ReutersIslamic State loses control of last oil wells in Iraq: oil ministryReutersThe reality is that it is extremely difficult to extract and smuggle oil while our forces are advancing towards Mosul...," oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said. Islamic …

Libyan oil port takeover gives edge to eastern commanderReutersAfter initially condemning the attack on the ports and calling on Haftar's forces to withdraw, the United States and European powers joined other countries on Thursday to "welcome the …

Authorities Investigate Reports of Oil Sheen, Strong OdorABC NewsThe U.S. Coast Guard is investigating reports of an oil sheen on waters near a northern California community where local authorities are trying to determine the source of a strong odor. The C …

Daily MailEastern Libyan commander's forces seize two key oil portsReutersThe attacks on Libya's major oil ports by Haftar, who opposes the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), pushes the North African state towards a broader battle ove …

Libyan forces loyal to eastern commander attack oil ports: witnessReutersA port engineer confirmed that Haftar's forces had entered the oil ports of Ras Lanuf and El Sider, Libya's largest, and said one of the storage tanks at Es Sider had been set …

ReutersOil fires cast black cloud over Iraqi town retaken from Islamic StateReutersWhen Iraq's military torched hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells in 1991 ahead of advancing U.S.-led forces, most fires burned for around two months but some wells were not ca …

ReutersIslamic State's oil revenue dives as it loses Iraqi territoryReutersBAGHDAD Islamic State, pushed off more than half the Iraqi territory it seized in 2014, has suffered a near collapse in revenue from oil smuggling, officials say, forcing it to …

The National Interest OnlineRevealed: How America and Britain Planned to Destroy the Middle East's OilThe National Interest OnlineDeclassified documents show that Anglo-Americans were so pessimistic in the early days of the Cold War about their chances …

ReutersIslamic State yearly oil revenue halved to $250 million: US officialReutersThose strikes, along with a drop in the international price of oil, counter-smuggling efforts by Turkey, and difficulties Islamic State has in transporting its oil across bat …

FuelFix (blog)Army Corps to Review North Slope Oil Project by Spanish FirmABC NewsA federal agency will conduct an environmental assessment of a Spanish company's plans to develop what it says could be a significant oil field on Alaska's North Slop …