AfD Preps Talks With Moscow To Reopen Cheap Gas Flows To Germany

"Doesn't Look Good": Explosion Rocks Major New Orleans-Area Refinery As Fuel Markets Tighten A fire broke out Friday afternoon at PBF Energy's Chalmette refinery outside New Orleans, according to the facility. Reuters cited people familiar with the incident who said the 190,000-barrel-per-day Chalmette refinery suffered an explosion on Friday afternoon. The explosion can be traced to a reformer heater used to convert refining byproducts into octane-boosting components added to unfinished gasoline to make premium and mid-grade fuel blends. The 190,000-barrel-per-day refinery is one of the major Gulf Coast refineries because it produces...

The US Justice Department is preparing to reactivate prize courts to “adjudicate the disposition of [Iranian] captured vessels and cargo.” Bloomberg reported speaking with an attorney working with the Justice Department on reviving the court. “Our national security interests may require the United States military to seize vessels or cargo supporting the enemy during military […]

A spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi told Rudaw on Thursday that there’s no evidence a drone attack against Saudi oil infrastructure was launched from Iraqi territory, a claim that was used to justify major US-Saudi strikes on Iraq. Sabah al-Numan said that despite the lack of evidence, Iraq was still looking into the […]