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After Oil, Russia May Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas

Jun 28 2024 // In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to ferry its oil around the world. Now there is growing evidence Moscow has begun to...

Venezuela Resorts to Using Shadow Tankers to Supply Oil to Ally Cuba

Jun 27 2024 // Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has begun using tankers that navigate off radar to supply its closest political ally, Cuba, as a fleet of state-owned vessels that have historically covered the route dwindles,...

Dredger That Hit Tanker Reported Sudden Loss of Control; Oil Spill Cleanup Ongoing

Jun 18 2024 // Singapore authorities said Monday a dredger boat reported a sudden loss in engine and steering control that led it to hit a stationary cargo tanker, causing an oil spill that has blackened part of the city-island’s...

Denmark Seeks to Limit Shadow Tanker Fleet Carrying Russian Oil

Jun 17 2024 // Denmark is considering ways to stop a so-called shadow fleet of tankers from carrying Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, the Nordic country said on Monday, triggering a sharp response from Moscow’s diplomats who...

Texas Ranchers Face Growing Risk as Abandoned Oil Wells Gush Gassy Water

Jun 13 2024 // In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids on the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet. Gassy water was...

UK Puts First Sanctions on Russia’s Shadow-Fleet Oil Tankers

Jun 13 2024 // The UK announced wide-ranging sanctions on Russia, including a first attempt to clamp down on a shadow-fleet of tankers transporting the Kremlin’s oil and a key Moscow-based insurance company.The measures target four...

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