The imports into China, which include supplies pumped through the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline and shipments by sea, totalled nearly 8.42m tonnes last month
Russian gas giant Gazprom has announced that it will stop gas delivery via both strings of the Turkish Stream pipeline from June 21 to June 28 due to scheduled annual maintenance.
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe also indicated he would be willing to accept more financial help from China, despite his country's mounting debt
In our situation, it's hardly possible and feasible to engage in charity for Europe, Peskov said
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions on Russian oil, gas and chemical industries
A lack of new term supply deals with Rosneft may push Indian refiners to turn to the spot market for more expensive oil
Modest declines in the Russian exports, record large sales by Strategic Petroleum Reserve and severe Chinese lockdowns brought the oil market to its first surplus since June 2020, said Goldman Sachs
If Europe manages to procure oil and gas from Russia in a way to ensure that the impact on its economy is not traumatic, that freedom should exist for others too, S Jaishankar said on Friday.
Oil prices were roughly unchanged on Friday, clinging to gains made in the previous session
EU's decision earlier this week to ban 90 per cent of oil imports from Russia by the end of the year is aimed at crimping the Russian economy amid the high-profile crisis in Ukraine
US crude oil stockpiles fell last week by 5.1 million barrels to 414.7 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.3 million-barrel drop.
Refiners have jumped on to the bandwagon of opportunistic buying of heavily discounted Urals crude, which could, ironically, make the country Europe's refining hub
Oil prices could get more support later on Thursday if analysts' forecasts are correct that US crude inventories declined by around 1.4 million barrels last week
The benchmarks have marched higher for several weeks as Russian exports are being squeezed by EU and US sanctions
Brent crude was up $1.71, or 1.5%, at $117.31 a barrel by 0817 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $1.67, or 1.5%, to $116.34.
While many Western buyers are avoiding Russian crude in response to its invasion of Ukraine, Indian private refiners such as Reliance and Nayara have been among the biggest buyers this year
EU's decision to ban Russia oil over Ukraine invasion is a blow to Moscow's economy but its effects may be blunted by rising energy prices and other nations willing to buy petroleum, experts say
Oil prices rose in early Asian trade today after EU leaders agreed to a partial and phased ban on Russian oil and China ended its Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai
Ban likely to cost moscow billions of dollars every year
LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices extended a bull run on Tuesday after the EU agreed to a partial ban on Russian oil and China decided to lift some coronavirus restrictions amid rising demand ahead of peak U.S. and European summer driving season.