Iraq, oil companies agree to restart investmentIraq has reached agreement with BP, Shell and Lukoil to restart stalled investment in oil fields the firms are developing, allowing projects that were halted this year to resume and crude production to increase in 2017, Iraqi oil officials said. More… |
Iraq, oil companies agree to restart investmentIraq has reached agreement with BP, Shell and Lukoil to restart stalled investment in oil fields the firms are developing, allowing projects that were halted this year to resume and crude production to increase in 2017, Iraqi oil officials said. More… |
Egypt studies 8 state-owned oil firms for listingEgypt's Ministry of Investment will assess eight state-owned petroleum companies for their suitability for a possible listing on the Egyptian Stock Exchange or share issuances, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla told Reuters on Tuesday. More… |
High risk of bankruptcy for one-third of oil firmsRoughly a third of oil producers are at high risk of slipping into bankruptcy this year as low commodity prices crimp their access to cash and ability to cut debt, according to a study by Deloitte, the auditing and consulting firm. More… |
As Big Oil shrinks, boards plot paths out of crisisAs oil and gas companies cut ever-deeper into the bone to weather their worst downturn in decades, boards have adopted contrasting strategies to lead them out of the crisis. Crude prices have tumbled around 70 per cent over the pa More… |
Oil firms rush to exploit end of US crude export banUS energy group Enterprise and oil trader Vitol raced to exploit the end of a 40-year ban on most US crude exports, the first of many firms eager to "stress test" last week's historic opening. Despite a sudden change More… |
Oil price flux unlikely to hit long-term sector growthThe cyclicality of the oil and gas industry is unlikely to impact the long term trajectory of the sector, a report said, noting that the current fluctuations may speed up some of the trends that were already unfolding. The new rep More… |
Oil price flux unlikely to hit long-term sector growthThe cyclicality of the oil and gas industry is unlikely to impact the long term trajectory of the sector, a report said, noting that the current fluctuations may speed up some of the trends that were already unfolding. The new rep More… |
Iran lures oil majors with new deals modelIran will have a new, attractive investment model for oil contracts by September, its president and oil minister told some of the world's top oil executives here on Thursday, part of its drive to win back Western business. Ira More… |
ME national oil firms plan $140bn in contractsAbout $140 billion worth of engineering and construction contracts have been either awarded by national oil companies (NOCs) or are planned throughout the Middle East in 2011, according to a report. Upstream oil and gas development and pip More… |