EU gives oil boost to Syria rebels Syrian rebels fighting President President Bashar al-Assad's troops won a fresh boost Monday when the European Union eased its oil embargo to let them exploit the resources they control.
EU set to help Syria's rebels by easing oil embargoThe European Union is set Monday to ease its oil embargo against Syria in favour of rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime in its latest signal of support to the opposition.
Oil tumbles for second day on slower Chinese growth Oil prices tumbled further in Asia on Tuesday, dragged by prospects of weaker crude demand from China after data showed the world's second largest economy was not growing as fast as expected.
Deadly attack a fresh sign of trouble in Nigerian oil regionA group of men with AK-47s lay in wait for an ex-kingpin in the Nigerian swamps before instead opening fire on police -- the latest sign of trouble in a vitally important oil region.
15 April 2013
Activists plant North Pole flag to fight oil drilling Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with millions of signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a global sanctuary protected from oil drilling.
Oil down as China's GDP comes in below expectations Oil was down in Asia on Monday after China's economic growth for the first quarter came in below expectations, with sentiment also weighed by forecasts of weaker global demand.
15 April 2013
Woodside shelves huge gas project in Australia Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. on Friday announced it was shelving onshore plans for the controversial multi-billion-dollar Browse liquefied natural gas export project.
Sudan says S. Sudan oil exports to resume by end May South Sudanese oil will be shipped again from Sudan by the end of May, official media said on Saturday, after a shutdown of more than a year which cost both impoverished nations billions of dollars.
07 April 2013
Kazakhstan to increase oil exports to ChinaKazakhstan and China have signed a number of bilateral documents within the frameworks of the President Nazarbayev’s visit to China.