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Full coverage: Oil

Fresh sanctions are hammering Russian oil giants. What is the fate of their Irish subsidiaries?

Over the past week, the EU, US and UK have sanctioned Rosneft and other oil industry players. Questions linger about the Russian energy firm’s remaining Irish subsidiary.

Jonathan Keane
23rd Oct, 2025 - 3 min read

From Dublin docks to Siberian fields: What happened to PetroNeft

Founded in 2003 with ambitions to become an international oil producer, PetroNeft Resources expanded from Dublin to the frozen plains of western Siberia. It is now being wound up. What happened?

Ian Kehoe
25th Aug, 2025 - 2 min read

The EU-US energy trade deal is a kabuki theatre of geoeconomics

As Europe’s energy crisis deepens, Germany’s rising reliance on imports reflects a broader EU retreat from energy independence. A new EU-US energy deal, framed as a solution, risks locking in long-term fossil fuel dependence, undermining climate goals and strategic autonomy.

Constantin Gurdgiev
7th Aug, 2025 - 6 min read

How Russian energy giant Lukoil has manoeuvred through financial markets via Ireland

Lukoil Capital DAC was registered months before the war in Ukraine and raises money that’s funnelled back to the Russian firm, which is a major player in the Kremlin's economy.

Jonathan Keane
28th May, 2025 - 6 min read

China, Opec, Trump: The downside risks pointing to a big drop in world oil prices

The short- to medium-term outlook for the oil market is beginning to change. To make a long story short, get set for large declines.

Peter Kinsella
23rd Aug, 2024 - 5 min read

Kevin McPartlan on net-zero: “If you’re interested in efficacy, rather than ideological purity, you have to take a technology-neutral approach”

Kevin McPartlan represents forecourt retailers, home fuel distributors and an oil refinery. Despite the consensus for net-zero carbon emissions, he sees a future for his industry.

Sean Keyes
4th Dec, 2023 - 6 min read

“In no sense is the oil age ending”: Petrel chair slams renewable “wishful thinking” but has yet to show oil or gas to investors

David Horgan gives an upbeat assessment of the oil and gas industry in the company’s annual report ahead of next week’s AGM. Will Petrel Resources’ beleaguered shareholders benefit from this “time of exceptional opportunity”?

Thomas Hubert
29th Jul, 2022 - 3 min read

Providence Resources, all-in on the Barryroe Field, plans to change its name (for the third time)

Providence Resources is in the last-chance saloon. It needs to convince the Minister for the Environment to allow it to drill an appraisal well at its Barryroe Field. To that end, it's changing its name to Barryroe Offshore Energy.

Sean Keyes
30th Jun, 2022 - 2 min read

Is Larry Goodman now Providence Resources’ biggest shareholder?

A large volume of shares in the owner of an oil field worth billions off the coast of Cork has just been acquired by one buyer. The seller of these shares has previously sold to Goodman and may have done so again.

Tom Lyons
28th Jun, 2022 - 2 min read

Petrel epilogue: How cunning American lenders walked away with at least £1m

Two years ago, a small Dublin oil company was rocked by alleged fraudulent share sales that ruined plans for its majority takeover by Middle-Eastern investors. A deal to close the dispute reveals who won, who lost, and how much.

Thomas Hubert
14th Apr, 2022 - 2 min read
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