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U.S. Captures Russia-Linked Tanker After Naval Standoff in the North Atlantic

U.S. Captures Russia-Linked Tanker After Naval Standoff in the North

January 7, 2026

January 07, 2026 U.S. forces have seized a Russia-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic after a dramatic pursuit that began near Venezuelan waters, marking a sharp escalation in Washington’s enforcement of its global blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil. U.S. European Command confirmed the capture of the M/V Bella 1, saying the vessel was seized for sanctions violations “pursuant […]Read More

OPEC+ Compensation Cuts Triple as Key Producers Move to Rein

January 7, 2026

January 07, 2026 Four key Opec+ producers have pledged to deepen their compensation cuts in the first half of 2026 as the organization looks to improve compliance amid oversupplied oil markets. The UAE, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Oman will implement output cuts totaling 829,000 barrels per day by June, three times higher than their previous pledge. Kazakhstan will […]Read More

Four Geopolitical Flashpoints Energy Markets Cannot Ignore in 2026

January 6, 2026

January 05, 2026 As 2026 begins, energy markets are reacting less to supply outages than to how governments are choosing to act. The removal of Venezuela’s president, instability along the Red Sea, and rising uncertainty around Iran have altered assumptions about restraint, escalation, and control. This piece examines four locations where those changes are already […]Read More

Oil Tankers Exit Venezuela Under Cover of Darkness Despite U.S. Blockade

Oil Tankers Exit Venezuela Under Cover of Darkness Despite U.S.

January 5, 2026

January 05, 2026 Venezuela has shipped out about a dozen oil tankers carrying crude and petroleum products in recent days, with vessels departing in dark mode, TankerTrackers.com said on Monday.  All these tankers that have stealthily left Venezuela have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury, according to TankerTrackers.com data cited by Reuters. The dozen or so departures […]Read More

Sahara Group Lauds FG’s Infrastructure Drive, Shows New Era of Stability in Energy Sector

Sahara Group Lauds FG’s Infrastructure Drive, Shows New Era of

January 5, 2026

…Kola Adesina commends collaboration among stakeholders The Group Managing Director of Sahara Power Group (SPG), Kola Adesina, has expressed strong confidence in the federal government’s long-term infrastructure and economic reform agenda, saying recent policy actions under President Bola Tinubu have created a more predictable and investor-friendly environment for Nigeria’s power sector. Sahara Power is Nigeria’s […]Read More

President Tinubu Nominates Board Members For NMDPRA, NUPRC, Seeks Senate Approval

President Tinubu Nominates Board Members For NMDPRA, NUPRC, Seeks Senate

January 5, 2026

January 5, 2026 President Bola Tinubu has written two letters to the Senate, seeking confirmation of 21 nominees for the boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). In the first letter, President Tinubu nominated Senator Magnus Abe to serve as the NUPRC board […]Read More

Can We Say U.S is Virtually Interested in Venezuela’s oil, Nothing More?

Can We Say U.S is Virtually Interested in Venezuela’s oil,

January 4, 2026

Yes, the U.S. has significant strategic and economic interests in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, particularly its heavy sour crude needed by U.S. refineries, but recent events suggest a broader agenda involving geopolitical influence, regime change, and combating drug trafficking (though the latter is debated). While oil is a primary driver, U.S. involvement encompasses rebuilding its […]Read More

OPEC+ Set to Keep Oil Production Policy Despite Saudi-UAE Spat

OPEC+ Set to Keep Oil Production Policy Despite Saudi-UAE Spat

January 3, 2026

January 02, 2026 Despite the public spat between two of OPEC’s top producers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the wider OPEC+ group is expected to confirm at a Sunday meeting that it would hold output steady through the first quarter of 2026, delegates from the alliance told Reuters on Friday.  In recent days, OPEC’s […]Read More

Oil Markets Brace for Supply Squeeze After U.S. Captures Nicolás Maduro

Oil Markets Brace for Supply Squeeze After U.S. Captures Nicolás

January 3, 2026

January 03, 2026 US special operations forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a nighttime operation to bring him to the United States to face a 2020 narco-terrorism indictment. The removal of Maduro has immediately created a power vacuum in Venezuela, leading to massive market volatility in the energy sector […]Read More

Manufacturing Stakeholders, MAN & CPPE Projects 3.1% Growth In 2026 With Rising 10.2% GDP

Manufacturing Stakeholders, MAN & CPPE Projects 3.1% Growth In 2026

January 2, 2026

January 2, 2026 Manufacturing stakeholders, including the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, have projected that the country’s manufacturing sector will record a real growth of 3.1 per cent in 2026, with its contribution to real Gross Domestic Product rising to 10.2 per cent, provided key policy reforms […]Read More

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