Vitol Group is offering Iraqi Basrah crude to customers, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a sign that some shipments may have successfully made i...", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "India Raises Fuel Prices for the First Time in Four Years", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/India-Raises-Fuel-Prices-for-the-First-Time-in-Four-Years.html", "date": "2026-05-15T07:30:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "Indian state refiners raised their retail prices for gasoline and diesel by the equivalent of $0.031 per liter in response to tighter crude oil availability. This is the first fuel price hike in India in four years, Bloomberg noted in a report on the news. 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The move comes after months of speculation over Rodríguez’s future at Pemex,", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Berkshire Hathaway's Power Bet is Starting to Look Riskier", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Berkshire-Hathaways-Power-Bet-is-Starting-to-Look-Riskier.html", "date": "2026-05-14T23:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "Greg Abel has replaced Warren Buffett as the head of Berkshire Hathaway. The company’s annual meeting last week was the first one helmed by him. Mr Abel formerly headed Mid American Energy, a utility based in Des Moines, and then all of Berkshire Hathaway’s utility operations. Wh", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "India’s Oil Crisis Deepens as Hormuz Remains Shut", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Indias-Oil-Crisis-Deepens-as-Hormuz-Remains-Shut.html", "date": "2026-05-14T22:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "India’s economic pains are intensifying every day that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Two and a half months after the Middle East conflict began, one of the highest-performing emerging markets in recent years and the world’s third-largest crude oil importer is scrambling to", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "BLM Expands Oil Leasing Drive with July Auction Plans", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/BLM-Expands-Oil-Leasing-Drive-with-July-Auction-Plans.html", "date": "2026-05-14T22:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "The Bureau of Land Management is teeing up another round of federal oil and gas leasing, with 66 parcels across Montana and North Dakota headed for auction in July as Washington continues pushing a noticeably more drill-friendly agenda. The July 14 lease sale will offer 29,087 ac", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Ottawa and Alberta Push New 1 Million Bpd Oil Pipeline", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Ottawa-and-Alberta-Push-New-1-Million-Bpd-Oil-Pipeline.html", "date": "2026-05-14T21:30:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "Canada may finally be doing the thing everyone has been yelling about for the last decade: building more oil pipelines. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Ottawa and Alberta will meet Friday to advance plans for a major new pipeline capable of moving at least 1 million", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "China Added 34 GW of Nuclear in a Decade", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-Added-34-GW-of-Nuclear-in-a-Decade.html", "date": "2026-05-14T21:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "China and the United States are facing off for nuclear energy dominance on the world stage. The United States has the world’s largest nuclear energy production capacity, but China has the fastest-growing nuclear fleet. China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (15FYP), released back in March, ", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Protests Erupt as Cuba Says It's Entirely Out of Fuel", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/protests_erupt_as_cuba_says_its_entirely_out_of_fuel-14-may-2026-183694-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T21:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Cuba said the country has completely run out of the diesel and fuel oil it needs to keep its power plants running, with civil unrest starting to break out am...", "category": "Refinery" }, { "title": "Canada Rethinks Selling Its Crown Jewel Pipeline", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Canada-Rethinks-Selling-Its-Crown-Jewel-Pipeline.html", "date": "2026-05-14T20:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "The Canadian federal government may reconsider a plan to privatize the Trans Mountain oil pipeline and keep it state-owned amid a surge in appetite for Canadian crude to replace lost Middle Eastern barrels. “The prior narrative had been that this should be returning to private ha", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "Crude Steady Following Trump-Xi Summit", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/crude_steady_following_trumpxi_summit-14-may-2026-183695-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T19:44:20.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Oil steadied following a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping where discussions included the war in Iran and closer oil ti...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Chinese Tankers Resume Hormuz Transit Under Iran Coordination", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Chinese-Tankers-Resume-Hormuz-Transit-Under-Iran-Coordination.html", "date": "2026-05-14T19:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "During President Trump's ongoing state visit to China, he and President Xi Jinping agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must be open for the free flow of energy. They along with their senior officials have expressed agreement that no country can be allowed to exact shipping tolls ", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Financial Strains and Mining Disputes Cloud Russia-Kazakhstan Nuclear Ties", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Financial-Strains-and-Mining-Disputes-Cloud-Russia-Kazakhstan-Nuclear-Ties.html", "date": "2026-05-14T18:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "Kazakh officials are haggling with a Rosatom subsidiary, asserting that the Russian entity has failed to fulfill contractual obligations under a uranium mining agreement. Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan’s nuclear energy entity, filed a complaint in early 2026, asserting that the Rosatom-", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "How the Hormuz Crisis Is Threatening Taiwan’s Power Grid", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/How-the-Hormuz-Crisis-Is-Threatening-Taiwans-Power-Grid.html", "date": "2026-05-14T17:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "Taiwan’s LNG problem has turned from a diversification debate into an energy-security test. The island is 99% dependent on imported natural gas, and in 2025 roughly one-third of its 23.6 Mt of LNG imports came from the Gulf region – mostly from Qatar (almost 8 Mt) and another 200", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "Russia’s Oil Windfall Gets Bigger as Hormuz Stays Shut", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russias-Oil-Windfall-Gets-Bigger-as-Hormuz-Stays-Shut.html", "date": "2026-05-14T16:30:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "Russia just found itself on the right side of the oil shock. As the Iran war continues to choke flows through the Strait of Hormuz and scramble global crude markets, Moscow’s flagship Urals blend is essentially printing money. For tax purposes, Russia will calculate May oil reven", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Who Really Rules Iran Now?", "link": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Who-Really-Rules-Iran-Now.html", "date": "2026-05-14T16:00:00.000Z", "source": "OilPrice.com", "description": "For decades, power in Iran was centralized in the hands of a single man: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But since his killing at the onset of the US-Israeli war with Iran on February 28, decision-making in Tehran has become increasingly decentralized, experts say. Mojtaba", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Delegates Say OPEC+ Has Plan to Complete Series of Quota Hikes", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/delegates_say_opec_has_plan_to_complete_series_of_quota_hikes-14-may-2026-183693-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T14:37:56.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Key OPEC+ members aim to continue a series of oil quota increases over the next few months, completing the return of a layer of halted production — if only o...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "USA Crude Oil Stocks Drop More Than 4MM Barrels WoW", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/usa_crude_oil_stocks_drop_more_than_4mm_barrels_wow-14-may-2026-183692-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T14:06:42.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), decreased by 4.3 million barrels from the week ending May 1 ...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "ENEOS to buy certain Chevron downstream assets in APAC for $2.2bn", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/eneos-to-buy-chevron-downstream/", "date": "2026-05-14T13:16:33.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "ENEOS has signed a deal worth $2.17bn to acquire certain Chevron’s downstream fuel and lubricants businesses in Asia Pacific.", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Bill Seeks to Tax Windfall Oil Profits in US amid Iran War", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/bill_seeks_to_tax_windfall_oil_profits_in_us_amid_iran_war-14-may-2026-183690-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T13:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
A California congressman has proposed legislation to tax oil companies' windfall profits during the war with Iran.
Revenue collected under the Iran...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "JP Morgan Warns Oil Could Average $151 in Q4", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/jp_morgan_warns_oil_could_average_151_in_q4-14-may-2026-183691-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T11:35:55.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
In a report sent to Rigzone this week by Natasha Kaneva, J.P. Morgan’s head of global commodities strategy, J.P. Morgan warned that Brent could average as mu...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Meren Books Hedging Losses", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/meren_books_hedging_losses-14-may-2026-183689-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T10:00:36.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Meren Energy Inc's financial losses deepened for the first quarter as the elevated oil price environment induced by the Middle East war resulted in a non-cas...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "TotalEnergies and EGAS sign offshore exploration deal in Egypt", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/totalenergies-egas-offshore-exploration-deal-egypt/", "date": "2026-05-14T09:41:07.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "TotalEnergies and the Egyptian Natural Gas (EGAS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) concerning exploration activities off the north-western coast of Egypt.", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Sinopec wins approval for 235.7bcm Ziyang shale gas reserves", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/sinopec-approval-ziyang-shale-gas-reserves/", "date": "2026-05-14T09:28:18.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has obtained approval for 235.687 billion cubic metres (bcm) of proven geological reserves at the Ziyang Dongfeng shale gas field located in Sichuan basin, China.", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "UK Gov to Introduce Energy Independence Bill", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/uk_gov_to_introduce_energy_independence_bill-14-may-2026-183688-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T09:25:20.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
The UK government will introduce an Energy Independence Bill, the UK’s King Charles revealed in the 2026 King’s Speech.
