ReutersNigeria launches infrastructure program to tackle insurgency in oil deltaReutersPresident Muhammadu Buhari will meet representatives of militant groups and community leaders from the Niger Delta in Abuja next week in a bid to end the attacks, Oil Mi …

Offshore Oil Accounted For 30% Of Global Output In 2015OilPrice.comAccording to new data from the EIA, global offshore oil production (including lease condensate and hydrocarbon gas liquids) in 2015 was at the highest level since 2010, and accounted for ne …

ReutersNigeria says security first goal in oil roadmap: oil ministerReutersThe government is launching a $10 billion infrastructure program in the restive region that produces most of Nigeria's oil, and President Muhammadu Buhari will meet representati …

ABC NewsOil Pipeline Protesters Brace for Confrontation With PoliceABC NewsProtesters trying to stop construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are bracing for a confrontation with police Thursday after the demonstrators refused to leave private land i …

USA TODAYIslamic State attacks Kirkuk as Iraqi forces push on MosulReutersCrude oil production facilities were not targeted and the power supply continued uninterrupted in the city. Kirkuk is located east of Hawija, a pocket still under control of Islamic …

Iraq declares curfew in oil city under Islamic State attackReutersKIRKUK, Iraq Suspected Islamic State militants attacked several buildings and a power station in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk in the early hours of Friday, killing eight people, and …

Iraqi Qayyara oil keeps burning six weeks after ouster of Islamic StateReutersBAGHDAD Several wells in Iraq's Qayyara oilfield continue to burn six weeks after the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces ousted Islamic State militants from the town as part of their p …

ReutersIslamic State loses control of last oil wells in Iraq: oil ministryReutersThe reality is that it is extremely difficult to extract and smuggle oil while our forces are advancing towards Mosul...," oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said. Islamic …

Libyan oil port takeover gives edge to eastern commanderReutersAfter initially condemning the attack on the ports and calling on Haftar's forces to withdraw, the United States and European powers joined other countries on Thursday to "welcome the …

Yahoo7 NewsNew fighting hits Libya s oil crescent: military source - Yahoo7Yahoo7 NewsBenghazi (Libya) (AFP) - Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government launched an offensive on Sunday aimed at retaking key eastern oil ports seized last week b …