A major oil deal between Iraq and Exxon Mobil was “very close” but had been slowed by Exxon’s decision on Saturday to evacuate its international staff from the West Qurna Continue Reading
Given the U.S.’s deployment earlier this month of an aircraft carrier battle group to the Persian Gulf and comments that it may send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle Continue Reading
iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on May 14, 2019 — a week after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had visited Baghdad and reportedly met with a senior Continue Reading
Drone attacks on pipelines in Saudi Arabia and the mysterious alleged sabotage of tankers near Fujairah sent pulses racing, but a phony war in the Persian Gulf failed to trigger Continue Reading
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — Iraq can revert to fuel-switching if the country loses or has reduced access to Iranian gas for its power needs, Iraq’s oil minister Thamir al-Ghadhban told Continue Reading
Iraq’s oil minister on Sunday blasted ExxonMobil for evacuating its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 field, saying all international oil companies working in the country have a secure Continue Reading
ExxonMobil has withdrawn its 30 foreign staff from Iraq’s West Qurna 1 field, according to Iraqi state-run Basra Oil Company, following a US State Department warning about security risks from Continue Reading
Production is unaffected and the security situation appears calm as ExxonMobil evacuates dozens of foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 field, following U.S. claims of threats from Iran. ExxonMobil Continue Reading
Winding fuel queues are now the order of the day in the country. It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the Continue Reading
The inferno which engulfed oil wells operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited in Ojumole communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State has continued unabated 32 days after it started. Continue Reading
