A rebound in North Sea oil production in the three months to May helped the UK double its growth rate to 0.6% from the first quarter of the year, handing the Treasury a much-needed boost. According to the National Ins...
Sandwiched between a stuttering eurozone and a recession-ridden Russia and Ukraine, and with the troubled Turkey and Greece to their south, eastern Europe’s economies might not seem, in a literal sense, to be in a goo...
Islamic State strengthened its hold in central Libya, seizing territory near the country’s largest oil terminal, as the United Nations warned that time is running out on its efforts to broker a deal among warring fact...
The U.S. has taken Russia’s crown as the biggest oil and natural-gas producer in a demonstration of the seismic shifts in the world energy landscape emanating from America’s shale fields. U.S. oil production rose to a...
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro demanded on Tuesday that neighbouring Guyana stop oil exploration in a disputed offshore territory. The exploration is being carried out by US oil giant ExxonMobil. Venezuela...
Canada’s crude oil output will continue to grow over the long term but at a slower pace than previously projected, reflecting many project postponements resulting from the slump in oil prices, the country’s main energ...
Oil prices rallied on Tuesday, aided by hopes of Chinese stimulus, helping to offset concerns about high supplies, traders said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in July jumped . 04 to $59.18 a barrel...
Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir chose a new foreign minister after vowing to improve relations with Europe and the U.S., which has sanctioned the country for more than 15 years over allegations it sponsors terrorism...
“When something on this scale happens, every board asks: ‘What do we do?’ And they call in their M&A advisers and ask them the same question.” According to one senior oil executive, Royal Dutch Shell’s £55bn offer...
In response to some questions of MPs, Friday, Prime Minister Habib Essid said the controversy over the reality of Tunisia’s natural resources, particularly oil, has taken on broader dimensions, noting that the g...