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Philippine Coast Guard to deploy floating barriers to contain oil spill

By Faith Brown with Pam Castro in Manila LIMAY, Philippines, July 26, 2024 (AFP) - The Philippine Coast Guard planned…

Philippines says tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of oil capsizes in Manila Bay

MANILA, July 25, 2024 (AFP) - A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank…

Oil spill forces beach closure on Singapore’s Sentosa island

SINGAPORE, June 15, 2024 (AFP) - Beaches on Singapore's top resort island of Sentosa, which also house luxury waterfront homes,…

Qatar signs 27-year gas supply deal with Taiwan’s CPC

DOHA, June 5, 2024 (AFP) - Qatar has agreed to supply the Taiwan-headquartered Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) with natural gas…

Equities sink, oil rallies on fears of Iran-Israel conflict

HONG KONG, April 16, 2024 (AFP) - Asian stocks fell and oil prices climbed Tuesday on growing fears of a…

Fragile South Sudan risks turmoil over oil disruption: experts

JUBA, March 29, 2024 (AFP) - Oil-dependent South Sudan is at risk of economic and political turmoil over the shutdown…

Venezuela MPs approve creation of state in disputed Essequibo

  CARACAS, March 22, 2024 (AFP) - Venezuela's parliament has approved a law creating a federal state in the disputed…

Fears over Russia’s ‘ghost fleet’ bypassing oil sanctions

By Emeline BURCKEL LONDON, Feb 24, 2024 (AFP) - Two years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, prompting…

Oil prices surge on Red Sea escalation

LONDON, Jan 12, 2024 (AFP) - Oil prices surged four percent on Friday after US and UK forces launched strikes…

Iran seizes oil tanker off Oman in dispute with US

DUBAI, Jan 11, 2024 (AFP) - Iran's navy seized a ship off Oman to retaliate for the "theft" of its…

OPEC loses a player: Angola quits cartel, oil dips despite rally

LONDON, Dec 21, 2023 (AFP) - Crude prices slumped on Thursday after Angola quit the OPEC oil cartel, while Wall…

Oil at the root of Guyana-Venezuela border row

By Barbara AGELVIS CARACAS (AFP) - The discovery of vast oil deposits is blamed for reigniting a decades-old territorial dispute…

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