Oil

North Korea said the tanker violated its laws, and a contract with the Alexandria-based company by carrying contraband

Libya's navy has lost contact with an oil tanker that loaded oil in a rebel-held port and has now slipped into Egyptian waters after being attacked by Libya's

Libyan navy and allied militia forces have surrounded a North Korea-flagged tanker just outside an eastern port held by rebels, a navy spokesman said on

Libya's defence ministry has issued orders to its military authorizing the use of force to stop a North Korea-flagged tanker loading crude oil sold by armed

Exxon Mobil Corp.’s biggest international exploration opportunity may be imperiled by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Ukrainian

By John Kemp LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) – The White House could lift the ban on U.S. oil exports in stages, according to an analysis of past presidential

They’re senior senators from two of the nation’s top oil-producing states, longtime friends who are about to begin a partnership that has environmentalists

By Kristen Hays and Anna Driver HOUSTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp, Valero Energy Corp and Phillips 66, the three largest U.S.

ExxonMobil Corp.’s push to export U.S. oil overseas is facing a new obstacle: falling gasoline

Diesel from the new Jubail refinery in Saudi Arabia will head to Europe for the first time this month, piling pressure on refineries already battered by huge

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — A Libyan rebel leader refused to hand over control of three oil ports to the government, keeping a lid on the North African

Oil production from North American shale fields will outpace every member of OPEC except Saudi Arabia within two years, according to ExxonMobil Corp., the

Crude traders are skeptical that the accord loosening some economic sanctions against Iran in return for limiting nuclear work will lead to a surge in oil

The U.S. will surpass Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s top oil producer by 2015, and be close to energy self-sufficiency in the next two decades,

What do the Chinese cities of Qingdao, Ningbo and Dalian have in common and what's the quickest way of getting from one to the

By Kristen Hays and Terry Wade CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Gulf of Mexico, stung by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history in

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — OAO Rosneft outlined a deal to supply China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec, 100 million metric tons of crude during 10 years as

By Jeb Blount and Sabrina Lorenzi RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Brazilian state-run energy company Petrobras teamed up with European oil majors and

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government plans to finance state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s participation in the

By Balazs Koranyi and Michael Shields OSLO/VIENNA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Norway’s Statoil sold stakes in North Sea oil fields to Austria’s OMV