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Blue skies and seas at Haeundae Beach in Busan, South Korea. Taken on August 2023. Potential offshore oil and gas prospects found in South Korea Mon 3 Feb 2025
The country's drilling initiative is part of a broader strategy to reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports. US geoscience research company Act-Geo has discovered 14... (photo: WN / RTayco) Offshore Technology
Hydrocarbon exploration   Oil & gas   Photos   South Korea   Wikipedia: Energy in South Korea
The advertising label of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, shines at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 OPEC+ will buckle under pressure from Trump who has history of bashing the oil cartel Wed 29 Jan 2025
Donald Trump has a long history of... (photo: AP / Ronald Zak) The Economic Times
Donald Trump   OPEC   Photos   Wikipedia: OPEC   oil cartel
030629-N-4790M-002 USS CHOSIN (CG 65) (June 29, 2003) - Commercial oil tanker AbQaiq readies itself to receive oil at Mabot, an off shore Iraqi oil installation.  AbQaiq is the first commercial vessel to receive a post-war shipment of crude oil for export at Mabot. Sanctions Bite, Drive Cost of Russian Oil Shipments Soaring Tue 28 Jan 2025
The trade of Russian oil for March-loading in Asia has slowed significantly as a growing gap between buyer and seller expectations in China has emerged. This disconnect... (photo: Public Domain / U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Andrew M. Meyers.) MarineLink
  Oil Shipments   Photos   Russian   Washington   Wikipedia: Oil
Photo of the Slink Fire on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in California on 8/31/2020 California considers letting victims of natural disasters sue oil companies for damages Tue 28 Jan 2025
California is considering a bill that would allow insurers and victims of climate-driven natural... (photo: Creative Commons / Forest Service photo by Withanee Milligan) San Francisco Chronicle
California   Natural disaster   Oil companies   Photos   Wikipedia: 2025 California wildfires
In this April 21, 2020 file photo, a pumpjack is pictured as the sun sets Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Oklahoma City. Oil prices continue to drop, because very few people are flying or driving, and factories have shut due to a near-global lockdown. Oil Prices Start the Week Lower Following Trump’s Calls for More Production Mon 27 Jan 2025
Crude oil prices started the week slightly lower after President Trump called... (photo: AP / Sue Ogrocki) Oil Price
Donald Trump   Oil Prices   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Price of oil
FILE - The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, March 3, 2022. Oil slips as Trump calls for Opec to cut prices Mon 27 Jan 2025
SingaporeOil prices slipped on Monday after US President Trump called on Opec to reduce prices following the announcement of wide-ranging measures to boost US oil and... (photo: AP / Lisa Leutner, file) Business Day
Oil prices   Opec   Photos   Singapore   Wikipedia: Price of oil
Oil prices Oil prices set for weekly decline amid Trump's new energy policies Sat 25 Jan 2025
Oil prices are poised for a weekly decline following US President Donald Trump’s new energy policies, which include increasing fossil fuel production and lifting offshore... (photo: AP / Biphoo Company) Anadolu Agency
Donald Trump   Oil prices   Photos   Wikipedia: Price of oil   energy policies
President Donald Trump poses for photos with ceremonial swordsmen on his arrival to Murabba Palace, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia Trump calls for $1tr Saudi investment, lowering of oil prices Fri 24 Jan 2025
US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump look on as they meet with US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on inauguration day of Donald... (photo: White House / Shealah Craighead) The News International
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FILE - A tanker seen anchored at the new oil export terminal in the far eastern port of Kozmino on Dec. 28, 2009. The U.S. Treasury has levied a new round of sanctions on firms and ships that used U.S. service providers to carry Russian crude oil in violation of the multinational price cap and imposed another set of sanctions on a group of Balkan people and firms tied to Kremlin influence in the region. Tanker Sanctions Hit Russia's Kozmino Oil Export Terminal Wed 22 Jan 2025
The Russian port of Kozmino is a reliable earner for the nation's oil and gas sector, pumping out 900,000 barrels a day of premium Siberian crude for Chinese buyers.... (photo: AP) The Maritime Executive
Oil Export   Photos   Russian   Tanker Sanctions   Wikipedia: List of countries by oil exports
Oil prices Oil prices rise with US demand increase, Gaza cease-fire talks cap gains Wed 15 Jan 2025
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, driven by a stronger demand outlook in the US, the world's largest oil consumer, while reports of a potential cease-fire between Israel and... (photo: Creative Commons / In Memory of ColGould) Anadolu Agency
Gaza cease-fire   Oil prices   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Price of oil
