WashingtonThe US temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian diesel days ago.
Now it weighs freeing shadow-fleet tankers to cut record freight rates, a US official said.
Tankers would carry only unsanctioned oil, and Treasury would license each company’s use case by case.
Analysts at Energy Aspects say the old tankers would add little capacity.
Brent trades near $105.51 a barrel with no decision announced.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- Aol
- Investing.com
- frames the sanctions report as limited by Hormuz attacks and Saudi-Houthi clashes, noting WTI up 6.2% on the week
- Yahoo News
- specifies Treasury approval is needed per company and recalls the Russian diesel waiver through 7 April
- Українська правда
- quotes the US official's 'legal oil' distinction: only non-sanctioned crude or products would move on previously sanctioned ships
- TASS
- cites an FT estimate that 13–19% of the global tanker fleet is US-sanctioned, and argues the move won't cut diesel prices
Sources: Aol, Investing.com, Yahoo News, Українська правда, TASS