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Coral Energy, a Dubai-based oil trader and storage company, has hired Mercury Public Affairs for Washington representation.
The company is among the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabian energy companies to purchase heavily discounted Russian crude oil, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Persian Gulf countries use the cheap Russian oil for internal use and refining, while exporting their own barrels at higher market rates.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, a move that triggered sanctions from the US and European Union, Coral Energy has handled dozens of shipments of Russian oil to Turkey, Tunisia and some European nations.
Mercury has Toby Moffett, former Connecticut Democratic Congressman; and Bryan Lanza, communications director for the Trump transition team, handling Coral Energy.
Omnicom owns Mercury.
Keybridge Communications signs on to pitch Switzerland as America's "quiet ally in prosperity."
Ruder Finn, Inc. has signed on to support China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and its US research arm Futurewei’s communications in the US.
Plus Communications handles Polish billionaire Zygmunt Solorz who is battling his three children for control of two family foundations that own Poland's Cyfrowy Polsat satellite TV/telecommunications platform.
Rubin Turnbull & Assocs. has been hired to provide consulting & communications services to the ad hoc board of Petréleos de Venezuela S.A.
Putala Strategies inks a $75K-per-month pact to bolster Romania’s ties with the US in the fields of defense, economic cooperation and energy security.
