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Russian-owned owned Serbian refiner has enough crude to keep running through February
BELGRADE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Serbia's majority Russian-owned oil company NIS said on Monday it had secured enough crude to keep its refinery operating through February after resuming imports under a new U.S. sanctions waiver.In a statement on its web site, NIS confirmed a statement by energy min...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
EXCLUSIVE-Chinese importer buys first Canadian canola cargo in months after Carney visit, sources say
By Ella Cao and Naveen Thukral BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Chinese importer bought one Panamax cargo of about 60,000 metric tons of Canadian canola shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing last week, two traders with direct knowledge of the deal told Re...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
EXCLUSIVE-Chinese importer buys first Canadian canola cargo in months after Carney visit, sources say
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Chinese importer bought one Panamax cargo of about 60,000 tons of Canadian canola shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing last week, two traders with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Monday.The cargo, the first sinc...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Kenya launches state oil pipeline firm IPO, looks to raise $825 million
NAIROBI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kenya began selling a 65% stake in its state oil pipeline firm on Monday, officials said, as it looked to raise 106.3 billion shillings ($825 million) in East Africa's biggest-ever initial public offering.The sale is part of a drive by President William Ruto's gov...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Vitol offers Venezuelan oil to China for April delivery, sources say
SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Vitol has offered Venezuelan oil to Chinese buyers at discounts of about $5 per barrel to ICE Brent for April delivery, multiple trade sources said. The offers were made on Friday to a number of refiners, including independent refiners who used to be China's main Ve...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Bolivia pledges to honor energy, lithium deals to reassure investors
Bolivia to respect existing fuel and lithium agreementsNew hydrocarbons law presented 2026 to attract foreign investmentFuel subsidies lifted in December, sparking protests By Monica Machicao and Lucinda Elliott LA PAZ, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Bolivia’s centrist government will respect all existing hy...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Kremlin says Putin has no plans to contact Venezuela's Rodriguez in the near future
MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to contact Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez in the near future, but could do so quickly if needed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Russia and Venezuela continue to maintain regular contact at a...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Kenya launches state oil pipeline firm IPO, eyes $824 million
NAIROBI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kenya began selling a 65% stake in its state oil pipeline firm on Monday, officials said, looking to raise 106.3 billion shillings ($824.67 million) in East Africa's biggest ever initial public offering.Ownership in Kenya Pipeline Company will be sold for 9 shillings ...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
European Gas prices surge on cold weather fears – ING
European Gas prices extended their rally on Friday, with TTF jumping more than 11% to the highest close since June amid low storage levels and colder weather forecasts, ING's commodity experts Ewa Manthey and Warren Patterson note.Fxstreet
Mon, Jan 19
Vitol Group Has Offered Venezuelan Cargoes To Chinese Buyers At Discounts Of Around $5 A Barrel To Ice Brent - Bloomberg News
Jan 19 (Reuters) - VITOL GROUP HAS OFFERED VENEZUELAN CARGOES TO CHINESE BUYERS AT DISCOUNTS OF AROUND $5 A BARREL TO ICE BRENT - BLOOMBERG NEWSSource text: https://tinyurl.com/eyac3hu8Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Kazakhstan's Chevron-led Tengiz field suspends oil production after fire reported
Shutdown followed a reports of a fire, which was extinguishedTCO says fields and facilities remain safe and secureTengiz output averaged around 860,000 bpd in 2025 MOSCOW/LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kazakh oil producer Tengizchevroil, led by Chevron CVX.N, said on Monday that it had temporarily ...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
TIMELINE-Major developments in Trump's trade war
Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff decisions since he took office in January 2025 have shocked financial markets and sent a wave of uncertainty through the global economy.Here is a timeline of the major developments: February 1, 2025 - Trump orders 25% tariffs on imports...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
India’s MRPL scouts for Venezuelan oil as it halts Russian imports
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd MRPL.NS is exploring purchases of Venezuelan oil as it halts imports of Russian oil to comply with Western sanctions, its head of finance Devendra Kumar said on Monday.The state-run refiner, which o...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Tengizchevroil says it temporarily halts oil production at Kazakhstan's vast Tengiz field
MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kazakh oil producer Chevron-led Tengizchevroil (TCO) CVX.N said on Monday that it had temporarily halted oil production at the Tengiz and Korolev oilfields due to "an issue which has affected some of the site power distribution systems."The company is working to id...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
TABLE-North Sea gas maintenance schedule: Adds Subterminal Bacton Shell outage
Jan 19 (Reuters) - The following is a schedule of maintenance work on gas infrastructure, mainly in the North Sea.The table is arranged by outage start date.Volumes are in standard million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) or gigawatt-hours per day (GWh/d) unless otherwise indicated.OPERATORLOCATIONOUTAG...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Indian refiners' December crude processing rises 6.5% from month earlier
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Indian refiners' crude throughput rose by 6.5% month-on-month in December to 5.62 million barrels per day (23.77 million metric tons), provisional government data showed on Monday.Refinery throughput in November was at 5.27 million barrels per day (22.31 million metric tons). ...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Fire at Tengiz oilfield power station in Kazakhstan was put out on Sunday, company says
MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A fire at a power station at the Chevron-led CVX.N Tengiz oilfield was out on Sunday, Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company KazMunayGas KMGZ.KZ said.It said staff had been evacuated to a safe place and that nobody had been hurt.Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
