Paris (AFP) Dec 24, 2017 - As the poster child for the growing ranks of computer-generated currencies, bitcoin's recent stratospheric price rises have propelled it from the chat forum-hosted depths of nerddom into the global consciousness.
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 24, 2017 - A Chinese state-run company, ZhenHua Oil, is to develop an oil field near Baghdad under an accord with Iraq, the oil ministry said Sunday.
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017 - Concerns about how long U.S. shale oil production can keep up the pace and the pending restart of a North Sea pipeline sent oil prices lower on Friday.
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017 - Italian energy company Eni said Friday it grabbed a stronger hold over a reservoir in Kazakhstan it said has a significant potential for oil resources.
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017 - The markets for liquefied natural gas will likely by oversupplied over the next few years, leaving funding at a premium, notably for Russia, Fitch Ratings said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017 - A move by BP into a Russian natural gas field gives Russian energy company Rosneft a lift in Chinese and Europe export efforts, an analyst said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017 - Hurricane Harvey caused around $70 billion in direct damage and 22,000 lost jobs, but didn't derail long-term economic momentum, a federal reserve bank said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017 - Monitoring the potential environmental impacts of oil sands development using the best available science is a Canadian priority, officials said.
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 21, 2017 - Iraq on Thursday took the first step towards taking over the giant Majnoon oilfield following the pullout of Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi said.
Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2017 - For several clients, a surveying company, TGS, said it was wading into frontier areas of the deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico as explorers expand interest.
Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2017 - Flow through the Forties pipeline system from the North Sea, idled since Dec. 11, should be back to normal in early January, the operator said Thursday.
Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2017 - Situated near emerging oil basins offshore West Africa, a review of resources in Sierra Leone suggested a vast increase in potential, an explorer said.
Aba, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 21, 2017 - As South Sudan's warring parties haggled over a ceasefire deal this week, dozens of refugees streamed into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, fleeing what they said was a fresh government offensive.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 21, 2017 - The UN Security Council will vote Friday on a US-drafted resolution ramping up sanctions on North Korea by restricting oil supplies vital for Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs.
Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2017 - An estimated $1 billion in contracts will be awarded now that a plan for enhancing the 200 million-barrel Snorre field is on the table, Norway's Statoil said.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2017 - Venezuela's foreign minister blamed the US for his country's spiralling debt crisis on Thursday, saying Washington's permanent attack had left the economy crippled.
