ALGIERS, Algeria, June 16 (UPI) -- Algerian officials say they're leaning toward signing a deal with a French company to establish the nation's first nuclear power plant.

French Total and others are threatening to block North Sea development; Shell and Repsol have pulled out of Phase 13 of the South Pars gas field; OPEC President Chakib Khelil blamed speculators again for the steep rise in oil prices.

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices climbed Monday in New York, as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said it wouldn't increase production through the summer.

Algeria will invest $45 billion in energy production; Against other OPEC members, Saudi Arabia has said that it will increase its oil output; PetroChina has said it resumed oil supply in areas hit by the earthquake in Sichuan province

WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Angry oil consumers taking aim at OPEC are looking at a "scapegoat" instead of a needed mirror, the head of the bloc of oil producers said during a visit to Washington Thursday.

WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- A truck drivers' Washington protest of fuel costs largely fizzled in the rain Monday but their horn-blowing was not unheard, various politicians said.

ROME, April 21 (UPI) -- OPEC leaders meeting in Rome said prices will not fall anytime soon.

India, China compete for oil, other resources; OPEC says it won't alter production; IEA lowers oil-use estimates

Turkish attacks part of the oil price hikes; Lebanon to begin receiving natural gas from Egypt; Australia pushes for new oil and gas finds