US Central Command: The naval blockade on Iran has completely paralyzed Iranian trade and economic operations.
2 day agoUkraine’s General Staff reports strikes on four Russian oil-sector sites. Fires are burning at the Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran refineries in Samara region, the RPK Vysotsk “Lukoil-2” oil terminal in Leningrad region, and the Tikhoretsk pumping station in Krasnodar region
2 day agoSmoke rising near Syzran oil refinery as result of drone strikes
2 day agoDrones have attacked Vysotsk port in Leningrad region
2 day agoThe U.S. Treasury is extending sanctions relief on Russian oil for another month, until May 16. Just two days ago, @SecScottBessent assured there would be no further exemptions
2 day agoOil refinery in Novokuybyshevsk of Samara region of Russia is on fire as result of drone strike
3 day agoHormuz is open, but US Naval Blockade will remain in full force says US President Donald Trump
Power blackout at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant for the 2nd time in several days
4 day agoAnother fuel reservoir exploded in Tuapse
4 day agoOil depot was attacked in Bakhchysarai overnight
4 day agoSubstation "Yuzhnaya" is on fire near Belgorod
4 day agoFire at the oil refinery in Tuapse after explosions overnight
Bessent says U.S. won't be renewing waivers for Iranian and Russian oil
Russia's GDP contracted by 1.8% in January-February, -Putin said
North Korea is showing a "very serious increase" in its ability to produce nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says
5 day agoThe Trump administration eased financial sanctions on Venezuela to stabilize its struggling economy and address protests against low wages. This change allows major state banks, including the Banco Central de Venezuela, to use U.S. dollars, access oil revenues
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said interest-rate cuts may be pushed back by the surge in energy prices due to the Iran War
6 day agoTrump: Europe is desperate for Energy, and yet the United Kingdom refuses to open North Sea Oil, one of the greatest fields in the World. Tragic... Aberdeen should be booming. Norway sells its North Sea Oil to the U.K. at double the price. They are making a fortune. U.K., which is better situated on the North Sea for purposes of energy than Norway, should, DRILL, BABY, DRILL... It is absolutely crazy that they don’t… AND, NO MORE WINDMILLS
6 day agoTwo ships from Iran are crossing the Strait of Hormuz despite the US blockade. Source: Kpler intelligence
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that a pipeline carrying Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia, which was damaged in Moscow's strikes, would reopen by the end of April
6 day agoExplosions were reported at the substation near Melitopol
Joint statement from the IMF, World Bank and the IEA: The impact of the war is large, global and extremely disproportionate
The price of physical crude oil cargoes for prompt delivery to Europe hit a record high near $150 a barrel on Monday and those for Africa hit new peaks, according to LSEG data and traders
The U.S. military has started a blockade of ships entering or leaving Iran's ports, after weekend talks on ending the war broke down
Russia begins final phase of evacuation of staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.
1 week agoExplosions were reported in Cherepovets
ASEAN statement: We call for the restoration of safe, continuous, and unimpeded passage of ships and aircraft through the Strait of Hormuz.
Malaysia's maritime authorities detained two tankers and its crew members suspected of conducting an illegal ship-to-ship diesel transfer off Penang, in one of the latest crackdowns on illicit fuel activities in the country's waters
.@POTUS: "At 10a tomorrow, we have a blockade going into effect — that'll be 10a tomorrow. Other nations are working, so that Iran will not be able to sell oil and that will be very effective
Trump says that amid US pressure on Iran, China could buy oil, gas from US, Venezuela
