Iraq asks BP to boost oil production from Kirkuk: spokesman
Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi met a senior BP executive on Monday to discuss developing and boosting production from Kirkuk oilfield, a ministry spokesman said.
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We owe it to our veterans to work toward oil independence
This is the week we show our respect and gratitude to veterans for their service to our country. But that sentiment doesn’t have to be reserved just for Veterans Day.
OPEC reportedly favors 9-month extension to output cut deal in bid to boost oil prices
OPEC members are reportedly forming a consensus around extending their production cutting deal with other crude exporters by nine months, a move that would help to put a floor under oil prices.
Are the days of low oil prices receding?
Oil prices rose on Monday, fueled by jitters about a disruption in supplies after government forces in Iraq moved on the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk and on oil installations seized by the Kurds in 2014.
Ford CEO Jim Hackett’s plan to Wall Street: Fewer models, more electric cars
The company plans to reduce the number of Ford models but it did not say how many or which ones. And it intends to substantially ramp up its shift away from gas engines into electrification and connected cars, as well as autonomous cars.
Unraveling the oil geopolitics intertwined in the Kurdish independence referendum
For over a decade, U.S. efforts to promote stability across the Middle East have run afoul of many complexities.
Islamic State torches oil wells in northern Iraq
Islamic State militants set fire to three oil wells near Hawija, west of the oil city of Kirkuk, one of two areas of Iraq still under their control, military and oil officials said on Monday.
Why has U.S. expanded travel ban to Chad and removed Sudan?
Observers wonder whether Chad’s troubles started when it attempted to slap a record $74 billion fine on Exxon Mobil.
Trump will be hard-pressed to get allies to stop buying Iran’s oil
The Trump administration wants to ratchet up economic pressure on Iran, but unless it can persuade skeptical governments in Europe and Asia to join the effort, it will be forced to use unilateral measures that would probably prove ineffective at choking Tehran’s economy
China curbs oil product exports to North Korea
China slapped fresh sanctions on North Korea, curbing some oil product exports to the country, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions this week.
