South Sudan hopes to resume oil production in September after reaching an interim agreement with Sudan on oil export fees, but it may take a year to return to full capacity, its top negotiator said on Tuesday.
Increased oil revenues have allowed Iraq to add around $9 billion to its 2012 budget bringing the total budget for the year to above $110 billion, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
South Korea said Tuesday that it will halt all Iranian oil imports from the start of July in response to a European Union insurance ban on tankers carrying crude from Iran.
Egypt's Industrial Development Authority is examining proposals from several investors worth EGP 48 billion for developing downstream oil and gas projects including refineries and petrochemicals production.
South Korea will effectively become the first of Iran's major Asian customers to halt oil purchases from July 1, when a European Union insurance ban will prevent further imports.
The UAE's hydrocarbon export earnings are expected to climb to their highest ever level of more than $122 billion in 2012 because of high production and prices, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Oil markets are better-supplied for the first time since 2009 as ''sluggish'' demand and OPEC output at more than a three-year peak eased inventory depletion, according to the International Energy Agency.