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Wind Giant Sees Strong U.S. Growth Despite Offshore Ban
EDP Renovaveis, the world's fourth-largest wind producer, reports 50% profit growth and optimism for U.S. expansion despite Trump's offshore wind ban. CEO says solar and battery storage are filling the gap as data center demand surges.

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Iran Loads 20 Million Barrels of Oil Onto Tankers as U.S. Military Buildup Intensifies
Iran loaded 20.1 million barrels of oil onto tankers from Kharg Island in just six days, tripling January's pace as the U.S. assembles its largest Middle East force since 2003. Satellite data shows tanker traffic doubled while storage tanks emptied rapidly.

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions 12 Tankers in Iran’s Shadow Fleet
The U.S. Department of the Treasury escalated its economic pressure campaign against Iran today, sanctioning over 30 entities, individuals, and vessels in a coordinated strike aimed at dismantling the Islamic...

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Australia Ships LNG 16,000 Miles to Canada as Asia Demand Slumps
Australia is shipping LNG much further than its main buyers in Asia as demand for the super-chilled fuel in the region falters.

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Mike Schuler
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VLCC Charter Rates Top $100,000 as DHT Locks in Premium One-Year Charter
VLCC charter rates have pushed back into six-figure territory, with DHT Holdings (NYSE:DHT) securing a one-year time charter at $105,000 per day for the 2011-built DHT Redwood — one of the highest publicly disclosed fixtures of...

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Mike Schuler
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A Decade of Dominance: How the U.S. Conquered Global LNG Export Markets
Ten years ago today, the LNG carrier Asia Vision departed Louisiana's Sabine Pass Terminal carrying 3.3 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas bound for Brazil. That single shipment marked the beginning of what would become one of the most dramatic transformations in global energy markets.

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Britain Unleashes Historic Sanctions Blitz on Russia’s Oil Empire Four Years Into Ukraine War
Four years to the day after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom has delivered what officials are calling their most comprehensive sanctions package since the early months of...

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UK Targets Russian Oil Fleet With Biggest Sanctions Hit in Years
The UK government announced new sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow oil fleet as it ramped up efforts to squeeze energy revenues funding the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.

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Malte Humpert
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Too Much Ice and Too Little Draft: The Harsh Reality Facing a U.S. Hospital Ship Mission to Greenland
President Trump’s proposal to dispatch a U.S. hospital ship to Greenland would run into a combination of environmental and logistical hurdles that make such a mission impractical in February or March, when Arctic sea ice typically reaches its maximum annual extent.

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Panama Officially Cancels CK Hutchison Port Concessions, Clearing Path for Maersk
Panama on Monday published in its official gazette a Supreme Court ruling canceling key port contracts held by a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, clearing the way for Maersk's APM Terminals to take over temporarily.

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Soaring Tanker Costs Force West African Oil Price Cuts
West African crude traders are slashing prices as soaring freight costs and an unfavorable Brent-Dubai spread kill Asian demand. Tanker rates to Asia hit five-year highs while Nigerian crude discounts deepen with no buyers emerging.

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Trump Warns of Higher Tariffs for Countries That ‘Play Games’ After Court Ruling
President Donald Trump on Monday said any countries that wanted to "play games" after a key U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling that they would face much higher tariffs.