Shell, Exxon eye return to Somalia ahead of oil block round  Reuters AfricaRoyal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil are looking to return to Somalia ahead of an oil block bid round later this year, the East African country's oil ministry said. Read more …

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 …

Telegraph.co.ukSFO abandons Somali corruption probe of Soma Oil & GasTelegraph.co.ukThe Serious Fraud Office has abandoned its bribery investigation into the Somali oil explorer Soma Oil & Gas after failing to find enough evidence to prosecute. The …

Reuters UKSerious Fraud Office investigating oil firm SomaReuters UKLONDON/NAIROBI Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal investigation into British exploration firm Soma Oil and Gas, which has been searching for oil in Somalia. T …