oil

Oil climbs to 2-week high on Fed rate-cut signals, supply concerns

[NEW YORK] Oil prices edged up nearly 1 per cent to a two-week high on Friday (Dec 5) on increasing expectations the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week, which could boost economic gr...

US sanctions on Venezuela are accelerating the Latin American country's geopolitical realignment away from Washington.

The hemispheric toll of the US-Venezuela crisis

Washington’s economic pressure has entrenched the autocratic regime and exported the costs

Opec+ said that the move reflected weaker seasonal market conditions.

Oil climbs after Opec+ reiterates pause with focus on Venezuela

Oil posts a fourth straight monthly drop in November as expectations of a swelling surplus weigh on outlook

China has officially not imported Iranian crude since 2022.

Surging Chinese imports of Indonesia oil point to rebranded Iranian crude, traders say

China’s imports from Malaysia have almost halved since July from this year’s peak in March at 8.5 million tonnes

Relentless attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, outages at key plants in Asia and Africa and permanent closures across Europe and the US have removed millions of barrels of diesel and petroleum from the world market.

Consumers feel pinch at pump as Russia drives oil refining boom

IT’S a great time to be an oil refiner – but a less great time to be filling up at the pump.

The decision to shed staff is one of the most visible effects so far of US sanctions on Lukoil.

Lukoil’s oil trading business sheds staff in Singapore, Geneva and Dubai as sanctions near

[LONDON] The oil trading business of Russia’s Lukoil began shedding staff all over the world – with just days to go until sanctions on the Moscow-based energy giant are due to kick in.

The breakneck shift in sentiment comes after the US blacklisted Russian oil giants Rosneft oil and Lukoil to stave off revenue the Kremlin needs for its war in Ukraine. Traders are honing in on next moves by India and China, top buyers of Moscow’s supplies, for clues on impacts of the sanctions to global balances. 

Hedge funds flee bearish oil bets after US sanctions Russia

[NEW YORK] Hedge funds cut their bearish position on Brent crude by the most on record after the US imposed sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil companies, threatening exports from the Opec+ producer jus...

DBS says CAO's early strategic positioning in sustainable aviation fuel provides “compelling medium-term growth optionality”.
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DBS restarts China Aviation Oil coverage with ‘buy’ call; shares rise 12.9%

Its trading profitability is expected to rise, while arbitrage opportunities are set to persist

US President Donald Trump hit Russia’s Rosneft and Lukoil with sanctions to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war.

Oil slips on scepticism about US commitment to Russian oil sanctions

[HOUSTON] Oil prices fell on Friday (Oct 24) as scepticism crept into the market about the Trump administration’s commitment to sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies over the war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin derided the sanctions as an unfriendly act, saying they would not significantly affect the Russian economy and talked up Russia’s importance to the global oil market.

Putin defiant after Trump sanctions Russian oil majors over Ukraine

[MOSCOW] Russian President Vladimir Putin remained defiant on Thursday after US President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two biggest oil companies with sanctions to pressure the Kremlin leader to end the w...