“[N]ot many offshore oil and gas blocks in Vietnam possess both large-scale commercial oil and gas fields. Block 15-1 is one of the few rare exceptions”, PetroVietnam said.

The impact on the climate would be severe if this oil field (block FZA-M-59) were to be opened. Not only would this field result in substantial emissions, ...

Ukrainian intelligence has identified the captain of the oil embargo-breaking tanker FACCA, a part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers.