Beijing (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - Construction on the Chinese side of a natural gas pipeline linking to Russia began in western Heilongjiang province, a Chinese energy company said Tuesday.
Milan, Italy (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - Italian energy company Eni said Tuesday it signed what it said was a groundbreaking deal to sell liquefied natural gas from a deepwater Indonesian field.
Berlin (AFP) June 30, 2015 - The German government said Tuesday it has decided to postpone until after the summer break a parliamentary vote on a draft law on the controversial technology of fracking in Germany.
Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - Though seasonally high, U.S. holiday goers are expected to pay the lowest price for gas during the July 4th weekend in at least five years, motor club AAA said.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - The completion of a new refinery in North Dakota will help bring jobs to the state while ensuring U.S. energy security, Gov. Jack Dalrymple said.
New York (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - Crude oil prices rebounded on the last full trading day in June amid tempered optimism about the prospects for Greek and Iranian negotiations.
Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - The Supreme Court refused to hear two separate cases filed by BP and Anadarko Petroleum challenging fines related to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - A day after the first steel was cut for the platform, Statoil said it awarded Samsung with an $886 million contract for Johan Sverdrup field development.
Rotterdam, Netherlands (UPI) Jun 30, 2015 - Dutch oil trader Vitol said Tuesday it spent around $27 million to take on a majority stake in the refining business held by Nigerian energy company Oando.
Mukilteo, Wash. (UPI) Jun 29, 2015 - Activists said Monday they took to the water off the Washington state coast in kayaks to try to slow progress of a Shell drilling rig bound for arctic waters.
London (AFP) June 29, 2015 - Britain's hopes of expanding its shale gas industry suffered a blow Monday when local authorities rejected plans for an exploratory fracking site in northwest England following protests.
Milan, Italy (UPI) Jun 29, 2015 - Italian energy company Eni said it took on a larger stake in the Isatay oil reserve area in the Caspian Sea from its partners in Kazakhastan.
London (UPI) Jun 29, 2015 - A new contract with the Kurdish government calls for domestic sales and exports of as much as 40,000 barrels of oil per day, Gulf Keystone Petroleum said.
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Jun 29, 2015 - The exploration and production side of the North Dakota energy sector may be leveling off as the number of deployed rigs holds steady, state data show.
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Jun 29, 2015 - Scotland announced plans to hold an emergency summit in early July to discuss a British decision to end government support for the onshore wind industry.
Washington (AFP) June 29, 2015 - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from British energy giant BP and its US partner Anadarko to appeal massive compensation payouts stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
