Oil, geopolitics dominate Putin’s talks with Saudi Crown Prince

“We talked again about cooperation in OPEC+,” Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. “The parties agree that our countries bear a major responsibility for the negotiations to maintain the international energy market at a reasonable level, in a stable, predictable state,” Peskov said. Saudi Arabia and Russia are the world’s two […]

Saudi Aramco claims ‘commitment to China’ with petrochemical deals

Aramco said in a statement that the deal stipulates the supply of 480,000 barrels per day of Arab crude oil “under a long-term sales agreement” with Rongsheng. “This announcement reflects Aramco’s long-term commitment to China and confidence in the fundamentals of the Chinese petrochemicals sector,” said Mohammed Al Qahtani, Vice President of Aramco. “This is […]

Major oil spill in southern English port

Poole Harbor Commissioners (PHC) said the leak occurred on a pipeline operated by French-British company Perenco. In a press release, Perenco UK described the leak as “limited”, and said it was “working closely with the relevant authorities and a clean-up operation is underway”. “A full investigation will be launched to determine exactly what happened at […]