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US personnel seize oil tanker Skipper.

US sanctions more ships, intends to keep oil from seized Venezuelan tanker

The US has added six more ships to its list of sanctioned vessels believed to be ferrying Venezuelan oil, amid expectations it will intercept and seize more tankers.

  • Michael Koziol

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Duqm port in Oman.

Last drinks at the Omani cantina: The shadow fleet behind Australia’s fuel supply

Like the Star Wars version, the dry dock in Oman is a desert-rimmed magnet for misfits and ne’er-do-wells.

  • Mark Corrigan

Australia targets Putin’s shadow fleet in bid to starve Russian war machine

Dozens of oil tankers in Russia’s “shadow fleet” will be hit by Australian sanctions as the federal government announces its first military support package for Ukraine in over a year.

  • Matthew Knott
Swiss billionaire Torbjorn Tornqvist.

Billionaire CEO branded as Putin’s ‘puppet’ cashes out

Torbjörn Törnqvist has been one of the largest individual beneficiaries from the energy-trading boom that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

  • Archie Hunter
A Ukrainian naval drone strikes a Russian oil tanker in the Black Sea.

Ukrainian naval drones hit two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers

Separately, a Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital killed six people and wounded dozens, as the US attempts to broker peace talks to end the war.

Follow the oil: how Putin’s ‘ghost’ fleet brings oil to Australia.

How Putin’s ‘ghost ships’ put billions worth of blood oil into Australian cars

Australians have paid billions of dollars for petrol sourced from Russian oil – despite sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime. We’ve now managed to track exactly how it’s getting here.

  • David Crowe
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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

America’s new sanctions on Russian oil may be biting too late

Had the West focused earlier on the flow, rather than the price, of Russian oil exports, the outcome of the war in Ukraine might have been very different.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘Urgent priority’: Major Australian super fund investigates Russian Blood Oil links

One of the nation’s biggest superannuation funds is investigating ties to the Russian oil trade as the war in Ukraine reaches a crucial moment.

  • Matthew Knott
The Jamnagar refinery in India is the world’s biggest.

Indian refinery pulls Russian oil from Australian petrol amid backlash

The Indian supplier has come under fierce criticism for using cheaper Russian oil to boost its profits, helping Putin finance his war in Ukraine.

  • David Crowe
The main long-term influence is the global push to reduce carbon emissions. That has driven some displacement of fossil fuels by renewables but, more particularly, it has had a significant impact on investment in the sector.

We are addicted to fossil fuels, so let’s just accept it

Electricity demand is exploding, and while solar and wind are doing their best, nuclear, coal and gas are still needed. And oil keeps growing.

  • Javier Blas

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