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late last week, two market sources informed Reuters on Monday. They said oil storage at the refinery had actually been set ablaze. Among damaged equipment were a railway loading rack and a. hydrotreater unit utilized to get rid of impurities from improved. products.
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January 27, 2025
Moldovan Prime Minster Dorin Recean announced on Monday that the European Union would provide 30 million euro ($31.5million) for the purchase and transportation of natural gas into Transdniestria - the region which has broken away from Moldova.
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January 27, 2025
France is facing its worst wheat exports for decades due to a rift between Algeria and the European Union, a slump in Chinese demand, as well as a poor harvest. The French farmers who protested in the beginning of this year against falling incomes…
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January 20, 2025
purchases from other crucial providers, led by Australia, throughout a. record year for coal imports, customs data revealed on Monday. Purchases by China last year reached an all-time high of. 547.2 million tons, or a record 41% of worldwide traded coal,.
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January 17, 2025
The U.S. imposed sanctions on six Russian oil tankers that are still being built by the Zvezda shipyard in Russia. This is the first time Washington has banned tankers even before they have set sail or carried sanctioned goods. The sanctions…
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January 10, 2025
Emergency services reported on Friday that a tugboat had stopped a Panama flagged tanker, carrying 99,000 metric tonnes of oil, from drifting uncontrollably off the coast of Germany's Baltic Sea near Ruegen. It said that the 274-metre tanker…
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January 8, 2025
The agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that the introduction of Ukraine's new export regime, which will apply to most agricultural products starting Dec. 1, has caused a drop in farm exports for December. The government has introduced minimum export prices and new controls over shipments…
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January 6, 2025
Two sources familiar with the situation said that on Sunday, the Biden administration intends to increase sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine. They will target its oil revenues by targeting tankers transporting Russian crude. The…
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January 6, 2025
understanding of the matter said on Sunday. workplace on Jan. complaints about the expense of U.S. support for Ukraine. will be. barrel cost cap, the sources stated. so-called shadow fleet of aging ships to evade the cap. professionals say. Since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the U.S.
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December 31, 2024
On Tuesday, Ukrainian military intelligence reported that one of their naval drones destroyed a Russian helicopter in the Black Sea and damaged another. Ukraine's GUR intelligence agency reported on Telegram that a Magura V5 naval drone with…
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December 30, 2024
The Finnish Coast Guard said Monday that it would deploy one of its patrol boats and a towboat to help an oil tanker in the Gulf of Finland after its engine failed. It was trying to avoid environmental damage. The coast guard reported that the 183-metre-long (600-foot-long) M/T Jazz…
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December 29, 2024
Authorities in Moldova's. separatist Transdniestria region on Sunday cut off gas products. to numerous state institutions as a deal enabling Russian gas to. transit through Ukraine concerns an end at the close of the. year. The cutoff was enforced 2 days before the transit deal runs.
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December 26, 2024
According to LSEG, a sanctioned LNG-tanker named "Mulan", that approached Novatek’s SAAM FSU floating store facility in Murmansk in December 21, is now sailing around Northern Europe on its way towards Port Said, Egypt. The vessel should arrive at its destination by January 6, 2025.
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December 25, 2024
The owner of the Russian cargo vessel Ursa Major, which sank into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, said that the ship was a victim of an "act of terrorism". This statement came from the state news agency RIA. Two of the 16 crew members were reported missing after an explosion in the engine room.
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December 20, 2024
Sources and LSEG shipping information showed that a second shipment of 54,000 metric tonnes of Russian wheat, out of the 430,000 Egypt purchased in September, left the port at Novorossiysk last Friday. The Russian agricultural watchdog confirmed…
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December 16, 2024
Denys Schmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister, said that a deal to allow the transit of Russian Gas through Ukraine would not be extended past the end of this year as certain European countries intensified their search for supplies. Shmyhal wrote…
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December 16, 2024
Denys Schmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister, said Monday that a deal to allow the transit of Russian Gas through his country will not be extended past the end of this year. Shmyhal wrote on Telegram after speaking with Slovak Prime Minster Robert…
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December 16, 2024
The EU's crop-monitoring service reported on Monday that cereal fields are in general good condition in Europe after a mild, dry spell helped them recover from an autumn soggy. However, grain belts near the Black Sea lack hardiness for the winter.
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December 16, 2024
In a Monday statement, the EU Commission announced that it had adopted a fifteenth package of sanctions for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This included tougher measures towards Chinese entities, and more vessels of Moscow's shadow fleet. The total number of vessels listed has increased by 52…
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December 16, 2024
In a Monday statement, the EU Commission announced that it had adopted a fifteenth package of sanctions for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This included tougher measures towards Chinese entities, and an increase in vessels from Moscow’s shadow fleet.
