Arrest of Venezuela Leader and Political Implications for Oil and Bitumen Trade
According to WPB, Nicolás Maduro was reportedly captured and removed from Venezuela on January 3, 2026 following a U.S. military operation, with U.S...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Nicolás Maduro was reportedly captured and removed from Venezuela on January 3, 2026 following a U.S. military operation, with U.S...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, In the final days of December 2025, developments in Persian Gulf financial and energy markets sent a clear signal to global infrast...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Recent global trends indicate that oil is gradually losing its dominance as a fuel while maintaining, and in some areas strengtheni...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, in recent days, disruptions affecting crude oil exports from Kazakhstan have drawn the attention of governments, refiners, and infr...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Late December trading in crude markets has brought renewed attention to supply risks linked to Venezuela and Russia, two countries ...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, European bitumen exports have entered a more sensitive phase, marked by heightened scrutiny, slower approvals, and a noticeable shi...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, In December 2025, the sharp contraction in Russia’s oil and gas revenues began to exert measurable influence on global heavy petr...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Global energy markets entered December with a renewed sense of instability as analysts warned of a potential “super glut,” a co...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Operational conditions in the Middle East and Central Asia shifted noticeably in early December following two separate incidents af...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, China’s recent increase in crude oil imports, documented through updated shipment data and refinery procurement disclosures, has ...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Operational reports circulating within several technical circles indicate that evaluations of newly engineered bitumen suspensions ...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, When Venezuela announced reductions in crude oil export prices recently, the move immediately reverberated through the bitumen and ...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, The Indigenous protests against the proposed Alberta-Pacific bitumen pipeline, following the November 2025 memorandum of understand...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in late November 2025 have entered a phase that observers regard as more than a tentati...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, In late November 2025, a silent but powerful wave swept across the global energy and shipping sectors: charter rates for the world�...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, the global energy landscape has witnessed significant developments between November 17 and 19, 2025, with far-reaching implications...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Russia’s inclusion of its largest refining companies in the prestigious “Top 100 Goods of the Russian Federation” list — pa...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, the mid-November strike on a Russian oil installation near the port city of Novorossiysk marked yet another escalation in the long,...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, Brent crude oil has entered a volatile phase in November 2025, reflecting a dynamic interplay between inventory levels, OPEC foreca...
LEARN MOREAccording to WPB, In the early days of November 2025, the global oil sector found itself caught between fluid political stratagems and structural mar...
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