Taliban threaten oil fields in northern Afghanistan  ReutersMAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters are threatening major oil wells near the northern Afghan city of Sar-e Pul following days of fighting in ... Read more https://ww …

Niger Delta Avengers say they will attack Nigeria's oil sector within daysReutersYENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers said on Wednesday it planned to launch attacks on the country's oil sector in the next few da …

Eyewitness NewsNigeria offers to meet militants after ceasefire cancelled in oil regionReutersABUJA (Reuters) - The minister for Nigeria's oil-producing Delta region said on Monday the government was ready to meet militants days after they called off a …

ReutersNigeria's 'Delta Avengers' militants end oil hub ceasefireReutersThe attacks, combined with low oil prices, caused the OPEC member's first recession in 25 years. Crude sales make up two-thirds of government revenue and most of its fo …

Islamic State torches oil wells in northern Iraq: officialsReutersBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants set fire to three oil wells near Hawija, west of the oil city of Kirkuk, one of two areas of Iraq still under their control, military and oil offi …

AxiosChina refuses to stop exporting oil to North KoreaAxiosChina refused U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's demands to cut off North Korea's oil supply in an attempt to discourage Kim Jong-un from pursuing nuclear weapons, Bloomberg reports. …

Press HeraldFight to halt oil, gas exploration plan in Atlantic goes bipartisanPress HeraldEnvironmental groups have worked for years to stop oil and gas development, focusing on the threat it poses to coastal marine life. Lawmakers and business leaders, h …

CNBCCar bomb kills one, wounds 10 in disputed Iraqi oil cityReutersKIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb killed one person and injured ten in Kirkuk, an Iraqi oil city where local Kurdish authorities plan to hold a referendum on independence despite oppositi …

ReutersIraq puts out fires at Qayyara oil field in northern Iraq: ministryReutersState-run North Oil Company crews are working to control the fires torched by the hardline militants to slow down the advance of U.S.-backed Iraqi forces toward Mosul, their l …

USA TODAYUS-led warplanes destroy fleet of Islamic State oil tankers in SyriaReutersWASHINGTON U.S.-led coalition planes destroyed 168 Islamic State oil tanker trucks in Syria, the coalition said on Friday, in the largest strike of its kind and the latest …