"The lifting of sanctions on Iran would be a game changer for world gas market," said Dr Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli, secretary general of the Gas Exproting Countries Forum, Zawya news website has reported.

After Exxon Mobil Corp. mounted a campaign to warn U.S. officials that prematurely halting work with Russian oil giant Rosneft on an exploratory oil well could foul the Arctic, the Obama administration last week gave the company a two-week reprieve from sanctions on Russia.

Rosneft Discovered a New Hydrocarbon Field in the Kara Sea

Russia Says Arctic Well Drilled With Exxon Strikes Oil

Mexico is “like a sweet shop in the oil business”, according to one executive, and international energy companies are eyeing the goodies it offers as they wait for technical and fiscal details to work out how much they can splurge.

France’s Total on Monday said its joint venture with Russia’s Lukoil , to explore shale oil in western Siberia , had ground to a halt as a result of western sanctions.

Iran’s oil minister called on Opec nations to work together to prevent a further slide in crude prices,

U.S. oil futures gained Friday on expectations of continued high demand, while global benchmark Brent held flat

Natural gas futures advanced in New York to the highest level in two weeks as concern eased that supplies would test storage limits before demand picks up with colder weather.

Russia, Ukraine and the European Union moved closer to sealing the deal, with European Commissioner Günther Oettinger announcing on Friday that there is a high probability of signing a binding interim agreement by the end of next week.

Партнеры «Роснефти», вынужденные уйти из-за санкций, будут иметь опцион на возврат.

Реверсные поставки газа на Украину зимой невозможны

West Texas Intermediate crude fell from the highest price in seven days as concern eased over the risk of a supply disruption in the Middle East. Brent declined in London.

The Company’s representatives made a report on RN-Shelf-Arctic’s experience in implementing marine animals protection plans during geological survey in the Barents Sea.

Oil is in the midst of one of its steepest selloffs since the financial crisis, with prices falling 16 percent since mid-June. This has the Saudis contemplating even deeper cuts in oil production to keep prices from declining any further.

The chairman of a Philippine energy company said Friday a Chinese state-owned oil producer hasn't responded to a revived proposal to jointly explore a disputed area of the South China Sea but drilling will go ahead by 2016 with or without a partnership.

Moldova faces a tough road in its bid to reduce dependence on Russian natural gas.

LNG investments could soon increase as the fuel could soon benefit from a rising demand for gas from the transport sector.

По итогам полугодия «Газпром нефть» сохранила лидерство в отрасли по темпам прироста добычи и увеличению объемов переработки нефти, а также по таким показателям эффективности, как возврат на вложенный капитал и удельный операционный денежный поток на баррель нефтяного эквивалента.

At The Riga Conference 2014, the annual high-level meeting in its 9th year of local, EU and global security policy-makers and experts, energy security issues were featured prominently during debates.