Kenya said it had raised concerns with the Somali government a day before the auction after it noticed blocks in what it considers to be its maritime territory were included in the auction.
The new EU deal casts doubt over the structure of Russia's planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which already faces uncertainty after Denmark's potential ban on its planned route which includes Danish territorial waters.
Fayadh Nema was named Iraq's deputy minister for upstream oil and gas affairs and Mutasim Akram was also named the new deputy minister of gas affairs.
A federal judge in Houston ordered a former Venezuelan oil minister this week to pay the owners of Harvest Natural Resources $1.4 billion in damages in a fraud suit.
Australia’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science released its first National Resources Statement since 1998.
There was no immediate confirmation or comment from state oil firm NOC which operates with foreign partners the 315,000 barrels-per-day (bbl/d) field deep in Libya’s southern desert.
How producers may be organizing around some common themes in 2019, plus a look ahead to Hart Energy’s new video program launch.
Traders are looking for ways to keep the crude flowing during the sanctions.
Gains are reined in by fears of a slowing Chinese economy.
In the short term, a potential war makes the crude oil situation dicey at best.
