Israeli authorities claimed to have…
Earlier this year, the price…
British multinational oil & gas…
The CEO of the Kuwait’s state-run oil company says the price of oil won’t rise above $64 per barrel until at least mid-2015 unless either the global economy recovers or…
The drop in oil prices caused by a supply glut hasn’t daunted US drillers. Oil companies are still drilling in the United States at the highest rate in more than…
With oil hovering around $70 a barrel, oil and gas companies must make decisions on 800 proposed projects worth a total of $500 billion. An oil analyst told Reuters that…
The six-month slide in oil prices has driven Houston-based oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips to reduce its capital budget by 20 percent for 2015. The result was an immediate, if…
Ukraine’s Naftogaz has sent $378.22 million to Russia as advance payment for natural gas supplies, which should lead to the resumption of shipments that were suspended nearly six months ago…
At a time of plummeting prices for crude, Iran is looking for ways to decrease its dependence on oil revenues to balance its budget. “We need to increase non-oil exports…
Saudi Arabia may have led the move to keep OPEC’s crude production high and thereby keep prices low, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t concerned about keeping its share of…
US government estimates of the amount of natural gas that can be extracted by fracking may be far too optimistic, according to a new study by the University of Texas…
OPEC’s decision last month not to shore up oil prices by cutting production has begun to hurt at least one of its members: Venezuela’s government will cut government spending by…
Sometimes it seems Ukraine and energy just don’t mix. Its relationship with Moscow, maintained today only for the sake of buying desperately needed Russian gas, is patchy at best.…
Oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Alberta Premier Jim Prentice met his Ontario peer Kathleen Wynne Wednesday…
US Secretary of State John Kerry says the sanctions imposed by his country and the European Union have had the desired effect on Russia’s economy, but they haven’t yet changed…
Two multinational energy giants, Chevron Corp. of the United States and Norway’s Statoil, have begun extracting oil and gas from the large Jack and St. Malo fields in US waters…
A worker welds pipes during the symbolic start of the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream pipeline…
The government in Baghdad and Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish regional leadership have agreed on a deal under which the Kurds may export oil, ending a dispute between…
The European Union is lending more than $180 million to Ukraine for improving its stretch of a pipeline that ships natural gas from northern Russia to customers in Europe. A…
As an example of the fine pursuit of high ideals, Germany’s drive for clean energy could not be finer. Whether you hold to the majority view regarding the arguments on…
When OPEC decided on Nov. 27 not to reduce production below a nearly 3-year-old cap of 30 million barrels a day, the losers were producers such as the United…
Evidently the board of BG Group was listening when investor groups complained about a huge pay package for Helge Lund, who is set to become the new CEO of the…
Researchers at the Netherland’s KU Leuven’s Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis have successfully converted sawdust into building blocks for gasoline. With the invention of a new chemical process, they…