Business Oil majors ramp up West Africa exploration in bid to replicate Brazil Chevron and TotalEnergies are among the oil majors snapping up offshore blocks in West and Southern Africa as compelling geology,… 02/04/202602/04/2026
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Business Chevron signs MOU to evaluate offshore oil and gas in Syria In 2013, a Russian company, Soyuzneftegaz, signed a deal to explore offshore Syria but the project was dropped two years… 02/04/202602/04/2026
Business Why seaborne coal has peaked despite resilient global demand The headline news that global coal demand reached a record high in 2025 masks some important underlying shifts in how… 02/04/202602/04/2026
Business Raytheon wins seven-year Pentagon deal to boost missile production The sea-launched Tomahawk, a mainstay of the navy’s surface fleet, provides long-range precision strike capability against land targets from ships… 02/04/202602/04/2026
Business Norden reports 2025 net profit of $120m following vessel sales Fifteen of these sales resulted from the exercise of declared purchase options. The group also purchased one vessel and signed… 02/04/202602/04/2026
Business FACTBOX | Strait of Hormuz explained: chokepoint for the world’s oil trade FACTBOX | Strait of Hormuz explained: chokepoint for the world’s oil trade 02/04/202602/04/2026
Business Malaysia Lets Tankers in Iran-China STS Oil Transfer Off with a Fine An area off Malaysia’s eastern Johore coastline has for several years seen a concentration of dark fleet tankers, many sanctioned,… 02/04/202602/04/2026
Business Russia faces revenue hit as US push could stop Indian crude purchases Flows to drop further in April If India stopped buying Russian oil, Moscow would have to try to re-route it… 02/04/202602/04/2026
Business Tuapse port set for higher Russian oil product shipments in February Russian oil product exports from the Black Sea port of Tuapse are set to rise to 312,000 tonnes in February.… 02/04/202602/04/2026