“My Ministers believe that ...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "BP acquires 40% stake in Uzbekistan’s Ustyurt blocks", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/bp-acquires-stake-ustyurt-blocks/", "date": "2026-05-14T08:06:38.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "BP has secured a 40% participating stake in a production sharing agreement (PSA) for six oil and gas exploration blocks in Uzbekistan's North Ustyurt region.", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Eneos Buys Chevron Oil Assets in APAC for $2.2B", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/eneos_buys_chevron_oil_assets_in_apac_for_22b-14-may-2026-183687-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T07:49:09.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Japanese refiner Eneos Holdings Inc. agreed to purchase some of Chevron Corp.'s refining and retail assets across the Asia-Pacific for $2.17 billion in cash,...", "category": "Refinery" }, { "title": "TotalEnergies Expands Mediterranean Exploration with Egypt Deal", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/totalenergies_expands_mediterranean_exploration_with_egypt_deal-14-may-2026-183685-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T06:30:01.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
TotalEnergies SE said Wednesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co for hydrocarbon exploratio...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Iberdrola Acquires Another Installed RE Plant in Italy", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/iberdrola_acquires_another_installed_re_plant_in_italy-14-may-2026-183686-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-14T06:30:01.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Iberdrola SA has acquired 40 megawatts (MW) of wind generation capacity onshore Italy from Italy's Belenergia and France's RGREEN INVEST, which grows the Spa...", "category": "Refinery" }, { "title": "Senegal Targets $7.5B Gas Project to End Energy Subsidies", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/senegal_targets_75b_gas_project_to_end_energy_subsidies-13-may-2026-183683-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T20:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Senegal’s state-owned oil company said the Yakaar-Teranga gas discovery will cost $7.5 billion to develop, but will help the country slash energy subsidies o...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Oil Retreats After Inventory Data", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_retreats_after_inventory_data-13-may-2026-183684-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T19:45:08.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Oil slipped in volatile trading as traders awaited a pivotal meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, while fresh US dat...", "category": "Prices" }, { "title": "Aramco Targets Raising Over $10B From Property Portfolio", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/aramco_targets_raising_over_10b_from_property_portfolio-13-may-2026-183682-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T15:09:55.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Saudi Aramco is considering plans to raise billions of dollars from its real estate assets, including a sprawling campus that houses its headquarters in the ...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "ExxonMobil Insists Move to Texas Won't Erode Shareholder Rights", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/exxonmobil_insists_move_to_texas_wont_erode_shareholder_rights-13-may-2026-183681-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T14:55:32.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday assured shareholders its pending transfer of legal address from New Jersey to Texas is not a downgrade in terms of shareholder pa...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "USA Bureau of Land Management Fully Rescinds Public Lands Rule", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/usa_bureau_of_land_management_fully_rescinds_public_lands_rule-13-may-2026-183680-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T14:46:36.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management is issuing a final rule to fully rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, a ...", "category": "Policy" }, { "title": "Equus Energy completes pre-FEED for North West Shelf gas project", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/equus-energy-north-west-shelf-gas-project/", "date": "2026-05-13T13:36:13.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "Equus Energy has completed the Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) phase for the Equus Gas Project in the North West Shelf.", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Eni Says Its Biodiesel Successfully Tested on Cruise Ship", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/eni_says_its_biodiesel_successfully_tested_on_cruise_ship-13-may-2026-183679-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T12:09:50.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Eni SpA announced Wednesday that tests it had conducted with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA showed that its Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel c...", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "TotalEnergies Resumes Syrian Activities with Mediterranean Exploration Deal", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/totalenergies_resumes_syrian_activities_with_mediterranean_exploration_deal-13-may-2026-183678-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T11:41:08.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
TotalEnergies SE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Syrian Petroleum Co for exploration in Block 3 off Syria's Mediterranean coast.
