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China anti-graft agency probes head of energy administration

Sep 21, 2018 (AFP)

Nur Bekri, an ethnic Uighur, had worked his way up in his native Xinjiang, eventually rising to deputy party secretary and government chairman in the far wester...

Canada regulator to reconsider Trans Mountain pipeline to Pacific

Sep 21, 2018 (AFP)

Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi said the National Energy Board (NEB) will have 22 weeks to reassess the project, after the Federal Court of Appeal last...

Stanford study highlights a path and price to coax emissions back into oil reservoirs

Sep 21, 2018 (SPX)

Now, a Stanford University analysis published Aug. 15 in the journal Joule suggests another way the government could encourage the oil and gas industry to captu...

Trump blasts OPEC ahead of World Oil Outlook summit

Sep 20, 2018 (UPI)

President Donald Trump blasted OPEC in a tweet Thursday morning, saying the Middle East wouldn't be safe without U.S. military protection and yet, countries the...

Cash, carbon, crude: How to make oil fields bury emissions

Sep 20, 2018 (SPX)

Now, a Stanford University analysis published Aug. 15 in the journal Joule suggests another way the government could encourage the oil and gas industry to captu...

China temporarily spares U.S. oil imports from tariffs

Sep 19, 2018 (UPI)

They're scrambling for U.S. imports because WTI, the U.S. benchmark, is selling at a $6.66 per barrel discount to Dubai crude oil. That's the biggest price diff...

Venezuela to bump China oil exports to one million barrels a day

Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)

Maduro said each country would invest "around five billion dollars" in the project by August 2019. Private sector estimates put the current export figure to Chi...

Gas prices steady after onslaught from Hurricane Florence

Sep 18, 2018 (UPI)

AAA reports that national prices remained steady at $2.85 on the week. Gasoline supplies in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast topped 66.7 million barrels, the high...

U.S. official: Increase LNG exports to Europe to counter Russia

Sep 17, 2018 (UPI)

Europe is shifting away from coal and new pipelines from Russia to Europe could put the countries at the mercy of Gazprom, Russia's largest gas producer. "Due t...

OAS chief says should not rule out Venezuela 'military intervention'

Sep 15, 2018 (AFP)

"With regards to a military intervention aimed at overthrowing the regime of Nicolas Maduro, I think we should not exclude any option," OAS Secretary-General Lu...

Permian shale producers hedging their bets against pipeline projects

Sep 14, 2018 (UPI)

New multi-billion pipeline projects are under construction or planned over the next few years to get the crude oil and natural gas to refineries on the Gulf Coa...

Venezuela's Maduro pays tribute to Mao, makes deals with China

Sep 14, 2018 (AFP)

Maduro kicked off his visit by bowing three times in front of a wreath at the massive mausoleum facing Tiananmen Square and heaping praise on Communist China's ...

Weariness and low expectations greet latest S.Sudan deal

Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)

The agreement, brokered by regional bloc the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and signed by President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar ...

Venezuela's Maduro eyes economic boost in China visit

Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)

Before departing Caracas, Maduro said the trip was "very necessary, very opportune and full of great expectations." "We are leaving under better conditions, hav...

Evacuations for Florence may squeeze gas supplies, cause price spikes

Sep 13, 2018 (UPI)

Hurricane Florence was downgraded to a Category 2 storm Thursday as the first rain bands reached the Carolinas. Landfall is expected late Thursday. Analysts are...

Iraq PM announces new Basra initiatives ahead of key vote

Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)

The move comes just two days before a key parliamentary meeting that could allow the premier's political rivals to form a government without him. Abadi made the...

Maduro looks to China to bolster Venezuela's collapsing economy

Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)

Maduro said the trip was "very necessary, very opportune and full of great expectations." "We are leaving under better conditions, having activated a program of...

US general urges Gulf Arab unity to counter Iran

Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)

"Two of our enduring security threats are present in this region -- the destabilising actions of Iran and violent extremist organisations," said Votel, who head...

Hope, scepticism as warring South Sudan leaders sign peace deal

Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)

Seated before a roomful of regional leaders, diplomats and officials convened in the Ethiopian capital, the two men signed a document meant to end a conflict th...

Four questions on Basra and Iraq's political stakes

Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)

With the new parliament set to meet Saturday to swear in its speaker the political stakes are high, and experts say Abadi's position highlights Iraq's dilemma, ...