PetroChina announced on its official website on May 26 that the country's first 100-million-tonne large-scale shale oilfield has been discovered, the Xinanbian oilfield in northern Shaanxi, adding further oil resourc ...
The news was bittersweet for Canada’s Northwest Territories. While the region found out last week that its Canol and Bluefish formations hold Canada’s largest shale oil reserves, the slump in prices means no one’s dr ...
Shale oil producers, benefiting from lower costs, are expected to ramp up drilling activity if the price of U.S. oil stays near $60 a barrel, Goldman Sachs said.
A high-ranking Italian economic delegation comprising of five officials headed by Deputy Minister of Economic Development Carlo Kalinda arrived in Cairo today to discuss how to support and enhance economic cooperati ...
A once-popular pair trade pitting the U.S. dollar against oil prices has re-emerged in recent weeks, injecting a new wildcard into the market just as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries prepares to ...
Oil traded near $60 a barrel as companies in the U.S. reduced the number of active rigs by the slowest pace since a prolonged retreat in drilling that began in December.
The Asset Management Corp. of Nigeria said it has recovered 57 percent of the bad debts it took on five years ago to rescue banks in Africa’s largest economy from collapse.
Algeria's state energy firm Sonatrach has named Amine Mazouzi as its new chief executive to replace interim chief Said Sahnoun, who had been appointed less than a year ago, according to two industry sources on Sunday.
Libyan jets have attacked an oil tanker off the coast near the city of Sirte that the Benghazi-based government said was carrying reinforcements and weapons for rebel fighters.