Gazprom rebounded in Q3 2025 with a 134.2 billion‑ruble ($1.72 billion) profit from tax cuts, though earnings missed analyst forecasts amid Europe’s energy standoff.
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Kazakhstan protested to Kyiv after a Ukrainian naval drone strike damaged the CPC terminal near Novorossiysk, halting oil exports and prompting demands to stop such attacks.
Canadian oil and gas stocks are surging despite weak global crude prices, driven by U.S. investment, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, and low oil sands breakeven costs.
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman reaffirmed commitment to market stability on steady global economic outlook and current healthy oil market fundamentals as reflected in low inventories.
OPEC+ plans to halt production hikes in early 2026, scaling back market-share ambitions amid looming oversupply risks.
Canada, even with new billion‑dollar projects and UAE investment pledges, plays only a minor role in global critical minerals processing—operating one rare‑earth mine, producing 400 tonnes of NdPr annually compared to China’s 83,697, and with most facilities foreign‑owned.
Saudi Arabia plans to lower January crude prices to Asia by up to 50 cents per barrel—the second monthly cut and lowest in five years—amid falling benchmarks and rising OPEC+ supply.
A landmark pipeline deal in Canada between PM Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will enable 1 million bpd of new oilsands exports but will increase emissions despite carbon-price fixes and a $16.5B capture project.
A sanctioned Aframax carrying Russian ESPO crude for Indian Oil Corp remains floating off Paradip port as authorities delay discharge pending online verification of insurance from Russia’s Soglasie.
Indian banks are cautiously reentering Russian crude financing, backing only sanctions-compliant trades with non-blacklisted sellers, vessels, and payment systems, according to Bloomberg.
India’s imports of discounted Russian crude are expected to plunge next month to their lowest since 2022, as refiners move to comply with stricter Western sanctions.
Russia and China are holding talks to expand Russian oil exports to Beijing, as Moscow strengthens energy ties with China amid growing Western sanctions, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced.
India will secure about 10% of its LPG needs from the U.S. under a one-year deal that both narrows its trade surplus with Washington and helps hedge against U.S. pressure over Russian oil imports.
Canada faces fresh internal conflict as Alberta demands fast-track approval for a new oil sands-to-Pacific pipeline to slash reliance on U.S. markets and reach Asia, while British Columbia’s premier denounces the multibillion-dollar project as a “fantasy,” intensifying the cross-country energy showdown.
Florida Republicans, including Governor Ron DeSantis, said they oppose a Trump administration plan that could allow new oil and gas drilling in waters off the state's Gulf Coast.
According to reports in Serbian media, the United Arab Emirate’s national oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is the most likely buyer of the Russian majority stake in the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS).
State-run Oil India has partnered with France's TotalEnergies for technological support in its exploration activities in challenging deepwater areas. The two companies signed a technology service agreement on Wednesday.
The clock is ticking for India-bound tankers carrying millions of barrels of crude from blacklisted Russian suppliers Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC, with a wind-down period for US sanctions set to end this Friday.
Indian state-owned oil refining companies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum have signed their first long-term deal to import 2.2 million tons of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 2026, as reported by Bloomberg.
India has exported its first-ever cargo of jet fuel to the U.S. West Coast, capitalizing on a rare arbitrage window created by severe supply shortages in California following a major fire at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery.