Oil output from BP-led oilfields in Azerbaijan in the first half of 2015 was slightly down compared to a year earlier, BP-Azerbaijan said on Monday, driving a decline in the country’s total oil production.

Maersk Oil Tuesday started exploration drilling on the Tvillingen South prospect in production licence 510 in the Norwegian Sea.

Det norske, an oil exploration and development company focused on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, has decided to abandon the development of the northern part of the Jette field, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

Iran said it is ready to negotiate with Japan over the return of the country’s enterprises to its oil projects as well as its upstream industries.

OPEC oil exporters have no plans for an emergency meeting to discuss the drop in oil prices before a next scheduled gathering in December, two OPEC delegates said on Monday.

The shares of Karoon Gas Australia will be placed in Trading Halt Session State at the request of the company.

Australia’s Woodside as operator of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project, has awarded the BAM Clough Joint Venture the Marine Installation Services contract for the Karratha Gas Plant Life Extension Integrated Marine Campaign project.

WWF-Canada, part of WWF (World Wildlife Fund) conservation group, has opposed the approval of Corexit 9500A as an oil spill-treating agent.

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Anti-Fracking campaigners have criticised Energy Secretary Amber Rudd’s call on councils to speed up their decision-making over proposals to use the controversial mining method.