Eyewitness NewsUS Sanctions Russian-born S. African Who Helped North Korea Buy OilOilPrice.comThe U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Monday on the Russia-born, South African national Vladlen Amtchentsev, for having advised North Korea on …

New U.S. LNG projects, enough to double exports, on verge of launch  ReutersNew U.S. liquefied natural gas terminals with enough capacity to double U.S. exports have either begun commissioning their facilities or are waiting for approval ... Read …

Oil Higher on Employment Data, Falling ProductionWall Street JournalThe WSJ Dollar Index was recently down about 0.1%, making dollar-denominated commodities like oil cheaper for foreign buyers. “Financial influences from equity and currency markets seem to …

eNCARow over Kenyan oil revenues threatens to delay productioneNCALOKICHAR, Kenya - In the decades before oil was discovered in the northern Kenyan region of Turkana South, 100,000 poor villagers living in arid scrubland relied on a lone church-run health …

Exxon, BHP Drop Sale Of Mature Australian Oil, Gas AssetsOilPrice.comExxonMobil and BHP Billiton have decided to abandon the 20-month-long sales process of their joint ageing oil assets offshore Australia and will keep ownership and operation of the fields …

Oil Prices Rise As Bullish Sentiment ReturnsOilPrice.comIt was a bumpy week for crude benchmarks, although WTI and Brent jumped sharply on Thursday after the EIA reported a surprise drawdown in crude oil stocks. U.S. oil production also remained flat, halt …

ReutersUS pushes more UN sanctions targeting North Korea oil, coal smugglingReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States proposed a list of entities on Friday to be blacklisted under United Nations sanctions on North Korea, a move it says is “aimed …

CNNNorth Korea requests oil to refuel ship carrying Olympic delegationCNNSanctions passed by the UN in December last year cut exports of gasoline, diesel and other refined oil products to North Korea by a total of 89%. It also banned the export of industri …

Seeking AlphaEIA 914 - US Oil Production Hits 10 Million B/D!Seeking AlphaLast month, we wrote that November US oil production is potentially on pace to reach 10.134 million b/d. Implications for US oil production in December then shows a 10.055 million b/ …

Chron.comOil slips for third dayChron.comOil exports from Qatar, one of OPEC's smaller crude producers, to Japan last year slumped by almost a quarter to their lowest level since 1990, while shipments from giant supplier Saudi Arabia grew 8.1 percent, …