RudawOil-for-budget proposal agreed on in Erbil-Baghdad talksRudawIraqi has cut the KRG's share of the budget since early 2014 because of the Kurdistan Region's plans to export oil to the international market independent of Baghdad. File photo: AFP …

Financial TimesNorway coalition deal dashes oil exploration hopesFinancial TimesA new coalition government in Norway will ban oil exploration in the Lofoten Islands and other Arctic areas for four more years and further reform the country's $1.1bn oil …

Wall Street JournalOil Tanker Explodes off Chinese CoastWall Street JournalAn Iranian oil tanker exploded and sank after burning for a week following a collision with a cargo ship. Reports from Chinese state media say oil has spread to cover several square …

Phys.OrgMaintaining canola oil qualityPhys.OrgA team of researchers from Tohoku University and their colleagues have provided the most detailed picture to date of canola oil's oxidation process by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined …

ForbesThere's A Great Future In Plastics...For OilForbesTweet This. Dow is not the only owner pleased with the return on its investment. Sadara's other owner, Saudi Aramco, sees petrochemicals and plastics as the future of its oil industry · …

ForbesDon't Forget, Ten Years Ago Oil Was Worth $100 More Than TodayForbesAs the calendar changes, the price of West Texas Intermediate oil (WTI) is hovering around $60 per barrel. WTI is the U.S. benchmark oil and the underlying commodity used by the …

ForbesDespite Production Cut Decision, Oil Prices Remain Steady After OPEC MeetingForbesThe 173rd OPEC Meeting concluded with the expected decision to extend the OPEC production cuts for an additional 9 months (January 2018 through December 2018) but durin …

ENGINEERING.comOil and Gas Digital Twin Is Made Possible by Super-FEA AlgorithmENGINEERING.comIt is getting to the point where we can use simulation not only to make predictions, but also to act as a twin, which thanks to modern algorithms developed by MIT …

The HillEven in an electric vehicle utopia we will still need crude oilThe HillThe media hype for electric vehicles and alternative energies threatens to obscure America's continued need for oil. Even if one accepts the most ambitious projections for e …

ReutersOPEC, non-OPEC to look at extending oil-output cut by six monthsReutersKUWAIT A joint committee of ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers has agreed to review whether a global pact to limit supplies should be extended by six months, it said …