Energy Sector
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Oil Shippers Raise Offers for Middle East Route on Gulf Risk
January 08: Owners of oil tankers are boosting their rates to haul crude on a key route from the Middle East as risks in the Gulf escalate after Iran retaliated against the […]
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Nigerian Navy Seizes Wooden Boat Laden With 144 Drums Of Petroleum Product; 4 Suspects Arrested
January 03: The Nigerian Navy Ship Victory has intercepted a wooden boat laden with 144 drums of petroleum product suspected to be illegally refined automated gasoline oil. In addition, the […]
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Workers at France’s Port Jerome and Fos Exxon Refineries on Strike
January 07: Workers at France’s Port Jerome and Fos refineries, which are run by Exxon, have decided to go on strike, the CGT union wrote on a union blog page […]
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Loadings At Zawiya Oil Port in Libya Undisrupted By Nearby Missile Strike
December 26: Loadings at Libya’s western Zawiya oil port, home also to a refinery, are continuing normally despite a missile landing nearby, state energy firm NOC said on Friday. The […]
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Industry Reeling From Hundreds of Pirate Attacks in 2019
Source: InSight Crime / Chris Dalby December 12: The seizure of an Italian oil supply vessel by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico in November was but the latest in […]
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Oil Platform Near Tabasco, Mexico Attacked and Boarded in Armed Robbery
November 04, approx. 21:00 LT: An unspecified number of persons in boats with outboard motors attacked the INDEPENDENCIA oil platform located approximately an hour from Paraíso, Tabasco (Mexico). The pirates […]
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Singapore Authorities Arrest 11 Men for Illegal MGO Transaction
November 03: Singapore’s Police Coast Guard (PCG), in a joint operation with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), has arrested 11 men for their suspected involvement in an […]
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Crude Oil Trade: Ecuadorian Exports Reach Record Low in October Amid Protests, but Set to Quickly Recover
October 22: Ecuador’s crude oil exports reached a new record low in October. Average volumes loaded on tankers since early October currently stand below 300,000 b/d. However, the country is […]
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7 Suspected Security Personnel Impersonators Amongst 23 Suspected Oil Thieves Arrested in Last Month in Rivers, Nigeria
October 18: The Nigerian Navy on Friday [October 18] said it arrested seven alleged impostors parading themselves as security personnel in Port Harcourt the day before. Cdr. Murtala Rogo, Base Operations […]
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Explosions Damage Iranian Tanker in Red Sea
October 11: Initial Iranian reports indicate that two explosions damaged the Iranian crude oil tanker SABITI at approximately 02:00 UTC and between 02:20-02:30 UTC while the tanker was approx. 51 […]
