Caracas (AFP) Aug 6, 2017 - The powerful military in riot-torn Venezuela has sworn unconditional loyalty to the leftist government of embattled President Nicolas Maduro. It is a key player in the ongoing political crisis.
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 - OPEC production concerns were balanced by strong labor figures from the United States, the world's largest economy, leaving oil prices flat early Friday.
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 - BAE Systems of Great Britain is starting to install a new combined heat and power plant at the Royal Navy base in Portsmouth, England.
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 - Vietnam drew more energy attention as Kuwait announced it sent its first-ever shipment east to a Kuwaiti-built refinery in the Asian nation.
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 - Liberia and Nigeria, two countries exempt for OPEC-led efforts to balance the market, continue to threaten the overall objective, S&P Global Platts reported.
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 - Corruption and internal political rifts could be factors weighing on the economy of OPEC-member Iraq, a report from Moody's Investors Service said.
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 - U.S. crude oil prices could move close to $60 by the end of the year, but rig counts in Texas could stall, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported.
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 - The U.S Geological Survey recorded a cluster of tremors early Friday in a part of Oklahoma on a watch list for activity related to shale oil and gas operations.
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 - With shale drilling about ready to go for the first time ever in the country, British opponents said public sentiment was moving against the practice.
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 - Eight earthquakes were recorded Thursday in Oklahoma, a state at the heart of the shale oil and natural gas industry, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 - Strong employment figures and signs of increasing U.S. demand offset low inflation in the OECD to push crude oil prices higher early Thursday.
Hanoi (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 - Spanish oil giant Repsol said it has suspended a multi-million-dollar oil exploration project in an area of the South China Sea off Vietnam claimed by both Hanoi and Beijing, amid reports of a spike in tensions between the communist neighbours.
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 - Energy companies Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler said they've done enough to address competition issues after the British government expressed concern.
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 - The source of opposition, pipeline company Enbridge said in its second quarter report that pipelines in Michigan and North Dakota were operating as expected.
Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 - Iran is becoming less dependent on its neighbors for natural gas with the launch of a pipeline to the northern provinces, the government said.
Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 - A party to an OPEC-led consortium working to balance an oversupplied market, Azerbaijan reported oil exports were higher in July than in June.
