Eastern European nations are launching a renewed diplomatic push to extend NATO’s Cold War-era fuel pipeline network eastward, seeking to fortify the alliance’s military readiness as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year.
Iraq is aggressively exploring alternative oil export routes, including the revival of dormant pipelines and the construction of new corridors, to protect its economy from rising geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
The European Commission is exploring financial intervention to resume oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, a move aimed at de-escalating a bitter diplomatic row between Ukraine and its Central European neighbours.
Ukraine has informed neighbouring Slovakia that oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline are not expected to resume in the coming days, further extending a monthslong suspension that has fuelled political friction across Central Europe.
Egypt is prepared to facilitate the transport of Saudi Arabian crude oil to global markets via the Sumed pipeline, Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi said Tuesday, as regional conflict forced a major shift in Saudi Aramco’s logistics.
Iraq has suspended all crude oil exports via a pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan from its semi-autonomous Kurdistan region as regional instability begins to choke critical energy infrastructure.
A Santa Barbara Superior Court judge on Friday upheld a preliminary injunction against Sable Offshore, blocking the company’s immediate plans to restart production and transport oil through two controversial coastal pipelines.
The ruling by Judge Donna Geck ensures the pipelines will remain dormant for at least four months.
The ambitious project to house the Line 5 pipeline within a protective tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac has faced a significant setback, with officials announcing that completion is now delayed until at least 2031.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday dismissed demands from the European Union and neighboring allies to fast-track repairs on the Druzhba pipeline, stating that ongoing Russian strikes have made a quick restoration of oil flows impossible.
A North Dakota judge signalled Tuesday he will formalize an order requiring Greenpeace to pay an estimated $345 million in damages to pipeline company Energy Transfer.
The order stemmed from the environmental group's role in protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.
The United Kingdom announced a massive expansion of its sanctions against Russia's oil exports. However, it notably carved out an exemption for the Druzhba pipeline, a critical oil pipeline that remains a flashpoint for European energy politics.
Hungary will block the European Union’s latest round of sanctions against Russia, the nation’s foreign minister said Sunday, escalating a diplomatic standoff over the flow of Russian crude oil through Ukrainian territory.
Uganda and Tanzania have entered advanced negotiations to construct a pipeline for refined petroleum products, a move aimed at bolstering regional energy security and ending Uganda’s long-standing dependence on Kenyan transit routes.
ExxonMobil Corp. is facing expanded antitrust claims in a Texas court, accused of leveraging its dominant carbon dioxide pipeline network to stifle competition in the emerging blue ammonia market.
