A very large crude carrier (VLCC) has started discharging about 2 million barrels of Iranian condensate at a port in Venezuela in the latest energy swap which helps the two countries bypass illegal US sanctions.

China's imports of Iranian crude oil last year hit a record high since the US imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic in 2018 with the aim of bringing the country's oil sale down to zero, Bloomberg reports.

US occupation forces set up an oil refinery in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah, as Washington continues to loot energy resources in the war-ravaged country.

A huge fire that swept through heavy crude containers at Tehran oil refinery is almost extinguished.

Syrian firefighters are working to extinguish a blaze that has broken out at a distillation unit of the country’s main Homs refinery.

A huge fire has broken out at an oil refinery in the port city of Haifa in the occupied territories, with initial media reports citing a cyberattack. 

Indonesian state oil company Pertamina said it has shut its Balongan oil refinery as it battles to control a massive fire.