BAGHDAD, March 25 (UPI) -- Russian firm Lukoil is claiming partial victory in its struggle for a Saddam-era oil deal during a CEO visit to Iraq and lobbying by President Vladimir Putin.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Russia is now moving swiftly to develop projects in its own self-defined sector of the Caspian.

MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Russia's Lukoil and Gazprom Neft have created a joint venture, the two energy giants said in a statement Friday.

Iran courts LUKoil; Russia to double gas supplies to Greece; Gazprom to consolidate positions in German gas-distributing market

Reliance mulls selling fuel in U.S., Europe; LUKoil's impasse with Turkmenistan on Caspian; Gazprom buys share in a fourth North Sea block

LUKoil to explore for oil in Indonesia; Lithuania faces pipeline repair difficulties; Norway’s Norsk Hydro takes stake in Indian block

China to expand refinery capacity

Oil prices for Western, Central Europe to rise; OPEC to set unofficial target price; Petrobras to build $4.5B refinery in Pernambuco

MOSCOW, June 14 (UPI) -- LUKoil, reaching its first deal in energy-rich Turkmenistan, has won rights to develop three Caspian offshore fields.