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News Articles: oil

High-voltage power lines are pictured on January 14, 2026 in Miami, Fla. President Trump promised to cut energy bills in half within one year of his re-election. Gasoline prices have fallen about 20%, but electricity rates are still rising.

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  • Business

Trump promised to cut energy bills in half. One year later, has he delivered?

Cheap gasoline, yes. Drill, baby, drill? Not so much. And electricity bills are going up, not down.

January 20, 2026
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
President Donald Trump dances as he walks off stage after speaking to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Washington.

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  • News

Trump says US to get 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market price

Trump pledged to use proceeds from the sale of this oil "to benefit the people" of both countries.

January 07, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India.

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  • World

Putin and Modi expand India-Russia economic ties in talks in New Delhi

India gave Russia's leader a warm welcome in his first visit since his country invaded Ukraine. The visit in part signaled India's defiance of the U.S., which has punished New Delhi for buying Russian oil.

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Shweta Desai
On the outskirts of Dhanbad, in India's Jharkhand state, heaps of coal are loaded onto a train car in August. India is the world's third-largest greenhouse gas polluter and relies heavily on coal for electricity generation.

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  • Climate

Leaders promised to cut climate pollution, then doubled down on fossil fuels

Ten years after countries promised to cut climate pollution in the Paris Agreement, countries plan to produce more than twice the amount of fossil fuels that would be consistent with that deal.

September 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
The Reliance Industries oil refinery in Jamnagar, in India's Gujarat state. Researchers say that the refinery gets nearly half its crude oil from Russia and that most of the oil products that the U.S. imports from India are made in this refinery.

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  • World

The U.S. is a major importer of Indian products made from Russian oil

The United States imports oil products from India's Reliance Industries refinery, which sources nearly half its oil from Russia.

September 08, 2025
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By:
  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Brent Jones
The Taliban's acting minister of mines and petroleum Shahabuddin Dilawar (left), acting first deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar (center) and China's envoy to Afghanistan Wang Yu attend a press conference to announce an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company, in Kabul on Jan. 5, 2023.

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  • World

Contract breach or banditry? Inside the collapse of the Taliban's oil deal with China

Two years after the oil deal was signed, it collapsed — with the Taliban accusing the Chinese company of breaching the contract and some Chinese employees likening the Taliban's actions to robbery.

August 29, 2025
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn and
  • Vincent Ni
Oil tanker trucks sit outside an oil refinery operated by Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. in Mumbai, India.

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  • Asia

What Trump's threat to tariff Russia's trade partners means for India

President Trump said India would pay the price for buying Russian oil and military equipment. Here is a look at how India, with one of Asia's largest economies, is responding.

July 31, 2025
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  • Omkar Khandekar
The LyondellBasell Houston refinery is seen in June. Multiple factors are holding oil prices down, including the fact that the United States is now the world's largest oil producer.

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  • Business

Why a war in the Middle East hasn't sparked an oil crisis

Global crude oil prices are now lower than they were before Israel attacked Iran earlier this month. A price spike did occur, but it was short-lived — unlike oil crises of the past.

June 25, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Fire and smoke rise after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15 in Tehran, Iran.

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  • Asia

Why is China so concerned about Israel-Iran tensions?

China is closely watching whether Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire. Beijing gets much of its crude oil imports from Iran through a "dark fleet" of vessels to evade American sanctions.

June 24, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Crude oil prices rose sharply as Israel's attack on Iran raised fears of a broader disruption of Middle East oil supplies. Relatively low gasoline prices in the U.S. have helped to keep inflation in check.

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  • Economy

Oil prices jump and stocks tumble following Israel's attack on Iran

Israel's attack on Iran sparked the biggest jump in crude oil prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago. Stocks fell sharply.

June 13, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
A man stops to fill up his car at a gas station in Washington, D.C., in November. Gas prices have fallen this spring, despite the fact that they typically rise this time of year, largely because of lower oil prices. That saves drivers money and also brings down the costs of goods.

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  • Business

Why oil prices are falling, and what it means for the economy

Between tariffs roiling the global economy and OPEC putting more barrels on the market, prices have dropped significantly since January. That's good for consumers, and bad for oil companies.

May 06, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Scott Rabinowitz, president of Grand Resources, stands near a pump jack in Sperry, Okla., on March 20, 2024.

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  • Business

Why a tiny bit of oil can be a big deal

More than three-quarters of U.S. wells make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of their small output. But they're a big deal to oil producers and environmentalists.

March 26, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
An aerial view of oil storage containers near the Chevron Pasadena Refinery in June 2024 in Pasadena, Texas.  The U.S. is now the world's largest oil producer. President Trump says he is declaring a 'national energy emergency' as one of his first acts in office.

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  • Politics

Trump plans to declare a 'national energy emergency.' What does that mean?

President Trump is making energy a top priority on his first day in office, pledging to declare a national emergency – which no president has ever done before. The implications aren't clear.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Three oil platforms are seen in federal waters off the southern California coast in 2021.  President Biden has prohibited new oil and gas leases in more than 625 million acres of federal ocean; existing leases are not affected.

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  • Business

Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling

President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged under the incoming Trump administration.

January 06, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
An oil pumpjack is seen near a field of wind turbines in October 2023 in Nolan, Texas. The U.S. oil industry is headed towards a record-breaking year; renewable energy has also set several records this year. Prominent Republicans, including several in President-elect Donald Trump's circle, are talking about an "all-of-the-above" approach to energy that supports fossil fuel and clean energy.

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  • Business

Under Trump, an 'all of the above' energy policy is poised for a comeback

Trump promised to "drill, baby, drill." What does that actually mean for the U.S. oil and gas industry – and other types of energy, too?

December 09, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
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