Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Markets Are Soaring All Over the World

Diesel markets are jumping everywhere, a positive indicator for oil prices more widely.

January 14, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

Trucker Snarl in East China Hits Container Shipping

A suspension of trucking services in several parts of east China’s Zhejiang province has slowed the transportation of manufactured goods and commodities through one of the world’s most important ports.

January 7, 2022
Business

Daimler Details Ownership Stakes, Joint Ventures With Chinese Partners

When a Chinese billionaire became Daimler AG’s biggest shareholder in 2018, it caused quite a stir. Another Chinese investor took an even bigger stake the following year, the Mercedes-Benz maker just disclosed for the first time.

December 13, 2021
Business, Fuel

OPEC+ Sticks to Planned Supply Hike But Adds a Get-Out Clause

OPEC and its allies will proceed with their next oil-production hike, but said they could revisit the decision at any moment as the risk to demand from the omicron variant of COVID-19 becomes clearer.

December 2, 2021
Government, Fuel

US Poised to Release Oil From Reserve With Other Nations

President Joe Biden is preparing to announce a release of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in concert with several other countries as soon as Nov. 23, according to people familiar with the plan.

November 22, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel

OPEC+ Rejects Biden’s Plea for Bigger Oil-Supply Increase

OPEC and its allies will stick to their slow pace of oil-production increases, disregarding President Joe Biden’s demand to go faster.

November 4, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Consumer Prices Outpace Forecast as Inflation Dogs Economy

Prices paid by U.S. consumers rose in September by more than forecast, resuming a faster pace of growth and underscoring the persistence of inflationary pressures in the economy.

October 13, 2021
Business, Logistics, Top 50

Greenbriar Reportedly Considers Sale of BDP International

Greenbriar Equity Group is exploring a sale of BDP International that could value the logistics company at more than $1.5 billion including debt, people with knowledge of the matter said.

October 8, 2021
Business, Fuel

California’s Offshore Industry Under Fire After Oil Spill

California's worst oil spill in almost 30 years has drawn fresh scrutiny of aging offshore oil and gas infrastructure around the world, built decades ago back before fracking, horizontal drilling and shale made ocean drilling less economic.

October 5, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Christmas at Risk as Supply Chain ‘Disaster’ Only Gets Worse

Bottlenecks that gummed up the global supply chain in 2020 have only gotten worse, and evidence is mounting that the holiday season is at risk.

October 4, 2021