The Biden administration is cracking down on the Russian “shadow fleet” and taking steps to curb oil and gas production.

The U.S. Departments of Treasury and State Friday applied new sanctions on Russia's oil production and exports. Sanctioned were oil companies, 183 ships, dozens of oil traders, insurance companies and energy officials.

The White House, now unconcerned about the effect on gas prices and inflation, blacklisted two of Russia’s biggest oil producers and nearly 200 tanker ships.

Oil prices surged on Friday and were on track for a third straight week of gains as traders focused on potential supply disruptions from more sanctions on Russia. Brent crude futures gained $2.50, or 3.

Zelenskiy, writing later on X, expressed thanks for British sanctions imposed on Russian oil companies, saying that London "delivers yet another significant disruption to (Russian

The U.S. Treasury Department is sanctioning Russian oil companies, tankers, officials and executives. Oil prices jumped on worries that crude supplies would face disruptions. Oil prices jumped more than 3% on Friday as the U.

The United States will impose some of the harshest sanctions yet on Russia's oil industry, according to a purported U.S. Treasury document circulating among traders in Europe and Asia that drove global oil prices 3% higher on Friday.

Friday closed up +2.65 (+3.58%), and February RBOB gasoline (RBG25) closed up +0.0466 (+2.30%). Crude and gasoline prices Friday settled sharply higher, with crude posting a 3-month high and gasoline posting a 2-3/4 month high.