ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Pakistan seems likely to back out of deals with Iran and India over a $7.4 billion gas pipeline from the Iranian South Pars field, sources said Thursday.
Democratic senators at a hearing Wednesday listed a host of Bush-era environmental offenses that they want the nominee for Environmental Protection Agency administrator to address if she's confirmed, which looks likely.
Nigerian forces said they have killed the head of one of the country's notorious gangs in the oil-rich Niger Delta, part of an ongoing battle between gunmen and Nigerian forces in the region.
EC threatens suit as Russian gas flow through Ukraine still unclear; EIA again projects lower demand in 2009; Canadian oil and gas producers cut their budgets
STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The European Union has urged European energy companies to sue Ukraine and Russia unless they immediately restore gas supplies.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Decreasing vehicle weight by 10 percent translates to a 7 percent increase in energy efficiency, ExxonMobil said ahead of an Abu Dhabi energy conference.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The gas crisis in Europe is a political move on the part of Moscow to create a climate where Russian natural resources are a top commodity, an analysis says.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The gas shortage in Europe sparked by the Russian conflict with Ukraine inspires the political will to move ahead with the Nabucco pipeline, officials said.
MOSCOW, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Ukrainian state-owned energy firm Naftogaz refused transit of Russian natural gas to Europe for the second straight day Wednesday, energy giant Gazprom said.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Azerbaijan is positioned strategically with the necessary infrastructure to advance the diversification of the European energy sector, officials said.
A new audit of a $1.2 billion contract for reconstruction in Iraq's southern oil sector split the blame for cost overruns and underperformance between the main contractor, Kellogg Brown & Root, and the U.S. and Iraqi governments.
Coal and nuclear power took center stage at Tuesday's confirmation hearing for President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of energy, Steven Chu, who garnered broad bipartisan support from senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Disputes among rival Shiite parties in Iraq are a healthy component of a bustling democracy in the midst of a campaign season, party leaders said Tuesday.
Oil prices fall despite Saudi output cut; ONGC invests $5 billion for 25 million cubic meters gas daily; Bharat Petroleum negotiates for gas with Reliance
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Financial analysts in the Middle East and North Africa predict a 0.9 percent contraction for Saudi Arabia's economy on steep oil production cuts.
MOSCOW, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- British major BP finalized agreements with its Russian counterparts in the TNK-BP consortium to restructure corporate governance, ending months of dispute.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Monitor groups worked Tuesday according to provisions of a gas settlement between Russia and Ukraine, but European customers complained of little change.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The end of the European gas crisis means state-owned gas firm Bulgargaz can file compensation claims, but also speaks of the need for diversity, officials say.
