Sushma asks U.S. for Iran oil import waiver  The HinduTells Pompeo that vast amount of Iranian energy cannot be replaced overnight. Read more https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sushma-asks-us-for-iran-oil-import-waiver/article26997847.ece

U.S. imposes sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned oil company  CBS NewsThe White House is taking aim at Nicolás Maduro's government, regarded as illegitimate by the U.S.. Read more https://www.cbsnews.com/news/watch-white-house-press-briefin …

The StandardUS allows eight importers to keep buying Iran oil for nowThe StandardWASHINGTON- The United States said on Friday it will temporarily allow eight importers to keep buying Iranian oil when it re-imposes sanctions on Monday to try to force Iran t …

Washington PostRex Tillerson will receive a lifetime achievement award — for oilWashington PostTillerson is only the 10th person to receive the Dewhurst Award, which is named after the former president of the Institute of Petroleum in Britain, the forerunn …

BloombergOil Drillers Growing Again After Losing Half-Million JobsBloombergMore than three quarters of the 440,131 oil jobs eliminated around the world through the end of 2016 came from the oilfield service providers, drilling contractors and equipment mak …

Washington PostHow Exxon, under Rex Tillerson, won Iraqi oil fields and nearly lost IraqWashington PostWhen Ashti Hawrami, the oil minister from Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdistan region, unfurled a map of untapped oil fields for a team of ExxonMobil …

Financial TimesOil prices surge to highest level since July 2015Financial TimesOil prices surged above $57 a barrel for the first time since July 2015 on Monday, rallying as much as 6.5 per cent after the Opec cartel clinched a long-sought supply pact with …

MoneyWeekThe oil bear market is well and truly overMoneyWeekSaudi Arabia, the leader of the Opec oil cartel, has shaken hands with Russia – effective leader of the non-Opec nations outside the US – to agree to reduce the global supply of oil next year. Com …

The New YorkerRex Tillerson, Trump's likely secretary of state, is a life-long oil man who backs KeystoneThe Globe and MailRobert Skinner, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy and former oil executive and burea …

Los Angeles TimesTrump poised to pick an oil tycoon with ties to Russia as secretary of State, reports sayLos Angeles TimesIn a decision that could alter U.S. relations with one of its principal rivals, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to choose Re …