Oil prices jumped back above $70 a barrel after Iran attacked two U.S.-Iraqi bases in its first response to the killing of its top general.

Continued efforts to disrupt the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz are very likely, according to Verisk Maplecroft.

Some industry insiders have doubts about whether there is sufficient contractor capacity to deal with the expected volume of business.

WTI and Brent prices finished lower Tuesday.

Aramco Services Co. has signed an IPPA with Sempra LNG for the Port Arthur LNG project in Jefferson County, Texas.

Noble Midstream Partners LP has appointed Robin Fielder as president and COO of Noble Midstream and senior vice president, midstream, of Noble Energy, Inc.

The U.S. Gulf of Mexico made history in August as it exceeded oil production of 2MMbopd, according to the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Apache and Total on Tuesday reported a significant oil discovery on Block 58 offshore Suriname – and adjacent to Guyana's Stabroek Block.

Chevron's expatriate employees and contractors have left the Kurdistan Region of Iraq for the time being as a precautionary measure.

Mexico's move to divert a TC Energy Corp. gas pipeline from indigenous lands is reigniting concerns over the future of energy projects in the country.

Oil buyers in Asia are increasingly wary that Iraq's entanglement in the worsening dispute between the U.S. and Iran could disrupt shipments from one of their key Middle East suppliers.

The oil industry's top lobbying group on Tuesday is launching a campaign to counter attacks from 2020 Democratic hopefuls vowing to phase out fossil fuels.

BP has agreed terms to sell its interests in the Andrew area, and its non-operating interest in the Shearwater field, to Premier Oil for $625 million.

Fitch Solutions believes full scale war is the least desirable outcome for both the United States and Iran.

Oil retreated after its dramatic start to the year as the uninterrupted flow of Middle East supplies tempered fears over the fallout from the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general.

The industry's advance beyond the rig count indicating production growth has complicated things for forecasters.

WTI and Brent finished higher again Monday.

Energy Transfer LP has laid off 108 employees at its Tulsa, Oklahoma office, according to a notice sent to the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development.

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Occidental plans to make the pipeline business it acquired as part of last year's takeover of Anadarko a stand-alone company, removing about $7.8 billion of debt from its balance sheet.