Energy Industry

May 8, 2019

Iran threatens more uranium enrichment if no new nuke deal

Iran has threatened to resume higher enrichment of uranium in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal a year after President Donald Trump withdrew from the accord


May 8, 2019

Cyprus seeks EU backing to counter Turkey's gas drilling bid

Cyprus says it will rally support from fellow European Union countries and others to counter Turkey's bid to drill in waters where the east Mediterranean island nation has exclusive economic rights


May 8, 2019

Iraq awards gas recovery contract to China's CPECC

A Chinese energy company has been awarded a contract to recover natural gas from Iraq's Halfaya oil field to fuel power stations in the country's underserved Maysan province


May 8, 2019

AP EXPLAINS: Iran's nuclear program as 2015 deal unravels

AP EXPLAINS: A look at Iran's nuclear program a year after Trump's withdrawal from the 2015 accord with world powers


May 7, 2019

Iraq planning $53B megaproject with ExxonMobil, PetroChina

The prime minister of Iraq says he has instructed his country's Oil Ministry to finalize an agreement with global energy giants ExxonMobil and PetroChina to lead a $53 billion megaproject to boost oil production


May 7, 2019

Qatar to send money for West Bank, Gaza after Israel truce

Qatar to send $480 million to Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza after cease-fire deal with Israel


May 6, 2019

Cyprus: Turkey's drilling bid off island 'second invasion'

Cyprus' president is calling Turkey's bid to drill for natural gas in waters off the island a "second invasion" and violation of international law


May 4, 2019

Cyprus: Turkey's drilling bid violates international law

Cyprus says Turkey's bid to drill for natural gas in its waters violates international law


May 2, 2019

Rains like no other: Iraq is tested in era of climate change

Iraq's wettest rainy season in decades erases crippling drought, fills reservoirs but also tests infrastructure


May 2, 2019

Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast

Iranian tanker with over 1 million barrels of fuel oil suffers malfunction off coast of Saudi Arabia