INSIGHT-Fearing tobacco's fate, palm oil industry fights back  Reuters AfricaOn the morning of Feb. 26, executives from a Washington consultancy presented a strategy paper to some of the most powerful officials in the Malaysian palm oil ... Read …

U.S. warrant issued for seizure of Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar -court document  ReutersA U.S. court has issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian tanker seized in Gibraltar along with its cargo of crude oil, a court document showed on Fr …

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, oil plunge on growing signs of global slowdown  ReutersEquity markets tanked and oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday after a closely watched bond indicator pointed to the growing risk of a U.S. recession that was ... Read …

Saudi, Trump 'jawboning' suggests $75 top for oil market  Reuters AfricaAsk Saudi Arabia about its preferred oil price and the kingdom will say it has no target. Read more https://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL8N25843L

Indonesian utility closes tender for small LNG floating storage unit  Reuters AfricaIndonesian gas utility company PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), a unit of state-owned Pertamina, is looking to lease a floating storage unit (FSU) for liquefied .. …

Cleaning Polish system after Russian dirty oil to take six months  Reuters AfricaCleaning the Polish pipeline and storage system after it was contaminated with tainted oil from Russia in April will take at least six months, Poland's minister ... …

Russia's Aug 1-8 oil output up to 11.32 million bpd -sources  Reuters AfricaMOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Oil production in Russia rose to 11.32 million barrels per day (bpd) on August 1-8, up from 11.15 million bpd on average in July, ... Read more …

UPDATE 2-IEA says oil demand growth at lowest since 2008  ReutersMounting signs of an economic slowdown and a ratcheting up of the U.S.-China trade war have caused global oil demand to grow at its slowest pace since the ... Read more https://uk.r …

EU regulators to investigate Polish oil refiner PKN's bid for Lotos  Reuters AfricaEU antitrust regulators opened a full-scale investigation on Wednesday into Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen's bid for rival Lotos, saying the deal may reduce ... Read …

Loading at Rosneft's oil refinery unaffected by arms depot fire - TASS  ReutersLoading has been operating on schedule on Monday at Russian oil giant Rosneft's Achinsk oil refinery, the TASS news agency quoted a refinery spokesperson ... Read more …