Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ Oil Tanker Rates Jump as US Push Into Venezuela Shifts Flows—The shipping market is being shaken up by Washington’s intervention in...

+ Greece Warns Shipping Fleet of Risks After Black Sea Drone Attacks—Greece has warned its shipping fleet to review their security measures...

+ Empire Wind Wins Court Battle as $5.3 Billion Project Pulled Back From the Brink—The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted Empir...

+ Battleships and Auxiliaries, An Interview with the Top US Naval Admiral—At SNA, the CNO Talked Ships, Lasers — and Finally Answered the Mercha...

+ Maersk’s Suez Return Signals a Turning Point in the Two-Year Red Sea Crisis—A.P. Moller–Maersk has confirmed the first structural return of a majo...

+ Container Rates Reverse Course as January Rally Unravels on Weak Demand—Global container shipping rates fell sharply this week, surrendering m...

+ U.S. Seizes MT Veronica in Caribbean, Expanding Operation Southern Spear Against Venezuela’s Shadow Fleet—U.S. military and Coast Guard forces carried out another pre-dawn boar...

+ US Coast Guard Updates ‘Force Design 2028’ Overhaul as Global Missions Stretch Service—The U.S. Coast Guard has released its first formal update on Force Des...

+ Europeans Prepare Military Exercises in Greenland, Trump’s Ambitions Undeterred—European countries were sending small numbers of military personnel to...

+ Maersk to Return to Red Sea as Stability Improves in Region—A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S will return to sailing regularly through the Su...

+ ONE Henry Hudson Cargo Operations Resume at Port of Los Angeles After Fire—Ocean Network Express has begun discharging the remaining containers f...

+ How Venezuela’s Ghost Fleet Is Surfacing Post-Maduro—The informal fleet of crude tankers that operated under the radar in N...

+ Turkmenistan Rescues 14 Crew From Distressed Iranian Cargo Ship in Caspian Sea—The Iranian dry cargo ship Rona issued an SOS signal in the Caspian Se...

+ Ships Drop Anchor Beyond Iran’s Ports in Precautionary Move—Dozens of commercial ships have dropped anchor at a distance outside I...

+ U.N. Renews Red Sea Reporting Mandate as Russia Needles U.S. on Venezuelan Seizures—By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 (Reuters)  The U.N. Securit...

+ US Court to Weigh New York Project Challenge to Trump Offshore Wind Halt—A U.S. judge on Wednesday will consider whether to allow Norwegian off...

+ Russian-Flagged Tanker Seized By U.S. Arrives in UK Waters—An oil tanker sailing under the flag of Russia arrived in UK territori...

+ China’s Coal Imports Plunge 10% as Renewable Energy Expansion Reshapes Dry Bulk Shipping—Seaborne coal shipments to China fell 10% in 2025 as increased domesti...

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+ Chevron expected to receive expanded Venezuela license from US this week, sources say—Chevron is expected to receive an expanded Venezuela license from the ...

+ US completes first Venezuelan oil sales valued at $500 million, US official says—The U.S. has completed the first sales of Venezuelan oil that are part...

+ Russian oil output edges down 0.7% in 2025, OPEC data shows—Russian oil production dipped around 0.7% last year to 9.129 million b...

+ Canadian oil tycoon proposes aiding US in Venezuela’s oil revival—A Canadian tycoon who heads one of North Americas fastest-growing oil ...

+ US natgas output to hit record high in 2026, while demand declines, EIA says—U.S. natural gas output will rise to a record high in 2026, while dema...

+ OPEC forecasts ongoing oil demand growth for 2027—Crude Oil Price Movements In December, the OPEC Reference Basket (ORB)...

+ Dated Brent crude differential surges to 15-month high on supply crunch—The Dated Brent physical differential rose to a 15-month high on Jan. ...

+ US oil drilling to slow as prices slump, Venezuela growth could amplify pressure, EIA says—Lower oil prices are expected to cut U.S. drilling activity and reduce...

+ India’s upstream exposure in Venezuela in spotlight amid differing US, industry signals—Indian upstream investors in Venezuela are optimistic that partial san...

+ Middle East Crude-Benchmarks steady; Brent crude’s premium to Dubai widens further—Middle East crude benchmarks Oman, Dubai and Murban held steady on Wed...

+ Westwood Insight – Geothermal opportunity for onshore drilling rigs—Geothermal energy is rapidly evolving from a niche technology into a s...

+ PDVSA aligned with Machado’s proposals for Venezuela’s oil industry: advisor—Venezuelas state oil company is aligned with the proposals of longtime...

+ BP flags up to $5 billion in low-carbon energy impairments—Oil major BP BP. expects to book $4 billion to $5 billion in fourth-qu...

