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Weatherford expands Russia operations despite U.S. sanctions pressure
HOUSTON (Realist English). U.S. oilfield services group Weatherford International has deepened its presence in Russia despite sweeping sanctions aimed at...
Global oil market faces late-2025 surplus amid weaker Asia demand, IEA warns
PARIS (Realist English). A sharp increase in global oil production, led by Saudi Arabia, will begin to collide with softening...
East African Crude Oil Pipeline nears completion despite years of delays, investor exits, and mounting opposition
KAMPALA (Realist English). The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), more than a decade in the making, is entering its...
Eight OPEC+ producers to cut oil output by 547,000 bpd in September to support market stability
RIYADH (Realist English). Eight key OPEC+ countries — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and...
AD Ports Group signs MoU with Egypt to develop strategic crude oil storage infrastructure
ABU DHABI / CAIRO (Realist English). AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), a leading global operator in trade, logistics, and industrial...
Turkey seeks full use of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in new energy pact with Iraq
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is pressing for full-scale utilisation of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline as a key condition in a...
Experts dismiss EU’s $750bn energy pledge to US as unrealistic and politically driven
WASHINGTON / BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union’s commitment to purchase $750 billion worth of American energy over the next...
Turkey deepens ties with Libya’s east as maritime deal edges closer to full ratification
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Saddam Hifter, commander of Libya’s eastern ground forces and son of Khalifa Hifter, made his second visit...
Shell and others abandon global climate standard group over oil and gas restrictions
LONDON (Realist English). Shell, Aker BP, and Enbridge have exited a high-level climate advisory group after the Science Based Targets...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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