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#1 Chevron Buys West Texas Ranch in ‘Zombie’ Oil Well Settlement
Feb 10 2026 // Chevron Corp. acquired a ranch in West Texas whose owner had been waging a legal battle accusing the US energy giant of negligently spilling toxic water and crude oil on the 22,000-acre property. The sale of Ashley...
#2 US Deep Freeze Wreaks Havoc on Texas Oil Producers and Refiners
Jan 26 2026 // A massive winter storm that swept the US over the weekend crippled oil and gas producers and the industrial plants that refine the raw commodities into everything from gasoline to plastics. Refinery flares lit up the...
#3 Venezuelan Oil Industry Is Running on WhatsApp After Cyberattack
Jan 16 2026 // Venezuela’s oil industry is running its day-to-day operations via phone calls and handwritten reports in the month since a cyberattack on state-owned oil giant Petróleos de Venezuela SA. A Dec. 15 attack shut down...
#4 Another Russian Shadow Fleet Oil Tanker Runs Into Difficulties
Jan 23 2026 // An oil tanker that’s under sanction for its role in transporting Russian oil appears to have run into trouble off the coast of Algeria and is now drifting in the Mediterranean Sea, according to tracking data compiled...
#5 Second Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Loses Control in Mediterranean
Jan 29 2026 // A second Russia-linked oil tanker lost control as it was entering the Mediterranean Sea in under a week. The medium-range vessel Chariot Tide first showed signs of difficulty as it approached Tangier, Morocco, on Jan. 21,...
#6 Georgia City Warns Against Drinking Tap Water After Atlanta Airport Fuel Spill
Feb 2 2026 // A town south of Atlanta advised its residents on Friday not to drink their tap water after a fuel spill at Atlanta’s airport may have contaminated the Flint River. The city of Griffin, whose water system serves more...
#7 Greece and Malta Hesitate Over EU’s Russia Oil Services Ban
Feb 10 2026 // Greece and Malta have emerged as the main obstacle to a European Union proposal to replace a Russian oil price cap with a ban on the services needed to ship the fuel. The two southern European countries raised concerns...
#8 France Boards Russia-Linked Oil Tanker in Shadow Fleet Move
Jan 23 2026 // France’s navy boarded an oil tanker coming from Russia into the Mediterranean Sea, as part of a global crackdown on shadow fleet ships used to export sanctioned crude. The operation was carried out on the high seas,...
#9 EU Commission Proposes Further Sanctions on Russian Oil Trade and Financial Services
Feb 9 2026 // The European Union’s executive arm proposed further sanctions against Russia on Friday over the Ukraine war, including a ban on shipping services that help Moscow’s oil industry and measures targeting the...
