Crude Oil News and Headlines
- Oil downturn amid ample availability 12/13/2025The concerning part is that oil prices may remain weak beyond 2026. OPEC+ will need to act and manage the situation effectively or consider enlarging its group, as current measures of reducing ...
- Maduro trapped with few retaliation options after Trump admin seizes Venezuelan oil tanker 12/13/2025Trump administration seizes Venezuela oil tanker, leaving Maduro regime with few retaliation options that wouldn't harm its own cash-starved government.
- NIMASA disowns Supertanker seized by US over alleged crude theft 12/13/2025The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has distanced Nigeria from a Supertanker, Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), SKIPPER, seized by the United States Coast Guard over ...
- Gas station stunt let drivers fill up for just 10 cents a gallon 12/13/2025One event at a gas station in the northeastern United States offered gas for just 10 cents a gallon, leading to long lines and happy drivers.
- US unseals warrant behind oil tanker seizure near Venezuela 12/13/2025A newly unsealed warrant shows the U.S. Coast Guard seized the M/T Skipper, a crude oil tanker intercepted off Venezuela, just before the warrant was set to expire on Wednesday. Why it matters: The ...
- US Seizure Of Nigerian Supertanker A Wake-Up Call — Peter Obi 12/13/2025Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has reacted to reports that a Nigerian-owned supertanker was seized by United States authorities over alleged crude ...
- Regime change in Venezuela could bring boost in oil production - but not as much as you'd think 12/13/2025Wood Mackenzie, a global research and consulting firm, estimates that improvements and investments in Venezuela's infrastructure could lift its oil output to roughly 2 million barrels a day - in one ...
- U.S. warplanes patrol near Venezuela as Caracas warns of regional war 12/13/2025U.S. Navy aircraft carried out patrol flights Friday near the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao as part of what Washington describes as an expanded security operation targeting illicit ...
- Analyst: Permian Basin to add up to 5 million bpd of long-haul water disposal by 2027 12/13/2025Analyst Joseph Triepke says Permian producers will invest billions to build distance-disposal pipes moving produced water to the Central Basin by 2027.
- Supertanker Skipper seized by US near Venezuela is heading to Houston: Sources 12/13/2025The oil supertanker Skipper that was seized by the US near Venezuela this week as part of an increased pressure strategy against President Nicolas Maduro, is heading to Houston, two sources said on ...
- Behind the Seized Venezuelan Tanker, Cuba’s Secret Lifeline 12/13/2025Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.
- South Sudan Reaches Security Deal to Protect Sudan’s Heglig Oil Field 12/12/2025South Sudan says it has reached an agreement with the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the two sides fighting in Sudan, to protect the Heglig oil field located on Sudanese territory ...