Trump push to ‘drill, baby, drill’ may hit industry roadblock
Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump wants to boost US oil production, pledging to bring costs down as he returned ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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BP nears deals for oil fields, curbs on gas flaring in Iraq
London (AFP) - Iraq and British oil giant BP are set to finalise a deal by early February to develop ...
Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon sentenced to nearly 18 years for fraud
Singapore (AFP) - The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company was sentenced Monday to nearly 18 years in ...
Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon to be sentenced for fraud
Singapore (AFP) - The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company will be sentenced Monday for cheating banking giant ...
‘Drill, baby, drill’: Trump policy poses risks, opportunities for oil industry
New York (AFP) - Donald Trump's election as US president brings back a champion of the oil industry to the ...
ExxonMobil profits dip as it gives back almost $10 bn to investors
New York (AFP) - ExxonMobil reported a dip in third-quarter profits Friday on lower earnings from its refining business, but ...
Venezuela arrests ex-oil minister accused of US links
Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela on Monday announced the arrest of a former oil minister accused of links to a firm ...
TotalEnergies plans to grow oil and gas production until 2030
Paris (AFP) - French energy giant TotalEnergies has announced plans to increase its oil and gas production until 2030, as ...
Nigeria’s Dangote refinery caught between promise and reality
Lagos (AFP) - When will gasoline from Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote’s mega-refinery finally flood the home market?That's the question Nigerians ...
Oil drilling sparks Indigenous outcry as spills tarnish Ecuador Amazon
Guiyero (Ecuador) (AFP) - A thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the ...
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