+ Oil climbs on concerns over potential supply disruption in Iran amid threats—Oil prices rose on Wednesday for a fifth straight session on fears of ...

+ US crude stock sees unexpected rise, indicating weaker demand—The American Petroleum Institute (API) has reported a significant incr...

+ Oil to average $65 in 2026 as supply growth ahead of demand—Oil prices are likely to fall further in 2026 before stabilising, as s...

+ Trading houses beat US majors to first deals for Venezuelan oil—Global oil trading houses have emerged as early winners in the race to...

+ Trump wants oil prices to hit $50 a barrel. The math doesn’t work for the US oil industry—President Trump has reportedly homed in on $50 a barrel as the price h...

+ Venezuela begins reversing oil output cuts as exports resume, sources say—Venezuelas state oil company has begun reopening some of the wells it ...

+ Indicative oil price for Russian energy tax calculation falls to 79-month low—The indicative price of oil used by the Russian government to calculat...

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+ China’s 2025 oil imports, December inflows both hit record highs—Chinas crude oil imports rose 17% from a year earlier in December, whi...

+ Venezuelan oil exports to China set to drop as US blockade limits cargoes—Chinas oil imports from Venezuela are expected to slump starting from ...

+ China’s steel exports, iron ore imports hit record highs—Chinas steel exports hit a record monthly high in December, fuelled by...

+ Indian Oil buys its first Ecuadorean oil via tender, sources say—Indian Oil Corp IOC bought its first Ecuadorean Oriente crude cargo fo...

+ China’s Sinograin sells out soybean auction ahead of US shipments—Chinas state stockpiler Sinograin sold all 1.1 million metric tons of ...

+ Vitol, Trafigura offer Venezuelan oil to Indian, Chinese refiners for March delivery, sources say—Vitol and Trafigura have started discussions on Venezuelan crude oil s...

+ Russia’s diesel exports jump 40% in December on higher fuel output—Russias seaborne diesel and gasoil exports surged by nearly 40% in Dec...

+ Egypt ships LNG cargo from Idku plant to Canada—Egypt has exported a new cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the...

+ CPC Blend oil loadings resume after storm but January exports 70% behind schedule, sources say—The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal, the key hub for Kazakh...

+ Sweden, Finland call for EU maritime services ban on Russian oil, LNG exports—The EU should ban the provision of maritime services to Russian fossil...

+ Azerbaijan exported 23.1 million tonnes of oil in 2025, energy ministry says—Azerbaijan’s gas production increased to 51.5 billion cubic metres in ...

+ India’s 2025 rice exports surge to near record as curbs lifted—Indias rice exports jumped 19.4% last year to the second-highest on re...

+ India steel exports grow by a third between April-December, govt data shows—India was a net exporter of finished steel in the first nine months of...

+ Uganda’s coffee shipments surge more than 60% on plentiful harvest—Ugandas coffee exports jumped 60.3% in November compared with the same...

+ Low-sulphur gasoil deliveries for January rise at expiry, ICE data shows—Deliveries of low-sulphur gasoil (LGOc1) for January rose to 2,902 lot...

+ Middle East diesel exports to Europe hit record high in 2025—Middle East diesel exports to Europe in 2025 exceeded 500,000 b/d for ...

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+ Greece’s annual primary budget surplus beats target—Greece recorded a central government primary budget surplus of 8 billi...

+ Trump says no plan to fire Fed Chair Powell amid DOJ probe- Reuters interview—U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he has no plans ...

+ Fed’s Kashkari upbeat on 2026, expects inflation to moderate—Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Wedne...

+ Greenland’s history as a Danish territory and why Trump wants it—U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed his ambition to take control o...

+ Russia says NATO talk of Moscow and Beijing being a threat to Greenland is a myth to create hysteria—Russia said on Thursday that NATOs talk of Russia and China being a th...

+ China 2025 new bank loans lowest in seven years, policy support needed—Chinas new bank loans totalled 16.27 trillion yuan ($2.33 trillion) in...

+ India close to EU trade pact as US trade talks drag on—India expects talks on a long-sought trade deal with the European Unio...

+ US weekly jobless claims fall, but labor market is still in a holding pattern—The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benef...

+ US import prices increase from September to November—U.S. import prices increased 0.4% over the two months from September t...

+ Germany: The corn’s about to pop—Hopes of an early German recovery were quickly shelved Hopes for an en...

+ Wall Street expects strong fourth-quarter earnings driven by robust US economy—Global brokerages expect Corporate America to deliver a strong fourth-...

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+ S&P reaffirms A+ rating for Gard—We are very happy about this,” said Torunn Biller White, Gard’s Chief ...

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