Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi is counting on oil traders to keep sitting on near-record volumes of stockpiled crude to prevent a second relapse in oil prices later this year. Senior traders, however, worry that his ...
A senior EGAS official revealed to Al-Bourse newspaper that Egypt’s production of natural gas is declining at a rate of about 130 mcf per month, compared to about 100 mcf during the same period last fiscal year....
The Iraqi Forum of Intellectuals and Academics, which was established last year in Istanbul, recently held a seminar on industry, oil and electricity in Iraq. I was asked to give a presentation on Iraqi refineries and...
Soma Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd., chaired by former U.K. Conservative Party leader Michael Howard, has proposed a deal with the Somali government that may grant it as much as 90 percent of the country’s prospective oi...
Dana Gas is committed to develop 20 new wells and work-over 17 existing wells in Egypt, in the framework of a $350 million work program, per the Gas Production Enhancement Agreement (GPEA), according to Dana Gas press...
Sharjah-based Dana Gas reported lower sales and profit in the first quarter, as cost-cutting wasn’t enough to mitigate the effects of lower oil and gas prices, but senior executives see improvements ahead. Dana Gas, w...
The low oil prices that have been dogging the energy industry led to dramatically lower quarterly earnings for Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil, but the two giant companies did better than analysts had expected. Rela...
Italian oil company Eni expects to produce more oil and gas this year as new projects come onstream, it said on Wednesday, after higher output helped it soften the blow of lower crude prices in its first-quarter resul...
French oil major Total reported a smaller-than-expected 22 percent drop in first-quarter net profit on Tuesday, helped by rising refining margins and sharp growth in oil and gas production that partly offset lower cru...
Brent crude oil increases to $65.37 per barrel amid concerns over disrupted supply from Middle East and slowdown in US shale oil production Conflict in the Middle East and a downturn in US shale oil production are sai...