Oil prices jumped more than $4 per barrel at settlement on Thursday after a report said the US was sending additional troops and another aircraft carrier to the Middle East, while China suspended oil product exports, fuelling concerns that global fuel shortages could worsen. ...
Brent crude held above $103 a barrel early Wednesday as a sharp recovery in oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz offered some relief to a market still grappling with the effects of the prolonged Iran conflict and uncertainty over the waterway's future....
Arabian Drilling, a leading Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor, said it has signed a SAR2 billion ($528 million) deal with Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) to provide four high-specification offshore jack-up drilling rigs. This four-year contract is the largest single offshore drilling award KJO has made to Arabian Drilling....
Brent crude hovered around $107 a barrel on Tuesday, extending gains as uncertainty over the US-Iran conflict and the future of the Strait of Hormuz continued to keep a substantial risk premium in oil markets....
The offshore drone industry is advancing quickly, with UAVs increasingly capable of handling inspection, monitoring, and logistics missions miles from shore. That expanding capability is driving growing investment in the technology....
South Korea plans to reduce its reliance on Middle Eastern crude oil to 50 per cent by 2035, as Seoul seeks to diversify energy supplies following regional disruptions. The government’s 10-year resource security plan calls for a major transformation of supply chains....
The value of the European Union’s petroleum oil imports surged 55.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, while volumes remained broadly stable, rising 1.2 per cent to a monthly average of 36.7 million tonnes, according to Eurostat....
China National Offshore Oil Engineering has announced the groundbreaking of its biggest international offshore project - Bul Hanine EPIC in Qatar - with a total contract value of $4 billion. The project is being developed in the country's Bul Hanine oilfield by QatarEnergy. ...
Oil prices climbed again to stay above the psychologically important $100-a-barrel mark on Tuesday as renewed concerns over Gulf security offset signs of improving Saudi crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz....
Oil prices fell more than 2% on Monday to their lowest levels in more than a week as hopes for renewed US-Iran diplomacy reduced some of the geopolitical risk premium, while President Donald Trump signalled he could meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian but warned Tehran that much bigger action could follow if it did not change course....
US forces had supported the safe transit of more than one billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz over the past two months, said its top official, adding that they had facilitated the transit of more than 2,000 commercial vessels through the Strait with “co-ordinated protection”. ...
Oil prices fell about 1% on Friday, extending losses for a third consecutive session, even as Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, with markets focusing instead on efforts to restore Saudi oil flows and alternative routes for Gulf exports....
Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO ASA has announced that the boards of DNO, DNO Bidco AS and UK-based Capricorn Energy have agreed to revise the terms of its proposed acquisition of Capricorn, with shareholders now set to receive the full acquisition value in cash....
Oil prices held around $108 a barrel on Wednesday, near a four-month high, as markets grappled with mounting concerns over global energy supplies following the shutdown of Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline and continuing attacks on key oil and shipping routes in the Middle East....
Global oil markets face a fresh supply shock after Saudi Arabia shut down its 1,200-km East-West Pipeline following multiple drone attacks, as continuing attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and a widening Houthi offensive in the Red Sea threaten to disrupt vital energy routes on both sides of the Arabian Peninsula....
Oil prices surged to their highest levels since May on Friday as the widening US-Iran conflict and a rapid Houthi advance in Yemen raised fears of a prolonged disruption to global crude supplies through the two strategic waterways of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb....
Crude oil prices surged for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, with Brent approaching the psychologically important $100-a-barrel threshold as a fresh escalation in the US-Iran conflict heightened fears of prolonged disruptions to oil supplies from the Gulf....
Kistos has received confirmation of a Royal Decree from Oman, completing the transfer of legal ownership of onshore Blocks 3 and 4 from Mitsui E&P Middle East to the independent energy company....
Oil prices were heading for their strongest weekly gain since mid-July on Friday as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran heightened concerns over disruptions to Middle East energy supplies....
Chevron has reached new agreements with Venezuela covering its joint ventures, unlocking plans for more than $7 billion in investment over five years and production growth to about 600,000 barrels per day, supported by additional Orinoco Belt acreage and lower costs....
