Another Chinese private oil giant faces liquidation  South China Morning PostAnother mainland Chinese private oil giant has run into financial trouble. Brightoil Petroleum, an oil trader turned energy operator, is facing a winding-up petition ... …

Brazil's oil revenue is set to fuel multibillion-dollar warship program  DefenseNews.comRIO DE JANEIRO — The incoming Brazilian government is poised to follow through on a plan to funnel oil and gas revenue toward new defense spending, ... Read …

NBCNews.comRussian tankers have smuggled oil to North Korea, a breach of UN sanctionsNBCNews.comLONDON/MOSCOW — Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two …

Financial TimesSouth Korea claims ship seizure as Trump denounces oil flows to PyongyangFinancial TimesSouth Korea said on Friday that it had seized a Hong Kong-registered ship it accuses of transferring oil to North Korea, in an announcement that came hou …

New York TimesThe Oil and Gas Sector Is Changing — and So Is GeopoliticsNew York TimesThere may be no factor more influential in contemporary geopolitics and yet least understood by journalists and policymakers than the energy revolution, which is less abo …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Danish Energy Company Is Turning the Page on Oil and GasWall Street Journal (subscription)Dong Energy AS, Denmark's majority state-owned energy company, is selling off its last oil and natural-gas fields in a deal expe …

UPI.comChinese appetite for LNG increasingUPI.comThe Chinese General Administration of Customs reported LNG imports to China increased dramatically as the country looks to rely less on coal for its energy needs. First half demand was up 38.3 percent from l …

UPI.comMore staff reductions for Maersk OilUPI.com9 (UPI) -- Danish energy company Maersk Oil said it was cutting staff from one of its offices as part of the broader reorganization started last year. Danish group A.P Moeller-Maersk split in two in Septemb …

UPI.comMore oil possible from NigeriaUPI.com30 (UPI) -- A minority player in OPEC-member Nigeria said it was able to stimulate crude oil production at one of its operating areas by about 15 percent. Africa-focused San Leon Energy, which lists its headquart …

UPI.comProspects for Irish explorer Circle Oil dwindleUPI.comWhen oil prices were holding above $100 per barrel more than two years ago, the company said it was "very pleased" with its prospects in Morocco in particular. Elsewhere in the region, …