** Iran attacked a “fully loaded” crude oil tanker anchored off the United Arab Emirates, the latest in a string of assaults on merchant vessels in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war. On Tuesday morning, the Al Salmi, a Kuwaiti vessel, was struck on its starboard side by a projectile, causing a fire on board. Kuwait’s Petroleum Corporation confirmed that the vessel was carrying a full cargo at the time of the incident.
** Ukrainian drones on Tuesday struck Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, and industry sources told Reuters an oil loading terminal was hit, likely adding to Russia’s difficulties in exporting crude.
** A Russian oil tanker docked in a Cuban port on Tuesday to deliver the first crude shipment to the island since January after Washington gave the crisis-hit country a reprieve from a fuel blockade. The Anatoly Kolodkin, a tanker under US sanctions, entered the port of Matanzas, east of Havana, after sunrise to deliver 730,000 barrels of crude, AFP journalists said.
** More than two dozen ships sanctioned for being part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet have passed through UK waters since Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week authorised the military to detain vessels used by Moscow to export oil.
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** Some oil and gas companies are working to lower methane emissions from drilling facilities and pipeline networks in Appalachia and the Permian Basin, but they’re doing so relatively quietly amid industry concerns about the war in Iran and federal loosening of environmental regulations.
** Commissioners at a Florida port vote unanimously not to sell land to Berkshire Hathaway and Chesapeake Utilities for a liquified natural gas plant to supply the cruise and space industry.
** El Paso Electric’s filings with Texas regulators show it plans to build a 366 MW power plant consisting of 813 small gas-fired generators to accommodate a massive expansion of Meta’s planned data center.
** Pantheon Resources PLC , the oil and gas specialist company focused on Alaska’s North Slope, is in advanced discussions with multiple major energy companies over a potential farm-in partnership as it seeks to convert its certified resource base into commercial production.