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        <title><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qatar Extends Force Majeure on LNG Supply Through Mid-June]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Agrees Symbolic Quota Hike as UAE Touts Oil Investment]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 10:27:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Casts Doubts on Iran Peace Proposal as Details Emerge]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 07:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Meeting Offers Chance to Show Unity After UAE’s Shock Exit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Provisionally Agrees June Quota Increase, Delegate Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 14:26:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Delegates Expect Another Symbolic Supply Hike Without UAE]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:51:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UAE Bristled at Saudis for Years Before Iran War Tipped Scales]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Dagher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:06:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UAE Exit Blindsides OPEC and Threatens to Shake Its Grip on Oil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:39:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Messaging Blitz Divides Advisers as Iran Talks Waver]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:53:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Rises as NYT Reports US-Iran Talks on Hold as Deadline Looms]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Burkhardt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:02:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A pump jack near Imperial, Texas, US, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. The problem of too much wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a cornerstone of global markets and is critical to President Donald Trump’s push for energy dominance.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Hesitant on Talks Even as Trump Says Vance Is on Way]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eltaf Najafizada]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Seizes Iranian Ship in Blockade, Casting Doubt on Peace Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Subramanian]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:20:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US and Iran Weigh Truce Extension With Hormuz Still Shuttered]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:17:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US and Iran Weigh Extending Their Ceasefire by Two Weeks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:12:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Key Saudi Pipeline Has Limited Damage as Oil Keeps Flowing]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona MacDonald]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:57:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Crucial East-West Oil Pipeline Hit by Drone]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:49:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qatar Begins Work to Resume LNG Production After Ceasefire]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Stapczynski]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:11:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israeli Gas Flows to Egypt Return to Pre-War Levels]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:23:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Makes Symbolic Oil Hike, Sees Long Supply Hit From War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona MacDonald]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Secret Codes and Yuan Fees Get Ships Through Iran’s Hormuz Tollbooth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Vessels wanting to transit the strategic waterway need to be from friendly countries, and some have to pay fees in Chinese currency or crypto before being escorted through the strait.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/strait-of-hormuz-ships-paying-iran-yuan-and-crypto-tolls-for-safe-passage</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:35:04 GMT</pubDate>
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