 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to a question during the Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Thursday, March 1, 2007. (AP Photo/CP, Tom Hanson)  (js1) Harper condemns Trump’s rhetoric but blames Trudeau for Canada’s predicament Tue 14 Jan 2025
The self-professed most pro-American prime minister in Canada’s history, Stephen Harper, has criticized some of the recent statements made by President-elect Donald... (photo: AP/CP, Tom Hanson) True North
  51st state   Photos   Stephen Harper   Trump - Trudeau   Wikipedia: 51st state
Seed oil palm WTO favours EU over Indonesia on palm oil restrictions Sat 11 Jan 2025
World Trade Organization experts on Friday largely upheld European Union restrictions on use of palm oil in biofuels... (photo: WN / Emiko Silalahi) The Jakarta Post
Palm oil   Photos   Trade deal   Wikipedia: Palm oil production in Indonesia   World Trade Organization
Oil offshore platform Biden Withdraws Vast Swaths of U.S. Waters from Oil and Gas Leasing Mon 6 Jan 2025
With just days left to go in office, President Joe Biden has signed a sweeping ban on new offshore lease sales outside of the Gulf of Mexico, using the U.S. Outer... (photo: Creative Commons) The Maritime Executive
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Donald J. Trump displays his signature after signing a presidential order extending the moratorium on offshore drilling in Jupiter, Fla. Trump promises reversal of Biden drill ban Mon 6 Jan 2025
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to overturn outgoing President Joe Biden’s 11th hour ban on expanded offshore drilling in the U.S. On Monday, Biden declared he... (photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian) Boston Herald
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Donald J. Trump participates in a signing ceremony with Aleksandar Vucic and Avdullah Hoti the Oval Office of the White House US to impose 'full sanctions' on Serbia’s oil sector in January: Serbian president Sun 5 Jan 2025
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed that the US will impose 'full sanctions' on the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS), a company largely owned by Russian... (photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian) Anadolu Agency
Aleksandar Vucic   Gazprom Neft.   Photos   Russian sanctions   Wikipedia: Sanctions involving Russia
Refinery in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Petrobras global operations extends over 27 countries (including Brazil). Those operations are more related to diplomatic trades than oil exploration, although the company has important fields in India, Turkey, Angola and Nigeria. Oil extends gains on optimism over policy support for growth Fri 3 Jan 2025
SingaporeOil prices extended gains on Friday after closing at their highest in more than two months in the prior session, amid hopes that governments... (photo: Creative Commons / Dantadd) Business Day
Oil extends   Photos   Singapore   Wikipedia: Oil   growth
This photo taken and provided by Sophie Seneque, shows a boom, a temporary floating barrier used to contain the oil spill in Mahebourg Waterfront, Mauritius, Saturday Aug. 8, 2020, after it leaked from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. Oil spill from Russian 'shadow fleet' reaches Crimean shore Fri 3 Jan 2025
Russian officials warned on Thursday that an oil leak from two damaged tankers had reached the beaches of the annexed Crimea peninsula.The two ageing tankers, named... (photo: AP / Sophie Seneque) The Times of India
Crimean shore   Oil spill   Photos   Russian   Wikipedia: Oil spill
Cracking plant in Orange County, California, 1961. The Union Oil Company of California was founded on October 17, 1890, in Santa Paula, California, by Lyman Stewart, Thomas Bard, and Wallace Hardison. Kuwait Oil Company hits a milestone with 90,000 BPD in heavy oil production Wed 25 Dec 2024
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 25:... (photo: Creative Commons) Arab Times
Kuwait   Oil Company   Photos   Wikipedia: Petroleum industry   oil production
FILE - This May. 3, 2009 file photo shows an oil facility in Jubeil, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco's initial public offering raised $29.4 billion, more than previously announced after the company said Sunday it used a so-called “greenshoe option” to sell an additional 450 million shares to satiate investor demand. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) Saudi Arabia ready to mine the future as it looks beyond oil Mon 23 Dec 2024
The oil giant has access to vast mineral resources, occupies a strategic geographical position and is hoping to establish an investment-friendly environment as it... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar, File) Offshore Technology
Photos   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia   beyond oil   economic
North Sea Oil Rig (7573694644) CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households Fri 20 Dec 2024
New research comes as dozens of small potential fields have received some form of license from the government... (photo: Creative Commons / Gary Bembridge from London, UK https://www.flickr.com/people/8327374@N02) The Guardian
Carbon Emission   North Sea Drilling   Oil and Gas   Photos   Wikipedia: Offshore Drilling