HOUSTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Work necessary for the expansion of the Seaway oil pipeline from Cushing, Okla., is in the final stages, an energy company said.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- With a wholesale value of $2.4 trillion, oil and natural gas in the Scottish waters of the North Sea provide a key source of revenue, the first minister said.
LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The start of production at the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea marks the beginning of important regional activity for BP, a BP managing director said.
STAVANGER, Norway, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The latest appraisal well in the Johan Sverdrup discovery off the southern Norwegian coast proved new hydrocarbon volumes, said Statoil.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- As many as 40 international oil companies are expected to bid for offshore natural gas exploration blocks in Lebanon's sector of the eastern Mediterranean that lies north of major deepwater gas fields in Israeli waters.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Severe weather conditions are affecting the response to the grounding of a drill ship near the western coast of Alaska, U.S. supermajor Shell said.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The governor of Nebraska should wait to make decisions on the Keystone XL pipeline route until a court issues a final ruling on state laws, an attorney said.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- New rules proposed by state regulators in Alaska for hydraulic fracturing are "quite comprehensive," the director of a water advocacy group said.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The inauguration of the Tamar natural gas production platform heralds a new era for Israeli energy independence, a top stakeholder said.
KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Ukrainian government said it secured a loan from the Chinese government to back a program aimed to substituting natural gas with coal.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian energy company expects a regional regulator to sign off soon on an $802 million oil sands development project in Alberta, an executive said.
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- China National Petroleum Corp. aims to secure natural gas supplies from domestic and Central Asian suppliers to address surging winter demand, a spokesman said.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The second phase of the Shah Deniz natural gas field offshore Azerbaijan should cost as much as $30 billion, the head of a state energy company said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Companies examining the energy potential in Lebanon are eager for the robust showing at a February natural gas auction, an executive said.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Dana Gas, one of the largest natural gas producers in Egypt, announced new gas discoveries pushed proven reserves to more 17 million barrels of oil equivalent.
ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Turkey's position as a guarantor of energy security in Europe has been secured with the new TANAP gas pipeline, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
