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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
U.S. Diesel Reserves Sit Near 23-Year Lows

Brent and WTI futures remain below $100 a barrel on Tuesday morning, partly suppressed by governments releasing strategic oil reserves into global markets. But the …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
China’s Solar Exports Fell 21.4% in July

Chinese exports of solar cells and panels dropped in July as the removal of the local export tax rebate as of April 1 continued to …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
Russia Bars Anti-War Opposition Party From Election

Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Yabloko party, the sole officially registered party to openly oppose Moscow's war on Ukraine, against its …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
How Gulf Oil Is Escaping the Strait of Hormuz

Gulf oil producers are finding new ways around the Strait of Hormuz, but bypassing the world’s biggest oil chokepoint creates new risks. VLCC Rates Go …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
Jeff Currie: Forget $91 Brent, The Real Crisis Is $170 Diesel

Brent at $90.94 looks almost civilized. Jeff Currie thinks that is exactly the problem: everyone is staring at crude while the real energy shock is …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
Romania Restarts Coal Plant as Danube Drought Forces Nuclear Shutdown

Romania has this week restarted a 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant to partially offset the generation lost by the closure of nuclear electricity output after the …

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Monumental Energy’s Tirua Point permit accepted for review
Offshore Technology • 18 Aug 2026
Monumental Energy’s Tirua Point permit accepted for review

Monumental Energy said New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals has accepted its application for petroleum exploration permit PEP61554 in the Taranaki Basin and moved it to …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
The Case for Britain Backing Its North Sea Oil and Gas Industry

Britain faces a simple choice. While we still need oil and gas, do we produce more of it here, supporting jobs, investment, energy security and …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
Gulf-to-China Supertanker Rates Hit $510,000 a Day

The daily rate for chartering a supertanker to pick up crude oil from within the Persian Gulf and deliver it to China has surged this …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
Tankers U-Turn at Hormuz as Iran Tightens Its Grip

Tanker traffic at the Strait of Hormuz has become even more erratic than before, with vessels meandering and U-turning, unsure how to proceed amid escalating …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
Pakistan's Power Generation Costs Jump 38% on Record Spot LNG Buys

Power generation costs in Pakistan surged by 38% in July from a year earlier as the country paid the highest spot LNG prices in four …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Aug 2026
Houthis Claim Third Attack on Saudi Aramco Refinery in Two Weeks

The Iran-aligned Houthi group on Tuesday claimed it had targeted Saudi Aramco’s Jazan oil refinery on Red Sea coast in southwest Saudi Arabia, in what …

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