian gas in euros, Reuters reports, which will then…

• Leaked EU Memo Details Emergency Gas Supply Shock Measures

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 13,022 times

  The European Union is gearing up to release emergency measures for a full-scale gas supply shock on Wednesday, with a leaked memo calling for a…

• California Reconsidering Closure Of Its Last Nuclear Power Plant

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 2,342 times

  As another summer threatens the stability of California’s power grid, Governor Gavin Newsom has said that he would keep all options on the table to…

• EU Hopes Agreement On Russian Oil Ban Will Be Reached In May

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 2,065 times

  The European Union hopes it will reach this month a unanimous agreement on placing an embargo on Russian oil imports, EU diplomats and officials told…

• Russian Sanctions Drive Europe Further Into Gas Crisis

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 2,057 times

  Shipments of Russian natural gas to Europe have been further disrupted by Russia-imposed sanctions, sending prices soaring higher on Thursday. The Natural Gas EU Dutch…

• Russia Could Cut Gas Supplies To Finland Tomorrow

  Published 12 May 2022 | viewed 19,510 times

  Hours after Moscow warned there would be retaliation for Helsinki’s announcement that it is applying for NATO membership, Finnish media reports that the Kremlin threatened…