...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Global growth in CO2 pipeline networks paves way for decarbonisation", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/analyst-comment/global-growth-co2-pipeline-networks-decarbonisation/", "date": "2026-05-13T11:26:02.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "The global effort to reduce carbon emissions is increasingly driving the expansion of carbon dioxide (CO₂) pipeline infrastructure.", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "JP Morgan Publishes First Oil Price Forecast in 2 Months", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/jp_morgan_publishes_first_oil_price_forecast_in_2_months-13-may-2026-183677-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T11:10:49.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "In a report sent to Rigzone on Monday by Natasha Kaneva, J.P. Morgan’s head of global commodities strategy, J.P. Morgan analysts, including Kaneva, revealed ...", "category": "Prices" }, { "title": "Oil and gas contracts value reports increase in Q1 2026", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/analyst-comment/oil-gas-contracts-value-reports-increase-q1-2026/", "date": "2026-05-13T10:57:07.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "Global oil and gas contracts reported a quarter-on-quarter increase of 13% in total disclosed value in Q1 2026, as compared to Q4 2025.", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Oil prices dip ahead of Trump-Xi talks amid Iran tensions", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/oil-prices-dip-ahead-trump-xi-talks/", "date": "2026-05-13T09:37:23.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "Oil prices declined on 13 May amid uncertainty over a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East, as US President Donald Trump prepares to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in China.", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Iran Conflict Fundamentally Altered Global Energy Landscape", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/iran_conflict_fundamentally_altered_global_energy_landscape-13-may-2026-183676-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T09:36:37.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
The ongoing conflict in Iran has fundamentally altered the global energy landscape.
That’s what J.P. Hanson, Managing Director and Global Head of t...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Venture Global to supply 1mtpa of LNG to TotalEnergies and Vitol", "link": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/venture-global-lng-totalenergies-vitol/", "date": "2026-05-13T09:20:52.000Z", "source": "Offshore Technology", "description": "Venture Global has secured new binding agreements to supply US-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to TotalEnergies and Vitol, with a total delivery volume exceeding one million tonnes per annum (mtpa).", "category": "General" }, { "title": "BP Enters 6 Exploration Blocks in Uzbekistan", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/bp_enters_6_exploration_blocks_in_uzbekistan-13-may-2026-183675-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T09:20:01.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
BP PLC has acquired a 40 percent stake in Uzbekistan's North Ustyurt production sharing contract (PSC).
The project consists of six blocks: Birqori...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Russia Sees Flat Oil Output This Year amid Ukraine Fightback", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/russia_sees_flat_oil_output_this_year_amid_ukraine_fightback-13-may-2026-183674-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-13T07:00:01.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Russia expects its oil production to remain flat in 2026 and grow modestly in the coming two years as its energy infrastructure comes under intense drone att...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Strait Disruption Lifts Oil Again", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/strait_disruption_lifts_oil_again-12-may-2026-183673-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T20:27:13.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Oil pushed higher as a peace deal between the US and Iran remains elusive, prolonging the effective closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz and the disruption ...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Petrobras Misses Estimates", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/petrobras_misses_estimates-12-may-2026-183671-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T20:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras fell short of earnings estimates as it held domestic gasoline prices stable during the war-driven price surge...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "USA Oil, Gas Workforce Hits Lowest Level Since 2022", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/usa_oil_gas_workforce_hits_lowest_level_since_2022-12-may-2026-183672-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T14:35:55.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
The number of employees in the oil and gas extraction industry has hit its lowest level since 2022, data on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Norden Assumes Its Ships Will Be Stuck in Hormuz All Year", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/norden_assumes_its_ships_will_be_stuck_in_hormuz_all_year-12-may-2026-183670-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T14:10:43.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
One of the world’s largest commodity shipping companies is planning for a scenario in which the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut for the rest of the...", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "Petronas Inks 20-Year Charter Deal for 5 LNG Carriers", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/petronas_inks_20year_charter_deal_for_5_lng_carriers-12-may-2026-183669-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T13:34:14.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and MISC Bhd signed a 20-year time charter agreement for five liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers.
\"MISC will pro...", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "PNG LNG Partners Approve New Upstream Development", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/png_lng_partners_approve_new_upstream_development-12-may-2026-183668-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T12:09:44.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
The Exxon Mobil Corp-led PNG LNG joint venture on Tuesday announced a final investment decision (FID) to proceed with a tie-in project to unlock more feed ga...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Another USA Gasoline Price Surge Could be Coming", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/another_usa_gasoline_price_surge_could_be_coming-12-may-2026-183667-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T11:33:48.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Another U.S. gasoline price surge could be coming, GasBuddy warned in a blog posted on its website on Monday.
