Iran Takes Aim At Stranded Tankers

More than 130mn barrels of oil have been loaded onto tankers stranded inside the Gulf following Iran’s de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The risk of attacks from Iran has been too great for most shipping compan...

Vaalco Drills Four Eastern Desert wells in Q4 2025

Vaalco Energy, a US-based energy company, completed drilling four development wells in the Eastern Desert during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025. Three wells were completed during the quarter, with the fourth finished in...

Aramco Pushes Back 2030 Liquids-To-Chemicals Target

Aramco’s plans to expand its liquids-to-chemicals capacity to 4mn b/d by 2030 have been deferred, the firm said in its 2025 Annual Report. The company says it is “re-pacing LTC investments,” and now describes the 4...

Duqm Refinery Feedstock Imperiled By Hormuz Closure

Sitting outside the Strait of Hormuz, the 255,000 b/d Duqm refinery in Oman has escaped largely unscathed from the Iranian onslaught on Gulf energy infrastructure. On 2 March, a suspected Iranian drone hit a fuel tank at...