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Iran stops oil sales to British, French companies
Feb 19, 2012 07:45 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state's lifeblood, oil.
Iran stops oil sales to British and French firms
Feb 19, 2012 07:45 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state's lifeblood, oil.
Oil company denies alleged over-charging in Argentina
Jan 19, 2012 14:10 EST
The Spanish-Argentine oil company Repsol-YPF has rejected the government's accusations that it and other oil companies have reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in excess charges in Argentina.
Oil rig arrives for Cuba offshore exploration work
Jan 19, 2012 13:54 EST
HAVANA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Chinese-built drilling rig to be used in the first major exploration for oil in Cuba's offshore waters arrived on Thursday off the coast of the communist-ruled island's capital.
US senator in Cuba to press on jailed American, offshore oil
Jan 18, 2012 17:51 EST
High-ranking US senator Dick Durbin was in Cuba pressing for the release of a jailed American, and in talks on Cuba's key offshore oil drilling project near US waters, his office said Wednesday.
Exclusive: Peru says natgas negotiations suspended
Dec 15, 2011 12:45 EST
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru and the consortium operating the giant Camisea natural gas fields have suspended negotiations over gas supplies and royalties, and talks should resume in three or four months, the head of Peru's oil agency said on Thursday.
Cuba seeks Japan investment in oil projects
Dec 14, 2011 15:20 EST
Cuba has invited Japan to invest in its oil industry, Cuba's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday as the communist-ruled island intends to begin drilling early next year in its offshore economic zone.
Analysis: Despite reforms, Western oil firms avoid Myanmar
Nov 24, 2011 01:41 EST
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's reputation as one of the world's most isolated and secretive states is changing rapidly, but many foreign investors remain wary of exploring for oil or gas there, leaving the sector open to Indian, Thai and Malaysian firms.
Bouteflika sacks head of Algeria's state energy firm
Nov 17, 2011 13:07 EST
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday sacked the managing director of state energy giant Sonatrach and gave his job to another senior official in the firm, an energy ministry source said.
Libyan oil output rises to 600,000 bpd
Nov 13, 2011 11:59 EST
Libya has boosted its oil crude production to 600,000 barrels per day and is expected to add another 200,000 bpd before the end of the year, National Oil Corporation chief Nuri Berouin said on Sunday.
US lawmakers eye oil spill payment from neighbors
Nov 09, 2011 18:14 EST
Two US senators introduced a bill Wednesday seeking to guarantee compensation for any oil spill originating in waters outside the United States, as Cuba aims to strike black gold off its north coast.
Lawmakers fret over Cuba oil-drilling
Oct 18, 2011 17:50 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government is doing what it can to ensure that the first full-scale oil exploration in Cuba's part of the Gulf of Mexico will not endanger Florida's pristine beaches that lie only miles away, the top drilling regulator told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Lawmakers fret over Cuba oil-drilling
Oct 18, 2011 17:50 EDT
Analysis: Libya oil fields face guerrilla war threat
Oct 17, 2011 09:08 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-Gaddafi fighters may resort to hit-and-run guerilla attacks against Libyan politicians, foreign workers and oil installations in the remote southwestern Fezzan district if they are driven from their last bastions, risk consultants say.
Repsol to invest up to $3 bn in Peru oil and gas
Oct 14, 2011 01:28 EDT
The Spanish oil giant Repsol YPF will invest up to $3 billion in Peru over the next five years for petroleum exploration and production, the company's president said.
Next big shale gas boom
Oct 13, 2011 08:18 EDT
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Ecuador files $500-million suit against Burlington
Oct 10, 2011 19:21 EDT
Ecuador on Monday filed a pair of lawsuits worth more than $500 million dollars against US oil company Burlington Resources, prosecutors said.
U.S. urged to cooperate with Cuba on offshore oil
Sep 07, 2011 22:57 EDT
HAVANA (Reuters) - The United States must work with its ideological foe Cuba on joint safety plans as the communist island readies to begin exploration of its still-untapped Gulf of Mexico oil fields, the co-chief of the U.S. BP oil spill investigation said on Wednesday.
Libya rebel official aims for oil export in 2-3 months
Aug 25, 2011 18:22 EDT
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The Libyan rebel government hopes to restart oil exports within two to three months and reach full volumes in about a year, Ali Tarhouni, the official in charge of financial and oil matters told Reuters from Libya's oil ministry in Tripoli.
Gaddafi's last stand may be tale of two cities
Aug 25, 2011 11:09 EDT
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rebels seeking to quell the last redoubts of Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists have zeroed in on two cities, one his coastal birthplace and the other deep in Libya's oil-producing desert, that he has turned into a shrine to his cultish strongman rule.
