Friday, 14 May 2021_The operator of a critical US pipeline that provides the East Coast of the country with nearly half of its gasoline and jet fuel reportedly shelled out $5 million ransom to hackers, clearing the way for the pipeline to function normally again.
Friday, 18 September 2020_Saudi Arabia may be in possession of enough mineable uranium ore to produce nuclear fuel , a new report by the Guardian reveals.
Friday, 14 August 2020_The US government has for the first time seized vessels allegedly carrying Iran’s gasoline to Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Thursday, 30 July 2020_The Australian government plans to set up a military fuel reserve in the port city of Darwin with funding provided by the United States, an apparent move to boost military cooperation with Washington amid rising tensions with China.
TEHRAN, 31 May_Fuel shipped from Iran has begun arriving at Venezuela’s gasoline stations as the fifth cargo of an Iranian flotilla approached the Caribbean Sea and was expected to reach Venezuelan waters Sunday.
Following several weeks of scarcity of fuel in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran is about to deliver a group of fuel -loaded ships to the Latin American nation to tackle the critical situation that has kept most gasoline stations unable to pump up the energetic resource to most Venezuelans customers.
TEHRAN, Dec 5_A Yemeni maritime official says the Saudi-led coalition has impounded more than a dozen ships carrying energy derivatives and food destined for the conflict-plagued and impoverished Arab country, despite the fact the vessels had earlier acquired necessary permits from the United Nations.
TEHRAN, Sept 16 -Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has seized a ship carrying some 250,000 liters of smuggled diesel fuel in the Persian Gulf, detaining all crew members on board.
TEHRAN, August 12 - The Portuguese government imposed fuel rationing at petrol stations as fuel -tanker drivers started an indefinite strike on Monday and it promised to prevent the labor action from paralyzing the country at the height of the tourist season.
TEHRAN, August 9 -A fuel tanker exploded in eastern Tanzania on Saturday killing at least 60 people, authorities said, as flames ripped through a crowd that had gathered to siphon petrol from it.
TEHRAN, Jul 18 - Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) details its recent capturing of a foreign tanker smuggling one million liters of Iranian fuel near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
TEHRAN, Jul 17 -A senior official from Iran’s Ministry of Oil says the country is currently holding abundant stocks of fuel despite US sanction that have affected the oil industry.
TEHRAN, May 28 - Ships carrying food and fuel intended for Venezuela have been sabotaged to prevent them from reaching their destination, President Nicolas Maduro has said, labeling the acts “torture to the economic body of the country.”
TEHRAN, Jan 19 - As a pipeline ruptured and exploded in central Mexico on Friday, at least 21 people were killed and 71 were injured on, Reuters reported.
TEHRAN, Jan 14- Protesters barricaded roads and burned tyres in a suburb of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare on Monday, two days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s announced a massive fuel price surge in an effort to stem a deepening economic crisis.
TEHRAN, Jan 12 - A major fuel pipeline that supplies Mexico City remained closed after two ruptures in a single day, the president said on Friday, as the government works to stem shortages that have frustrated motorists and triggered economic risks.
TEHRAN, Jan 1 - Some 150,000 police forces are set to be on duty across France on New Year’s Eve as “yellow vest” demonstrators have already called for yet another round of anti-government protest rallies in the European country.
TEHRAN, December 31 -The Mexican army took control of state oil company Pemex refineries where some unionized workers were preventing access to strategic areas.