The two oil-producing countries have extended their partnership even as the United States and Europe have sought to punish and isolate Russia for invading Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to tackle record gasoline prices with an unprecedented release of emergency oil reserves may stifle domestic crude drilling just when it’s needed most.
Security camera footage showed a building ablaze inside the complex amid fighting. The fire was later extinguished. A Ukrainian agency said that Russian forces had taken control of the site.
The conflict is unfolding against sweeping changes in the energy sector. A growing number of countries and companies are pledging to phase out fossil fuels and adopt cleaner alternatives as they combat climate change, even as global fossil fuel use continues to climb.
