Latest Oil Gas Headlines
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Kazakhstan Presses on With $4 Billion Sulfur Fine on Oil Majors
Aug 25 2025 // Kazakhstan’s environmental-protection ministry told oil majors operating in the country they have 40 days to pay a multibillion-dollar fine for sulfur pollution, a blow to the producers who claimed victory in the...
India’s Nayara Turns to Dark-Fleet Tankers and Russian Oil for Survival
Aug 21 2025 // One month after being hit by European Union sanctions, India’s Nayara Energy Ltd. is relying on a growing pool of dark-fleet tankers to transport its products, and a narrowing menu of crude imports to keep its...
Greenwashing Complaint Filed Against Canadian Fossil Fuel Companies
Aug 21 2025 // Canadian energy giants Cenovus Energy Inc. and Enbridge Inc. are facing a greenwashing complaint by an investor group that accuses the companies of misleading disclosures over emissions targets. Investors for Paris...
Shadow Tanker Fleet Grows More Slowly as Western Sanctions Target Russian Oil
Aug 13 2025 // Dozens of tankers have joined the shadow fleet this year compared with hundreds in previous years as the harshest Western sanctions yet target Russia’s oil exports and add to the difficulty of finding suitable...
Toxic Shale Drilling Wastewater Threatens Top Oil Fields, Texas Agency Warns
Aug 11 2025 // A Texas agency overseeing 13 million acres of state land is warning that toxic waste fluid from shale drilling threatens to contaminate oil wells in North America’s most prolific crude basin. The General Land Office...
Kazakh Black Sea Oil Exports Halted by New Russian Regulations, Sources Say
Jul 25 2025 // Foreign oil tankers are being temporarily barred from loading at Russia’s main Black Sea ports following new regulations, two industry sources said on Wednesday [July 23], effectively blocking exports from Kazakhstan...
EU’s New Russia Sanctions Aim for More Effective Oil Price Cap
Jul 18 2025 // The European Union on Friday agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and energy industry. The EU will set a moving...
Ford Recalls Over 694,000 SUVs After Year-Long Fuel Leak Probe
Jul 18 2025 // Ford is recalling 694,271 crossover SUVs in the United States due to a fuel leak issue that could increase the risk of a fire, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday, following a...
European Commission to Propose Floating Russian Oil Price Cap
Jul 11 2025 // The European Commission is expected to propose a floating Russian oil price cap this week as part of a new draft sanctions package in an attempt to overcome opposition from some member states, four EU diplomats said. The...
India’s Kerala State Seeks $1.1 Billion in Compensation From MSC Over Oil Spill
Jul 8 2025 // India’s southern state of Kerala has sued Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company and sought $1.1 billion in compensation after one of its container vessels sank and leaked fuel into the Arabian Sea in May. The...
NTSB Blames Delayed Response for 2023 Oil Spill off Coast of Louisiana
Jun 27 2025 // Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the...
Coal Loophole Undermines Bank Pledges to Cut Fossil Fuel Funding
Jun 24 2025 // In the parts of the financial world that have spent the decade since the Paris Agreement trying to curb the most-polluting fossil fuel, there are actually two distinct types of coal — with two very different sets of...
U-Turning Oil Supertankers Cross Hormuz After Avoiding It
Jun 23 2025 // Two supertankers, each capable of hauling about 2 million barrels of crude, headed through the Hormuz shipping strait at the mouth of the Persian gulf, having performed U-turns in the past 24 hours. On Sunday, the...
Texas to Create Task Forces to Target Oil Field Thefts
Jun 23 2025 // At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler County Sheriff dispatches his...
Ex-Shell US Oil Trading Boss Claims He’s Owed $29 Million Bonus
Jun 20 2025 // Shell Plc’s former head of oil trading in the US was stiffed on his 2020 bonus by more than $29 million, he claims in a lawsuit that shines a light on compensation inside the oil major’s lucrative trading...
Most G-7 Members Ready to Lower Russian Oil Price Cap Without US
Jun 12 2025 // Most countries in the Group of Seven nations are prepared to go it alone and lower the G-7 price cap on Russian oil even if U.S. President Donald Trump decides to opt out, four sources familiar with the matter said. G-7...
EU Proposes Nord Stream Ban, Lower Oil Cap to Hit Russia
Jun 11 2025 // The European Union proposed a ban on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and the reduction of an oil price cap as part of a new sanctions package that aims to pile pressure on Moscow to end its war against...
Crews Work to Contain Diesel Fuel Spill in Baltimore Harbor
Jun 6 2025 // State, city and U.S. Coast Guard crews of more than 100 people worked overnight to contain and clean up a 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill in Baltimore’s harbor. On Wednesday at 11 a.m., first responders received what...
BlackRock Escapes Texas Oil-Boycott List After ESG Retreat
Jun 5 2025 // BlackRock Inc. was removed from Texas’ blacklist of companies that boycott fossil fuels, ending a three-year standoff over the environmental policies of the world’s largest asset manager. The move means pension...
Alberta Wildfires Shut About 7% of Canada’s Oil Production
Jun 3 2025 // Wildfires in Canada’s energy heartland of Alberta have shut down almost 350,000 barrels of daily heavy crude production — about 7% of the country’s output — as a major blaze near the province’s...
