Oil prices nudged higher on Boxing Day as geopolitical risk rises in the markets. Friday, December 26, 2025The festive Christmas lull in oil trading saw oil prices post a weekly gain as geopolitical tensions helped push ICE Brent above the $62 per barrel mark. Venezuela and the potential choking of its heavy crude production remains the No. 1 topic, however the U.S.’ Boxing Day strikes on Nigeria could open up a new front of bullishness. US Continues to Hunt Down Venezuela Tankers. The White House has ordered US military forces around Venezuela…

China has issued the first batch of fuel export quotas for the new year, at a total of 19 million tons, Reuters reported today, citing unnamed sources. The volumes were relatively unchanged on the first fuel export quota batch for this year. The quotas include gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. In addition to those, Beijing also issued export quotas for 8 million tons of low-sulfur bunkering fuel. The bulk of the quotas, at over 70%, are going to state-owned energy majors Sinopec and CNPC. The two together received fuel export quotas for a total of…