The GuardianSon of oil magnate held by SFO during inquiry into alleged briberyThe GuardianSassan Ahsani was held in May on suspicion of money-laundering offences by the Serious Fraud Office. The SFO is investigating allegations that Unaoil, a Monaco-based …

Daily AstorianPanel Rejects Washington Oil TerminalOilPrice.comA panel has rejected a project for the construction of an oil terminal at the port of Vancouver in the state of Washington on the grounds that the companies behind the project had failed to con …

Otago Daily TimesGroup cheers departure of oil companyOtago Daily TimesOil Free Otago is planning a party to mark energy company Anadarko's decision to quit New Zealand, but a Dunedin city councillor believes another company will step in to take up the …

The Oil Mystery Behind Saudi Arabia's Production CutOilPrice.comWhile the two agreements incorporate cuts from a wide range of oil producers, Saudi Arabia will do much of the heavy lifting, cutting nearly 500,000 barrels per day and even promising to g …

The Pain Is Almost Over For Oil And Gas DrillersOilPrice.comThe drilling segment of the oil and gas industry has suffered more than its fair share of trouble since the oil price crash began in 2014. Unlike upstreamers and refiners, drillers and other servi …

The Dickinson PressCrews attempt to burn oil from pipeline spillThe Dickinson PressContractors were working in coordination with the North Dakota Department of Health to isolate an area and attempt to burn some of the oil that has contaminated Ash Coulee C …

Wall Street Journal (blog)Serious Fraud Office Closes Corruption Investigation of Soma OilWall Street Journal (blog)The U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office closed its investigation of corruption allegations against Soma Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd. for lack of …

The GuardianTory donor Javad Marandi was trusted middleman for oil firmThe GuardianUnaoil is at the centre of allegations that the business “systematically corrupted the global oil industry” by delivering millions in bribes on behalf of well-known multinat …

Slim Is In as Oil Drillers Trim Spending — Energy JournalWall Street Journal (blog)In a reversal from recent years when investors tended to reward companies that pursued rapid growth above all else, stocks of the oil-and-gas companies that promised to rein …

The GuardianAuthorities in Monaco raid oil firm HQ in corruption investigationThe GuardianAuthorities in Monaco have raided the headquarters of an oil firm, as well as the homes of some of its bosses, as part of a British-led investigation into a corruptio …