New York (UPI) Jan 6, 2015 - Word that OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia would defend its economic interests sent an already battered oil market into a tailspin during the Tuesday session.
Caracas (AFP) Jan 6, 2015 - Sliding oil prices have sent Venezuela on a downward spiral - and sent President Nicolas Maduro on a trip to China to make an urgent appeal for cash.
Milan, Italy (UPI) Jan 5, 2015 - Italian energy company Eni and its partners at Rockhopper Exploration said Monday they were among the first to win licenses for work off the coast of Croatia.
Houston (UPI) Jan 5, 2015 - Merger and acquisition activity in the global energy sector rose 23 percent from 2013 despite investment declines, analysis Monday from IHS finds.
Tehran (UPI) Jan 5, 2015 - An Iranian government spokesman said he expected the share of oil revenue designated in next year's budget to be down by about 30 percent.
Benghazi, Libya (AFP) Jan 05, 2015 - The air force of Libya's internationally recognised government said Monday that it carried out a deadly weekend air strike on an oil tanker in the Islamist-held eastern port of Derna.
London (UPI) Jan 5, 2015 - Companies operating in the Kurdish north of Iraq said Monday they reached a milestone in terms of production and shipments for exports through Turkey.
New York (UPI) Jan 5, 2015 - Oil prices lost more value than any other commodity last year, the U.S. government said, and are moving closer to historic lows in Monday trading.
Amherst MA (SPX) Jan 05, 2015 - Plant geneticists including Sam Hazen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Siobhan Brady at the University of California, Davis, have sorted out the gene regulatory networks that control c
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Jan 5, 2015 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said it started operations at a North Sea platform that will eventually be run by remote control from the shore.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 05, 2015 - The athletes village for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be a futuristic hydrogen town where electricity and hot water are generated from the abundant element, a local newspaper reported Monday.
Caracas (AFP) Jan 04, 2015 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro begins a trip to China and OPEC member countries late Sunday in search of financial support as his country reels from falling oil prices and a tattered economy.
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 03, 2015 - Iraq's oil exports reached their highest level in decades in December, the oil ministry's spokesman said on Saturday, but vital revenues were being hit by the plummeting prices of crude.
Clark SD (SPX) Jan 02, 2015 - A parcel of land in Clark County, South Dakota - owned by a respected family with roots in the state dating back to 1901 - will soon serve as a wind farm providing enough electricity to power approx
Zagreb (AFP) Jan 02, 2015 - The Croatian government on Friday granted three groups the rights to explore for oil and gas in the Adriatic, as part of its bid to become a key energy supplier in the region.
Nicosia (AFP) Jan 02, 2015 - Cyprus warned Turkey Friday that if it re-entered the exclusive economic zone where Nicosia has licensed exploratory drilling there would be no chance of resuming stalled UN-brokered peace talks.
