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Fuga Bluemarine crude oil tanker lies at anchor near the terminal Kozmino in Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia, December 4, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo

Indian refiners avoid Russian oil in push for US trade deal

The US and India moved closer to a trade pact on Friday, announcing a framework for a deal they hope to conclude by March that would lower tariffs and deepen economic cooperation

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Malaysia seizes $129.9m in crude oil from tankers suspected of illegally transferring oil

An oilfield worker walks next to drilling rigs at an oil well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt, near Morichal at the state of Monagas on 16 April 2015. File Photo: Reuters

Venezuela receives $300m in proceeds from first US oil sale

A general view shows the Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal (NMT) in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Natalya Chumakova/File Photo

Oil prices drop 3% after Trump comments on Iran

The Guinea-flagged oil tanker MT Bandra, which is under sanctions, is partially seen alongside another vessel at El Palito terminal, near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela December 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Hernandez

Oil pauses gains as Venezuela shipments resume, but Iran concerns loom

An oil tanker sails on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Issac Urrutia

Oil loading in Venezuela slows, more ships make U-turns after new US interceptions

A view shows the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Tatiana Meel

Oil rises as Venezuelan supply disruptions outweigh surplus concerns

People bathe on a beach next to the El Palito refinery of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela February 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

What could Maduro offer Trump in potential talks? Oil

A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia July 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

OPEC+ pauses oil output hikes beyond December amid glut fears

Gold jewellery is displayed at a shop in New Delhi, India, March 1, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

Shares mixed, gold retreats as investors take profits

A man walks past a screen displaying Japan's Nikkei share average and exchange rate between Japanese yen and US dollar outside a brokerage,in Tokyo, Japan, August 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato

Asian shares, gold rise on US shutdown watch; crude falls

A flame rises from a chimney of an oil field in Iraq's Kurdistan region, August 16, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Azad Lashkari/File Photo

Oil prices slip as Kurdistan resumes crude exports, OPEC+ plans output hike

A drone view shows crude oil tanker Nissos Christiana, first ship to transport oil from Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, anchored in the port of Tartus, Syria, September 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Syria exports first crude oil shipment in 14 years: official