“Average gasoline prices declined in ...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Uniper Flexes Diversified Procurement Portfolio as Profit Rises", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/uniper_flexes_diversified_procurement_portfolio_as_profit_rises-12-may-2026-183666-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T10:25:54.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Uniper SE on Tuesday reported EUR 231 million ($271.35 million) in net income adjusted for nonrecurring items for the first quarter, bouncing back from an ad...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Trump Says USA-Iran Ceasefire is on 'Massive Life Support'", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/trump_says_usairan_ceasefire_is_on_massive_life_support-12-may-2026-183665-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T10:08:53.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
In a maternal healthcare event hosted in the White House Oval Office on Monday, which was streamed live on the White House YouTube page, U.S. President Donal...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "ADNOC Gas Logs Lower Profit as War Hits Deliveries", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/adnoc_gas_logs_lower_profit_as_war_hits_deliveries-12-may-2026-183664-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T09:21:44.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
ADNOC Gas PLC on Tuesday reported $1.08 billion in net income for the first quarter, down 15 percent compared to the same three-month period last year due to...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "China LNG Imports Signal Recovery", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/china_lng_imports_signal_recovery-12-may-2026-183663-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-12T08:02:52.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Liquefied natural gas deliveries to China are showing signs of recovery, as some buyers replace shipments disrupted by the conflict in the Middle East.
...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Oil Jumps as Hormuz Crisis Deepens", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_jumps_as_hormuz_crisis_deepens-11-may-2026-183662-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T20:27:20.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "Oil rose after President Donald Trump said a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran is close to unraveling, prolonging the effective closure of the crucia...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "China Confirms Xi-Trump Summit", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/china_confirms_xitrump_summit-11-may-2026-183658-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T20:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Beijing officially announced the date of Donald Trump’s state visit this week, publicly green-lighting the first US presidential trip to China in nearly a de...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "North America Adds Rigs Again", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/north_america_adds_rigs_again-11-may-2026-183661-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T14:10:15.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
North America added two rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was published on May 8.
The tota...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Enbridge Beats Profit Estimates", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/enbridge_beats_profit_estimates-11-may-2026-183660-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T13:47:52.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Enbridge Inc has reported CAD 2.13 billion ($1.56 billion) in net income adjusted for nonrecurring items for the first quarter, down from CAD 2.24 billion fo...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "India State Refiners Eye Modest Fuel Price Hike", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/india_state_refiners_eye_modest_fuel_price_hike-11-may-2026-183657-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T13:38:06.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Indian state refiners are expecting a modest increase in retail fuel prices within days, as the government seeks to balance the impact of the ten-week war in...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Perenco Raises Oil Production Capacity in Congo-Brazzaville", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/perenco_raises_oil_production_capacity_in_congobrazzaville-11-may-2026-183659-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T12:28:27.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Perenco has completed an enhanced oil recovery project at the Tchibouela East field offshore the Republic of the Congo.
The five-well infill drilli...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Texas Oil Regulator Praises Record Port Activity, Rising Output", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/texas_oil_regulator_praises_record_port_activity_rising_output-11-may-2026-183656-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T11:41:19.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Commissioner Wayne Christian praised “record port activity” and “rising oil production” in the state, a release posted on ...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Iberdrola to Invest $10B in Brazil through 2030", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/iberdrola_to_invest_10b_in_brazil_through_2030-11-may-2026-183655-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T10:20:57.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Iberdrola SA, through Neoenergia SA, expects to invest nearly BRL 50 billion ($10.21 billion) through 2030 to expand its networks business in Brazil.
...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Oil Traders Adding Back Supply Risk Premium", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_traders_adding_back_supply_risk_premium-11-may-2026-183654-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T09:11:17.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "Oil is moving higher because traders are adding back a supply risk premium after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s peace response as ‘totally unacc...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Ship Signals Erratic as Hormuz Tensions Escalate", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/ship_signals_erratic_as_hormuz_tensions_escalate-11-may-2026-183653-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T07:40:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Geolocation data for some ships in the Persian Gulf showed locations and speeds that defied logic, pointing to an increase in signal interference following f...", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "Aramco Raises Profit as Production Remains Stable despite Crisis", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/aramco_raises_profit_as_production_remains_stable_despite_crisis-11-may-2026-183652-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-11T07:21:33.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Aramco) on Sunday reported $33.59 billion in net income adjusted for nonrecurring items for the first quarter (Q1), up from the prior t...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Equinor Starts Gas Production at Eirin in Norwegian North Sea", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/equinor_starts_gas_production_at_eirin_in_norwegian_north_sea-10-may-2026-183650-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-10T11:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Equinor ASA has put onstream the Eirin field in the North Sea, growing Norway's capacity to export natural gas to Europe.
