
Iraqi PM visits Kurdish north, hoping to mend ties
Iraq's prime minister on Sunday made a rare visit to the country's self-ruled northern Kurdish region in a bid to melt the ice between the Kurds and ...
12 sailors missing when vessel sinks off Nigeria
An official says 12 sailors are missing after a vessel working on behalf of Chevron Corp. near Nigeria's coast sank. The Jascon 4, a tug boat, went ...
Cyprus to grant new gas drilling license
Cyprus will give France's Total SA a license to drill for offshore oil and gas deposits, a move the cash-strapped country hopes will yield much-needed ...
Cyprus signs gas drilling deal with consortium
Cyprus signed a deal on Thursday allowing a consortium of foreign companies to drill for natural gas off the island's southern coast.
Oil firm to boost exports from Iraqi Kurdish area
Genel Energy PLC, a company led by the former BP chief executive that recently started shipping oil from Iraq's self-rule Kurdish region, said Friday ...

Iraq threatens to seize oil shipments, sue dealers
Iraq has threatened to seize oil exports made without its consent and sue companies dealing in what it sees as contraband crude just days after the ...
4 foreign sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast
Gunmen attacked a supply tug boat off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping foreign sailors, including Italians, in the latest ...