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Petrobras platform P-51 in a 2009 company handout image. The photo is not of the Morpho well.

Equatorial Margin

Petrobras closes Morpho well at the mouth of the Amazon after three oil discoveries in under three months

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen during a visit to the United Kingdom in June 2026.

Eleven EU countries will release 20.5 million barrels of diesel from strategic reserves by the end of January

The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran to the north and the Arabian Peninsula to the south, in a December 2020 image from NASA's Terra satellite.

Brent settles at $116.72, a six-month high, as Houthi attacks hit Saudi energy infrastructure

King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in 2012.

Houthi attacks kill four in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province and push Brent above $110

The Strait of Hormuz seen by NASA's Terra satellite in December 2020: Iran to the north, the Musandam Peninsula to the south, and a 34-km channel at its narrowest point.

Strait of Hormuz

Iran says a tanker carrying 2 million barrels caught fire after striking a mine in Hormuz, and declares the strait closed

María Corina Machado at a press conference at the Valencia Bar Association in Venezuela, in October 2023.

Machado says Washington shut her out of the Caracas talks, and vows to return to Venezuela

Saudi Aramco's core area in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, with the Al Mujamma mosque in the foreground and the administration buildings behind, in a file photo.

Houthi attack hits Saudi Aramco's headquarters in Dhahran, and Brent climbs to $106.24

The International Monetary Fund's headquarters in Washington; the 2026 annual meetings are being held in Bangkok.

IMF raises its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, with oil at $96 and public debt climbing

An Indian Navy ship on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, in November 2018.

Somali pirates killed five of a tanker's 17 crew before losing the ship to Puntland forces

A satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran (north) and the Arabian Peninsula (south), captured by NASA's MODIS sensor in December 2020.

Trump rejects Iran's plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days

The El Sharara oil field in south-western Libya, operated in partnership with Spain's Repsol.

Armed group shuts valve at Libya's largest oil field, and the state producer threatens force majeure

The Berlaymont building, seat of the European Commission, in Brussels in 2019.

Brussels keeps its moratorium on Arctic oil and gas drilling, despite pressure from Norway

The Manifa oil field on Saudi Arabia's east coast, photographed from the International Space Station in August 2023.

Aramco tells European refiners they will get no crude in October