Press release: EFTA Surveillance Authority launches investigation into Norwegian oil and gas exploration subsidiesBellonaBRUSSELS – Following the Bellona Foundation's complaint in August 2017, the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has launched an inves …

Financial PostImmature Quebec needs to grow up and get real about oilFinancial PostThe Quebec government has just published its proposed regulations on oil drilling. This 270-page document establishes the “strictest regulatory framework in North America,” …

ReutersTurkey raises oil threat after Iraqi Kurds back independenceReutersERBIL/ISTANBUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Turkey threatened potentially crippling restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds on Thursday after they backed independence from Baghdad in a ref …

Reuters'We have the tap': Turkey's Erdogan threatens oil flow from Iraq's Kurdish areaReutersHABUR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the …

ReutersTribal clashes, political void threaten oil installations in Iraq's southReutersBASRA/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Worsening clashes among tribes and a political void is threatening security at oil installations in Iraq's main southern oil prod …

Financial TimesSingapore carbon tax set to squeeze oil groupsFinancial TimesThe proposed tax is the latest indication that countries in Asia, the world's biggest oil market, are moving to curb greenhouse gas emissions. China, the world's biggest em …

Arab NewsRosneft Signs Libya Oil Deal as More Investors Return to CountryBloombergRosneft PJSC signed investment and crude-purchasing agreements with Libya's National Oil Corp. as more international companies return to the North African country to gain …

MarketWatchOil prices rise as investors increase their bullish betsMarketWatchLast week, hedge funds and other big money managers increased their net long position — a bet on rising prices — in Brent crude oil to the highest level since records started in …

Economic TimesChina Wins Big With Stakes in $22 Billion Abu Dhabi Oil DealBloombergChinese companies are big winners in the competition among foreign bidders for stakes in Abu Dhabi's largest oil concession, snatching a combined 12 percent of the ventu …

Norway Doubles Down On Arctic OilOilPrice.comWhile Canada and the U.S. ban Arctic drilling for oil and gas motivated by environmental concerns, and majors such as Shell pull out of their Arctic projects due to financial pressures, Norwegian energy companie …