Oil Prices Sink 10% as Trump Announces Strait of Hormuz is Fully Open

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open” to commercial shipping for the remainder of the US-Iran ceasefire, a declaration that drew an…

Labor Dispute in Australia Could Further Hinder Global LNG Supply

A labor dispute could soon lead to industrial action at the Ichthys LNG plant offshore Western Australia, potentially further crippling global LNG supply at a time when 20% is already…

Iran Says Hormuz Strait Now Completely Open

(Update) April 17, 2026, 2:17 PM GMT+1: Article updated with more detail throughout. Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz is now “completely open” for commercial traffic, a major step toward…

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  • April 17, 2026
Podcast | UK CO2 shortages: what’s the story?

The 1895 Podcast The 1895 Podcast is a content-driven podcast for the global industrial gases business, bringing together topical news, views and analysis of the stories that matter in the…

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  • April 17, 2026
Laser processing lifts MOF carbon capture performance by 75%, says research team

By 45 min ago 3 min read Researchers in South Korea have reported a carbon capture development using laser-based processing to enhance the performance of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class…

India Pays in Yuan for Iranian Oil Purchases Under U.S. Waiver

Indian refiners that have bought Iranian crude under the one-month U.S. waiver on Iran’s oil on tankers are settling the purchases in Chinese yuan via the Shanghai office of India’s…

Tanker Fleet Heads to Load U.S. Oil as Middle East Supply Crumbles

Empty supertankers have left Asia en route to the U.S. via the Cape of Good Hope in one of the biggest queue of vessels ever seen at sea, as Asian…

First Crude Cargo Clears Hormuz Since U.S. Blockade Began

A tanker flying the flag of Pakistan has just become the first vessel to ship crude out of the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. blockade outside the chokepoint began…

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  • April 17, 2026
French refuelling firm orders $7m of Nel electrolysers

By 33 min ago 2 min read Nel Hydrogen has received an order for $7m worth of PEM electrolysers from a French multi-energy refuelling company. Under the deal, Mesure Process…

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  • April 17, 2026
Video | Geopolitics, depletion and demand: the pressures on helium supply

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