Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 27, 2025 Iraq resumed crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday after a more than two-year halt over legal and technical disputes. Control over lucrative oil exports has been a major point of contention between Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, with a key pipeline to Turkey shut since 2023. Iraq's oil ministry announced the "resumption of oil exports fro| Oil and Gas News
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 Fossil fuel developers should be excluded from financial investments labelled sustainable, NGOs and associations urged on Tuesday, as part of any reform of the European Union's green finance transparency rules. More than 120 signatories including organisations such as Reclaim Finance, financial institutions as well as legal experts urged Brussels in an open letter to offer "sufficient safegu| Oil and Gas News
Caracas (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is ready to declare a state of emergency over the threat of US "aggression" following a spate of deadly US strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday. Rodriguez told foreign diplomats that Maduro had signed a decree giving himself "special powers" as head of state to act in matters of defense and security in t| Oil and Gas News
Quito (AFP) Sept 28, 2025 A protester was killed by Ecuadoran armed forces during a demonstration against increased fuel prices, the country's largest Indigenous organization said Sunday. Efrain Fuerez was "shot three times" and died Sunday at the hospital in Cotacachi, around 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Quito, according to the organization, known by its acronym Conaie. Ecuador's police and armed forces h| Oil and Gas News
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 A research team led by Prof. Yin Huajie at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled a solar-driven device that generates green hydrogen directly from atmospheric moisture without external energy or water supplies. The breakthrough, detailed in Advanced Materials, addresses hydrogen production in arid regions where water is scarce. Proton Exchange M| Oil and Gas News
Paris (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Some of the world's leading banks provided more than twice as much finance for fossil fuels between 2021 and 2024 than for sustainable alternatives, a new study said Tuesday. The study by Reclaim Finance and partners such as WWF, Urgewald and Rainforest Action Network, said "the biggest 65 banks are not on track when it comes to financing the energy transition." Top global banks such as| Oil and Gas News
Caracas (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 The White House on Monday dismissed a request by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for talks with counterpart Donald Trump to de-escalate tensions between the two arch-foes. The brush-off came as two Venezuelan opposition leaders backed a US naval build-up near the South American country, calling it critical for the restoration of democracy. Trump has dispatched eight warships and a su| Oil and Gas News
New York (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 All eyes are on China this week, as the world's biggest polluter readies a new emissions-cutting plan - reinforcing its role as a steadfast defender of global climate diplomacy while Europe stalls and the United States doubles down on fossil fuels. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has convened a mini climate summit on Wednesday during a week of high-level talks, where Beiji| Oil and Gas News
Paris (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 No stranger to ire from oil-producing nations, the International Energy Agency (IEA) is facing pressure from the administration of US President Donald Trump over its globally-respected reports that predict a dwindling in fossil fuel demand. The United States, the world's biggest oil producer and a major contributor to the Paris-based IEA, is threatening to withdraw from the global energy au| Oil and Gas News
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 22, 2025 Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez confirmed that President Nicolás Maduro sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, saying he was willing to hold direct talks with Trump's special envoy, Richard Grenell. "The letter was delivered Sept. 6 to a South American intermediary to be passed on to its recipient. ... In it is reflected Venezuela's irrefutable truth: We are a territo| Oil and Gas News
Caracas (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected US allegations of being a drug trafficker and asked President Donald Trump for dialogue, according to a letter released Sunday by Caracas, as tensions soar between the two countries. The letter addressed to Trump is dated September 6 and was sent days after the United States deployed warships off the coast of Venezuela and carried out the first of| Oil and Gas News
Caracas (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 Faced with a major US naval build-up near its waters, Venezuela has flexed its muscle by conducting military exercises, arming civilians and deploying thousands of troops to its land and sea borders. But military experts take a dim view of Venezuela's combat readiness, saying years of crisis have made a paper tiger of its armed forces. President Nicolas Maduro has accused the United Stat| Oil and Gas News
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 18, 2025 Venezuela plans to hold military drills under the name "Caribe Soberano 200" in response to recent hostile U.S. activity in the region, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said. Padrino announced Wednesday during a televised meeting with the high command of the Venezuelan armed forces that about 22 aircraft and some 30 vessels - including 12 navy ships - will deploy for three| Oil and Gas News
Caracas (AFP) Sept 15, 2025 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday branded US Secretary of State Marco Rubio the lord of death and war over his tough rhetoric on Latin American cartels and vowed to defend against Washington's aggression.| Oil and Gas Daily
Johannesburg (AFP) Sept 16, 2025 - South Africa's top court on Tuesday heard arguments in a landmark case pitting environmentalists and coastal communities against energy giant Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Indian Ocean coast.| Oil and Gas Daily
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 - China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has reported that its offshore heavy oil thermal recovery technology system and supporting equipment have reached large-scale deployment, with cumulat| Oil and Gas Daily
Beijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 - China said Tuesday it had rejected a protest lodged by Japan over the development of gas fields in disputed waters of the East China Sea. Tokyo's foreign ministry said late Monday it had con| Oil and Gas Daily
Oslo (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 - Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo's main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said. The ac| Oil and Gas Daily
Oslo (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 - The Norwegian state and environmental groups face off in court again Thursday over three oil fields ruled illegal last year due to insufficient environmental impact studies.| Oil and Gas Daily
Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 - /> A South African court has refused environmental authorisation for planned offshore drilling by French energy giant TotalEnergies near the foot of Africa, in a ruling seen by AFP Thursday. T| Oil and Gas Daily
Frankfurt, Germany Aug 13, 2025 - Germany's conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks.| Oil and Gas Daily
Geneva (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 - Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a global treaty to combat plastic pollution.| Oil and Gas Daily
Maputo (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have multiplied their attacks in the past weeks, causing mass displacements ahead of the possible resumption of construction on TotalEnergies' huge natural gas project in the region.| Oil and Gas Daily
Darvaza, Turkmenistan (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - People go to the Gateway to Hell gas crater in the middle of the Turkmenistan desert expecting an angry cauldron but are now coming away unimpressed.| Oil and Gas Daily
Wellington (AFP) July 31, 2025 - New Zealand's government voted Thursday to open the country for new oil and gas exploration, reversing a ban put in place under former prime minister Jacinda Ardern.| Oil and Gas Daily
Oslo (AFP) July 30, 2025 - As teenagers in Norway, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen and his younger cousin Vebjorn Bjelland Berg survived a mass shooting together - a trauma that united them.| Oil and Gas Daily
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 5, 2025 - Eight OPEC+ nations on Saturday agreed to increase their crude oil production by 548,000 barrels per day starting in August.| Oil and Gas Daily
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Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 29, 2025 - The EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the bloc's climate fight - should the mammoth pledges come true.| Oil and Gas Daily
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 - A Ukrainian drone attack killed a mother and her toddler in a Russian border region on Wednesday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv launched a major overnight barrage that set an oil refinery ablaze and targeted a nuclear facility.| Oil and Gas Daily
