Financial TimesFrance's Total reports solid Q3 result, oil costs heading to $20/barrelFinancial TimesFrance's Total maintained its status as one of the more resilient oil majors as it reported solid third quarter numbers in Paris on Friday. Total s …

UPDATE 1-Brazil judge suspends pre-salt oil auctions set for FridayReutersMajor oil firms are vying for the blocks in Brazil's offshore pre-salt area, where billions of barrels of oil are trapped under a layer of salt. The injunction was made public by …

ReutersExxon Mobil bets on Brazil, buys 10 oil blocks in auctionReutersRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp vastly expanded its presence in Brazil on Wednesday, winning 10 blocks in the country's 14th round of bidding for oil exploration and pro …

Sputnik InternationalOil Analysts Baffled As Venezuela Ditches PetrodollarOilPrice.comAt the end of August, the U.S. stepped up sanctions on Venezuela, prohibiting dealings in new debt or equity issued by state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) or …

ReutersExxon Mobil bets on Brazil, buys 8 offshore oil blocks in auctionReutersRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp vastly expanded its presence in Brazil on Wednesday, winning a total of eight offshore blocks in the country's 14th oil bidding r …

ReutersChina drafts new rules for oil storage industryReutersBEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Beijing on Wednesday issued a draft of new regulations for China's growing oil and fuel storage industry, helping loosen the state-owned oil majors' grip on …

UPDATE 1-Egypt to sell shares in engineering group ENPPIReutersCAIRO, June 15 Egypt plans to embark on its first sale of shares in a state-owned company in 12 years, aiming to raise up to $150 million from a stock market listing of Engineering for the Petr …

ReutersPetrobras says Exxon expressed 'strong interest' in pre-salt oilReutersN) expressed to Brazil's state-controlled company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) "strong interest" in the exploration of deep-water oil fields off the Brazilian coast …

ReutersWashington to check if Russia-Qatar oil deal violates sanctionsReutersMOSCOW The U.S. government is to check if sanctions where violated when Russia this week struck a deal to sell a stake in oil producer Rosneft to a consortium of Qatar's sover …

ReutersOil giant Rosneft may buy own shares to support budget: PutinReutersMoscow hopes to raise around 700 billion rubles ($11.25 billion) from the sale of a 19.5 percent stake in Rosneft to plug holes in the state budget hit by low world oil prices and R …