BloombergGuyana Is About to Open Up Pandora's BarrelBloombergGranted, Guyana will have some help. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is counseling officials on how to avert corruption. Multilateral lenders are training Guyanese to develo …

ReutersMexico energy minister says election no obstacle to 2018 oil auctionsReutersThe front-runner in the polls is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a two-time presidential runner-up and fierce resource nationalist who has pledged to review all contracts from …

ReutersUS closer to decision on sanctioning Venezuela oil: TillersonReutersTillerson said any action taken against Venezuelan oil would affect Caribbean countries, many of which have long enjoyed subsidized fuel from the South American nation. U.S. Gulf Co …

The World's Biggest Oil Benchmark Could Change ForeverOilPrice.comAfter the temporary patch in the form of Troll, the oil community's next step will be the addition of the potentially 660kbpd (first phase will reach 350kbpd) Johan Sverdrup field, t …

ReutersVenezuela's US oil sales rebound in January, still below year agoReutersVenezuela's oil output fell last year to its lowest level in almost three decades, hitting exports of crude and refined products, especially to the United States. [L1N1P …

BloombergTillerson Says US Weighing Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil SectorBloombergIn considering oil sanctions, the U.S. must also weigh concerns from Caribbean countries, which rely on cheap Venezuelan oil. Tillerson is expected to raise the issue when he vi …

Sky NewsShell annual profits up 242% to £8.5bn as oil prices riseSky NewsShell annual profits up 242% to £8.5bn as oil prices rise. The boss of Royal Dutch Shell, Ben van Beurden, credits a "year of transformation" at the oil major for gushing pr …

Macleans.caWith BC's attack on Alberta oil, the war of mutual destruction beginsMacleans.caIf there's one thing B.C. environmentalists aren't well known for, it's providing investor tips. But when the B.C. government announced this week pla …

Brazil's pre-salt reserves provide half of oil productionABC NewsBrazil's pre-salt oil reserves for the first time account for more than half of the country's production of oil equivalent, the National Petroleum Agency said Wednesday. The agenc …

ReutersShell sweeps nine of 19 blocks awarded in Mexico oil auctionReutersWith oil prices at a three-year high, conditions were better for this auction than any of the previous eight sales in Mexico since 2015, lending weight to Pena Nieto's argument t …