The tieback development h...", "category": "Supply Routes" }, { "title": "IEA Head Calls on Canada to Move Faster on Energy", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/iea_head_calls_on_canada_to_move_faster_on_energy-09-may-2026-183645-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
The head of the International Energy Agency is urging Canada to move more quickly to develop and export its energy resources, warning that market conditions ...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Ukraine Says It Hit 2 Major Refineries in Russia", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/ukraine_says_it_hit_2_major_refineries_in_russia-08-may-2026-183648-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T20:00:00.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Ukraine said it struck two major fuel-producing facilities and an oil pumping station in Russia, adding more pressure on the nation’s refinery runs that hit ...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Crude Settles Higher on Gulf Clashes", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/crude_settles_higher_on_gulf_clashes-08-may-2026-183651-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T19:49:18.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Oil edged higher as traders speculated on whether fresh clashes between the US and Iran would derail a fragile ceasefire, dimming hopes a peace deal may be s...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "US Gives Iran Deadline on Peace Proposal", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/us_gives_iran_deadline_on_peace_proposal-08-may-2026-183640-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T15:25:35.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
(Update) May 8, 2026, 3:30 PM GMT: Article upda...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "Devon, Coterra Complete $58B Merger", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/devon_coterra_complete_58b_merger-08-may-2026-183649-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T14:02:44.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Devon Energy Corporation and Coterra Energy Inc have completed their merger, a statement posted on Devon’s website on Thursday announced.
The compl...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "NY City Official Rallies Investors to Block ExxonMobil Move to Texas", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/ny_city_official_rallies_investors_to_block_exxonmobil_move_to_texas-08-may-2026-183647-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T13:59:46.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
The New York City comptroller, on behalf of a city pension fund investing in Exxon Mobil Corp, has written to shareholders urging them to vote down the oil a...", "category": "General" }, { "title": "Pakistan Shuns Spot LNG", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/pakistan_shuns_spot_lng-08-may-2026-183646-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T13:47:22.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Pakistan opted not to buy urgent cargoes of liquefied natural gas on the spot market, betting that hostilities which have closed the Strait of Hormuz will ea...", "category": "Prices" }, { "title": "Bill Seeks Moratorium on US Oil Exports", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/bill_seeks_moratorium_on_us_oil_exports-08-may-2026-183644-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T11:39:48.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
A Democrat lawmaker introduced a legislative proposal Thursday to keep domestic crude and refined oil products within the U.S. during the war with Iran, in a...", "category": "Geopolitics" }, { "title": "USGS Sees 340+ Tcf of Recoverable Gas in Bossier Formation", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/usgs_sees_340_tcf_of_recoverable_gas_in_bossier_formation-08-may-2026-183643-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T11:15:41.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
In a release sent to Rigzone recently, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) outlined that, in an assessment of undiscovered gas and oil in the Bossier Formation...", "category": "Production" }, { "title": "Brent Oil Price Futures Understating Physical Market Stress", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/brent_oil_price_futures_understating_physical_market_stress-08-may-2026-183642-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T09:06:03.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Brent futures are understating physical market stress, analysts at BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions, said in a BMI report sent to Rigzone by the Fitch Group ea...", "category": "Prices" }, { "title": "EU Awards $1.3B in Subsidies for Cleaner Hydrogen Production", "link": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/eu_awards_13b_in_subsidies_for_cleaner_hydrogen_production-08-may-2026-183641-article/?rss=true", "date": "2026-05-08T08:52:18.000Z", "source": "Rigzone", "description": "
Nine cleaner hydrogen production projects have secured a total of EUR 1.09 billion ($1.28 billion) in grants under the third auction of the European Hydrogen...", "category": "Geopolitics" } ] }