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Average price for UK litre of petrol below 150p for first time since war in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up wholesale prices of gas and oil

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023

Rishi Sunak plans to crack down on ‘go-slow’ protests used by Just Stop Oil

PM aims to further restrict right to demonstrate by giving police powers to tackle fuel protesters’ latest tactic

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023

US rejects oil offers in first attempt to replenish stockpiles

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is delaying the replenishment of the nation’s emergency oil reserve after deciding the offers it received were either too expensive or didn’t meet the required specifications, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tribune News Service · Jan 7, 2023

Fusion ignition explained

For the first time, scientists have managed to get more energy out of the fusion process than they put in

Salon · Jan 2, 2023

Oil price spike brings back subsidies but India wins at crude diplomacy

NEW DELHI: A wild swing in international oil prices in 2022 brought back indirect fuel subsidies in India in a setback to reforms, but the nation won at crude diplomacy as it refused to succumb to western pressures and continued to buy oil from the cheapest available source.

The Times of India · Jan 2, 2023

Pipeline section in Kansas with oil spill is back in service

A pipeline operator has put a damaged section in Kansas back into service, a little more than three weeks after a spill dumped 14,000 barrels of crude oil into a creek

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Poland ready for Russian oil ban, says minister

Poland is prepared for a Russian ban on oil sales to countries implementing a price cap, the climate minister said on Thursday, with the country having cut its intake of Russian crude and secured alternative supplies from producers such as Saudi Arabia.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022

ExxonMobil takes EU to court in bid to block ‘counter-productive’ windfall tax

Oil and gas giant has accused the EU of overreaching its authority with move to tax profits amid energy crisis

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Ukraine news – live: No place in Bakhmut ‘not covered with blood’, says Zelensky

Vladimir Putin’s forces increasingly diminished at epicentre of fighting in Donbas, analysts believe

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022

Russia bans supply of oil to nations participating in Western price cap

Russian ban will come into force on 1 February 2023 and lasts until 1 July

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022