Iraq awards some oil and gas blocks as Exxon and Total drop out

Iraq awards some oil and gas blocks as Exxon and Total drop out: UAE s Crescent Petroleum China s Geo-Jade Petroleum and Hong Kong s United Energy Group won contracts

Aramco, Total said to eye Saudi fuel stations such as Tas’helat

Aramco, Total said to eye Saudi fuel stations such as Tas’helat: The two are also looking at a range of options from consolidating some service stations to potentially starting the business from scratch

Iraq’s move to rush oil bidding could deter some firms

Iraq’s move to rush oil bidding could deter some firms: Thursday s auction will be the fifth since Iraq opened its vast oil and gas reserves to global energy companies in 2009 for first time in decades

Oil prices to rise in 2018 as Opec wages tug-of-war with US shale

Oil prices to rise in 2018 as Opec wages tug-of-war with US shale: Opec deal exit strategy in focus

SoftBank Vision Fund, Saudi Arabia to create world's biggest solar power firm

SoftBank Vision Fund, Saudi Arabia to create world's biggest solar power firm: Analyst Saudi Arabia is clearly preparing for a post-fossil fuel dependent economy in terms of domestic energy consumption

Exxon quits some Russian joint ventures citing sanctions

Exxon quits some Russian joint ventures citing sanctions: Deals were reached when US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was Exxon s chief executive

Saudi Sipchem mulls US shale venture in first foreign foray

Saudi Sipchem mulls US shale venture in first foreign foray: The surge in US shale oil and gas output in recent years has slashed America s reliance on imported energy