Singapore (AFP) Dec 3, 2018 - Oil prices soared more than five percent on Monday after Russia and Saudi Arabia renewed a pact to cap output, while the US agreed to halt raising tariffs on Chinese imports, stalling a trade row that many feared could hit demand for the commodity.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 - Extracting gas from new sources is vital in order to supplement dwindling conventional supplies. Shale reservoirs host gas trapped in the pores of mudstone, which consists of a mixture of silt miner
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 - Hold a cold drink on a hot day, and watch as small droplets form on the glass, eventually coalescing into a layer of moisture (and prompting you to reach for a coaster). This basic physical pr
Paris (AFP) Dec 2, 2018 - Angry yellow vest protesters, hard-core agitators or young delinquents: building a typical profile of the rioters in Paris this weekend is no easy task.
Paris (AFP) Dec 2, 2018 - French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday surveyed the damage from a day of riots across Paris and led a crisis meeting that ended with a call for further talks with anti-government activists who have staged two weeks of protests.
Paris (AFP) Dec 1, 2018 - Anti-government protesters torched dozens of cars and set fire to storefronts during daylong clashes with riot police across central Paris on Saturday, as thousands took part in fresh yellow vest protests against high fuel taxes.
Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2018 - U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly okayed the applications of several oil and gas companies looking to prospect in the Atlantic Ocean. The prospecting process involves seismic blasts that environmental groups say will harm whales and dolphins.
Tampa (AFP) Nov 30, 2018 - The US government Friday took a big step toward opening oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic ocean by approving seismic airgun tests that experts warn are harmful to dolphins and whales.
Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2018 - Crude oil prices were lower Friday amid ongoing concern that the market is unbalanced, with growing production and record-high exports from the United States.
Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2018 - Gazprom, majority owned by the Russian government and the biggest natural gas supplier to Europe, has increased its shipments to the European Union by 6.2 percent so far this year.
Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2018 - Crude oil prices were higher on Thursday morning, as some investors saw buying opportunities following overnight lows where West Texas Intermediate dipped below $50 per barrel.
Lima (AFP) Nov 29, 2018 - A Peruvian oil executive warned Wednesday of catastrophe after indigenous residents cut a major pipeline in a region of the Amazon, triggering the spill of 8,000 barrels of oil.
Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2018 - A Peruvian state oil company said it has received $1.3 billion from lenders, in addition to $2 billion it previously obtained - and that it still plans to borrow $600 million more - as it pushes ahead with a controversial project with costs that have soared from original estimates.
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 28, 2018 - Iraq's broken electricity sector is planning a long-awaited overhaul to both meet US pressure to halt Iranian power imports and head off summertime protests over chronic cuts.
Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2018 - State oil company Pemex is set to add a billion barrels of oil equivalent to reserves after discovering a gas field that, within four years, will yield 80,000 barrels per day of condensates and 700 million cubic feet per day of gas to feed petrochemical units in south Mexico.
Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2018 - Petrobras said Wednesday that it will sell 34 onshore production fields in northeast Brazil to 3R Petroleum for $453 million and separately in another transaction three shallow water fields off the coast of Rio de Janeiro to Perenco for $370 million to focus on deepwater.
