Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: "We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out, and we want it back".
Oil remains one of the most strategically important resources in the global economy. It powers transportation systems, underpins industrial activity, and continues to shape geopolitics and trade flows.
At 3:47 AM this morning, President Trump announced that US warplanes struck four Venezuelan states including Caracas, capturing President Maduro in what he called a "large scale military operation." This investigation reveals how Trump spent $2.8 bil
In a stunning reversal of fortune, the United States has solidified its position as the world's undisputed hydrocarbon superpower, a title driven by a decade-long shale revolution and now underscored by its commanding lead in the global liquefied nat
peak oil theory, a contention that conventional sources of crude oil, as of the early 21st century, either have already reached or are about to reach their maximum production capacity worldwide and will diminish significantly in volume by the middle
Among the many rationalizations that the Trump administration is using to initiate massive force and violence against the Venezuelan people is that the Venezuelan government nationalized American oil interests many years ago.
The United States has taken a dramatic step in its ongoing standoff with Venezuela, one that puts oil, and the future of the Maduro regime, squarely at the centre of global attention.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration quietly rewrote a key assumption about the global oil market this week: OPEC can produce more oil than previously thought.
Gasoline prices have dropped to their lowest levels in nearly five years and stand at around $2.90 per gallon on average as of Monday, according to data from GasBuddy, a company that tracks gas prices.
U.S. natural gas futures jumped above $5 per MMBtu, the highest level since December 2022, as traders expect colder-than-normal temperatures across the Lower 48 in the first half of December.
At a moment many European and NATO leaders are pushing back against Trump's peace plan for the Ukraine war, given it offers to cede large parts of the Donbass and Crimea to Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is in Moscow on a warm and cor
Nearly a third of Russia's current seaborne oil export potential is now stuck in tankers as the U.S. sanctions upend crude flows and Russia's top buyers, China and India, are still struggling to assess the implications of the sanctions, according
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The U.S. is increasing pressure on Hungary to cut off its reliance on Russian oil imports and vows to work with Hungarian authorities and neighboring countries to help Budapest wean off Russian supply, a senior U.S. diplomat says.
In a move to bolster national energy security, the Trump administration has begun the process of refilling the nation's emergency oil stockpile, taking advantage of a recent dip in global crude prices.
It's a well-known fact that Moscow has a moral duty to supply subsidized energy to countries openly hostile to Russia, so why are gasoline-starved Russians complaining?
President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 15 that India has pledged to stop purchasing oil from Russia within a short period, a decision that would help cut off funding for Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine.
"This was something that should have been long operating and making billions of dollars for our country and supplying a lot of energy and minerals and everything else that we're talking about.