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Gunvor Gets an All-American CEO as Törnqvist Exits

02. Dezember 2025 um 12:58
The credentials of the trader’s new CEO may help reassure the US administration.

The Gunvor Group Ltd. refinery at the Port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Europe's biggest port is where the sharp end of sanctions against Russia looks likely to hurt the Netherlands, even if the nation's economic statistics might suggest otherwise. Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg

Iraq Courts US Firms for Lukoil Stake Amid Washington Support

01. Dezember 2025 um 17:02
Iraq plans to invite a select group of major US oil companies for direct negotiations over the acquisition of Lukoil PJSC’s stake in the giant West Qurna-2 oil field, as Baghdad accelerates efforts to reshape ownership of one of its key energy assets.

A picture taken on April 17, 2017 shows flames rising from the burning of excess oil at the West Qurna-2 oilfield, west of Basra in southern Iraq.

Abu Dhabi’s IHC Says It’s Interested in Lukoil’s Overseas Assets

21. November 2025 um 16:37
Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Co. is exploring a possible acquisition of Lukoil PJSC’s overseas operations, the company said, the latest suitor positioning for opportunities created by Western sanctions on the Russian energy giant.

Attendees near the Lukoil PJSC stand at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 4.

Trump’s Sanctions Undermine Putin’s Sway in the Balkans

20. November 2025 um 05:00

The seizure of oil refineries in Bulgaria and potentially Serbia shows how Putin’s influence has waned in the region since he invaded Ukraine.

The Lukoil Neftohim Burgas oil terminal near Burgas, Bulgaria, last year. The government has now appointed a manager to find a buyer for Lukoil’s assets in the country.
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