Japan to Start Strategic Oil Release Monday

  Tokyo has moved ahead of its international partners. Japan will begin releasing strategic petroleum reserves as early as Monday, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Wednesday, in a unilateral step that signals the depth of concern in the world’s fourth-largest economy over a rapidly deteriorating energy supply outlook tied to the widening conflict in…

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Fuel Hits ₦1,300 as Dangote Hikes Prices Amid Global War

NMDPRA: Fuel Price Volatility Caused by Global Market Shocks

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has attributed the latest surge in fuel pump prices to the “vagaries of market forces” following the escalation of the US-Israel-Iran war. NMDPRA spokesperson George Ene-Ita stated on Sunday that under the current deregulated regime, the government no longer dictates prices. Instead, local costs are directly…

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