US pull-out exposes oil and gas fields in Syria’s east to government control  The NationalAmerican-backed forces currently control the most lucrative oil and gas fields in the country. Read more https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/us-pull-out-e …

Iran Claims It Holds The Most Oil, Gas Reserves In The World  Yahoo! Finance NewsDespite the U.S. sanctions, Iran continues to explore and discover new oil and gas reserves and now ranks “first in terms of oil and gas reserves in the world,” ... …

First-Ever Oil Drilling Project in US Arctic Waters Just Got Slammed With a Lawsuit  GizmodoEnvironmental groups have come for the first oil and gas project in federal Arctic waters. Read more https://earther.gizmodo.com/first-ever-oil-drilling-p …

Groups sue to block oil production in Alaska's Beaufort Sea  KTUU.comConservation groups are suing to block an oil-drilling project in federal Arctic waters. Read more https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Groups-sue-to-block-oil-production-in-Alask …

KTUU.comUS To Assess Holding Oil, Gas Lease Sale In Offshore ArcticOilPrice.comThe U.S. Department of the Interior said on Thursday that it intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a potential 2019 oil and gas lease sale in the Beaufo …

BOEM publishes draft EIS for Hilcorp oil, gas project in Beaufort SeaWorldOil (subscription)ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the possible environmental impacts …

Los Angeles TimesOff-shore oil drilling in the Arctic is still far too riskyLos Angeles TimesWhen oil executives look at an offshore drilling rig, they see money. Environmentalists, though, see a disaster waiting to happen. The Obama administration should …

MetroNews CanadaBetween Cheap Gas And Carbon Caps, Oil Sands Face Uncertain FateNPRCanada has the world's third-largest oil reserve and it's worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Nearly all of that crude is contained in Alberta's oil sands. Ge …

ReutersOil hovers at multiyear lows; analysts see no bottoming out of pricesMarketWatchIn its monthly report released last week, the IEA said the growth of global oil demand will slow to 1.2 million barrels a day in 2016, compared with 1.8 million barrels …

Wall Street JournalHilcorp Seeks to Build Island to Extract Arctic Offshore OilWall Street JournalWhile Shell proposed exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea about 80 miles off Alaska's northwest coast, a Texas oil company wants to build a gravel island …