(UPI) Jan 2, 2018 - Crude oil prices started 2018 with a lack of direction as unrest in Iran, one of OPEC's top producers, balanced against concerns for the world's top economies.
(UPI) Jan 2, 2018 - A $30 billion divestment program will be completed this year even after an agreement to sell a Danish subsidiary dissolved, Royal Dutch Shell said Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 - After starting the year in recession, the oil-rich province of Alberta is entering 2018 with the fastest rate of growth in Canada, the economic minister said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 - With oil and natural gas taking on a Cold War strategic element for the United States and Russia, Austria's OMV said it's not concerned with geopolitics.
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 - A British trade group said it's better to tap inland gas than be vulnerable to foreign suppliers, as a vessel docked with its first-ever cargo of Russian LNG.
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 - U.S. data showing the surplus on the five-year average in crude oil stocks at just 9 percent helped drive oil prices higher on the last trading day of 2017.
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 - Third parties will no longer need to verify whether some safety features for offshore oil and gas drilling work as designed, the U.S. government proposed.
Washington (AFP) Dec 29, 2017 - The US government on Friday published proposed new regulations on offshore oil drilling that would reverse safeguards put in place following the Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster in 2010.
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 - A Russian energy company said it completed surveys necessary to get a better understanding of the oil and gas reserve potential in Arctic waters.
Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 - The energy sector in Texas is leaving 2017 on a high note, though oil prices will need to be higher than expected for strong rig counts, a bank survey found.
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 - The economy for oil-rich Iran is in good shape and the rate of inflation has been under control for the last two years, the country's first vice president said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 - Any limitations to the flow of oil and natural gas from the North Sea to the Forties pipeline system are now lifted, system operator Ineos said Thursday.
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 - An industrial bank in Turkey is getting an $85 million loan in order to help mid-sized companies invest in renewable energy, a European lender said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 - The development of parts of the Arctic north of Russia has left its environment at risk from scrap materials and oil residue, a regional leader said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 - Utility companies in Michigan are called to report the benefits from the federal tax overhaul in part so consumers can benefit, a state commission said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 - The U.S. government opened a deregulation scheme for safety rules for oil and gas drillers in the Gulf of Mexico up for public comment on Thursday.
