During the last few days, various articles in the oil and shipping press have hinted at the possibility that renewed contango in the oil markets could lead to increased storage plays after several Suezmaxes were fixed for discharge in Saldanha Bay…
Argentina's state-controlled energy company YPF said on Thursday it had reached a deal worth $550 million with Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas to develop shale oil in the vast Vaca Muerta formation. Argentina needs foreign investment to develop the shale formation…
A successful bid would make it Vietnam's biggest corporate deal; Kuwait Petroleum Corp unit has bid close to $2 bln for the stake. Petrovietnam has bid for a stake in Murphy Oil Corp's Malaysian oil and gas assets, challenging other suitors including Mitsubishi Corp and Indian state oil companies…
Engineering giant Bechtel Corp reached a new workplace agreement on Friday with construction workers, averting strikes that could have delayed the start-up of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants it is building on Australia's east coast.
Looming famine, ceasefires fail to end fighting; Conflict cuts oil production by a third. Monitoring oil wealth could help heal rifts. South Sudan's oil fields have become a battleground in the struggle for power in Africa's newest nation, encouraging…