Energy

  • Three offshore oil workers filed a lawsuit against units of Royal Dutch Shell and Enbridge, seeking $1 million in damages for injuries they allegedly suffered during a Nov. 8 fire on a US Gulf…

  • Gazprom Neft, the oil division of Russian gas major Gazprom, presented its development plan for Iran's Azar and Changuleh oilfields on Monday.

    The presentation took place in a meeting in…

  • Iran's milestone gas deal with French energy giant Total is expected to take a leap forward by March next year, as Tehran is speeding up efforts to award the project's subcontracts.

  • Italy's Techint Engineering and Construction signed an agreement with Ardabil Petrochemical Company to provide the technical know-how for the construction of a 500,000-ton petrochemical unit in…

  • The Iraqi government announced plans to use drones to monitor and protect its export and production pipelines in the first quarter of next year.

    Reuters reported on Monday that Oil…

  • Oil edged up towards $64 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by the Forties pipeline outage in the North Sea, OPEC-led supply cuts and expectations that US crude inventories fell for a fifth week.…

  • Iran plans to expand its network of gas pipelines from 36,000 kilometers to 45,000 kilometers in eight years, the managing director of National Iranian Gas Transmission Company said.

  • The National Iranian South Oil Company has devised plans to expand 27 hydrocarbon reservoirs in the oil-rich Khuzestan Province by raising $4.3 billion in finances, the planning manager of NISOC…

  • Iranians used an average of 79.7 million liters per day of gasoline between Nov. 22 and Dec. 16, up 8% compared with the corresponding period of last fiscal year. The country also burned 80.9…

  • Oil futures moved higher on Monday as upbeat sentiment about economic prospects in Asia and Europe outweighed concerns over higher US rig count, although a stronger dollar pressured prices.

  • Global coal demand will be subdued over the next five years, growing at just 0.5% a year, marginally higher than current levels, due to lower consumption in China, the International Energy…

  • A private Indian company is looking to invest in Iran's infrastructure for the storage of crude oil and byproducts.

    India's IMC Group is interested in the construction and maintenance of…

  • Denmark's Maersk Oil, a new subsidiary of French energy group Total, could sign a deal early next year to develop an offshore Iranian oil project in the Persian Gulf, according to the chief…

  • The US renewable energy industry expressed relief after a compromise Republican tax bill released late on Friday preserved key tax credits that had been at risk of being removed, but it raised…

  • Qeshm Gas Condensate Refinery, with a processing capacity of 120,000 barrels per day, will go on stream by the end of January next year, chief executive officer of Iranian Offshore Oil Company…

  • Iran's crude oil prices eased from their peak levels this year, but continued to trade firmly above the $60-per-barrel mark in the week to Dec. 8.

  • Egypt's super-giant Zohr Gas Field started pumping on Saturday, bringing the country closer to achieving its goal of self-sufficiency in the supply of liquefied natural gas.

    The start of…

  • China announced on Sunday a five-year plan to convert northern Chinese cities to clean heating during the winter through to 2021, state media reported, amid a deepening heating crisis.

  • Iraq plans to build a pipeline network to carry oil products across all its territory as an alternative to expensive and hazardous transport by tanker truck, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on…

  • The supply of natural gas to Behabad, a town of some 17,000 people and the only place in the central Yazd Province without access to the clean fossil fuel, is expected to begin next month, the…

  • Vessels owned by the National Iranian Tanker Company will join an environmental program aimed at monitoring the emissions of tankers berthing at European ports and terminals, the state tanker…

  • The government of Alberta—home to the world’s third-largest oil reserves—has auctioned off 595 megawatts of renewable energy capacity to be built in the province, which exceeded the government’s…

  • More than 350 Iranian experts have received training in Japan pertaining to preserving non-revenue water over the past three years, an official at the National Water and Wastewater Engineering…

  • Oil prices were mixed on Friday, lingering below two-year highs as the continuing outage of a North Sea pipeline gave support, while climbing US output and weak gasoline demand kept a lid on…

  • Decisions at some joint ventures with foreign firms are delayed. A growing number of oil tankers sit idle because no one authorizes payments. Employees struggle to get approval for routine…