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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Rosneft Ships First Crude From $157 Billion Vostok Oil Project

Rosneft has shipped the first crude oil cargo from the Vostok Oil project in Eastern Siberia, despite sanctions targeting Russia’s energy industry and the exit …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
GM, Ford Turn EV Battery Bust Into Energy Storage Bet

The biggest U.S. legacy automakers look to turn the losses from their underutilized electric vehicle battery capacity into a new profitable business to seize the …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Sudan Could Become the Red Sea’s Next Energy Security Flashpoint

The investigations published by The New York Times and The Washington Post should not be dismissed as another collection of allegations emerging from Sudan’s opaque …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Modern Warfare Is Burning Through the Metals Needed for a High-Tech Future

I've been writing for more than a decade and a half about a broad category of metals often nowadays dubbed "strategic" because they are crucial …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Russia Vows to Keep Selling Oil to India Despite U.S. Tariff Threat

Russia will remain a key crude oil supplier to India, Russia’s Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, said in an interview with Asian News International, in …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Copper's Longest Rally Since 1994 Collides With a Shrinking Supply Chain

Copper is riding its longest weekly winning streak since 1994, and the physical market underneath the rally keeps getting thinner. Benchmark prices on the London …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
China Halts New Battery Storage Plant Approvals

China has paused approvals for new battery storage factories amid a review of existing and planned capacity, Chinese financial news outlet Cailianshe reported this weekend, …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Uzbekistan Scales Back Nuclear Cooperation With Russia

Back on June 4, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Russian leader Vladimir Putin were all smiles amid the ceremonial groundbreaking for the construction of Uzbekistan’s …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
India Ramps Up Rail Coal Deliveries as Power Plant Stockpiles Dwindle

Indian coal companies are ramping up supply to the coal-fired power plants as coal stocks at dozens of the plants dropped to critically low levels, …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Can Iraq Really Replace Saudi Arabia As The Middle East’s Top Oil Producer?

The global power of most Middle Eastern countries remains dependent on their oil and/or gas output, so it is little wonder they try to maximise …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
American and African Crudes Soar as China's Oil Imports Rebound

The prices of crudes from Canada, South America, and Africa have jumped in recent weeks as Chinese oil import demand is rising from a decade-low, …

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Oilprice.com • 07 Sep 2026
Trump Envoys Shuttle Between Moscow and Kyiv as U.S. Revives Ukraine Peace Push

The Trump administration has revived its diplomatic drive to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled from Moscow …

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