Oil and gas

Iran has given French company Total two months to obtain exemptions from U.S. sanctions, or else China gets its share of the South Pars gas field.

Russia said the situation was "rather challenging" after the U.S. warned it was "exerting as much persuasive power" as possible to stop Nord Stream 2.

Oil and gas prices are likely to surge if President Donald Trump takes the U.S. out of a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.

Disputes between Lebanon and Israel over Hezbollah, a new border wall and oil and gas fields threaten war between the longtime foes.

Nearly 7,000 earthquakes occurred between 2014 and 2016.

Israel's defense minister warned drilling would be "a grave mistake," but Hezbollah vowed to "firmly confront any aggression on our oil and gas rights."

The gas rig was much larger than an oil rig.

Over the past year oil companies have discovered volumes on Alaska's North Slope totaling as much as five billion barrels or more of recoverable oil.

As former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson takes over the State Department, anti-corruption rules may be overturned before they go into effect.

The ban affects federal waters off Alaska in the Chukchi Sea and most of the Beaufort Sea and in the Atlantic from New England to Chesapeake Bay.

Business leaders in Tokyo deemed the situation 'very worrying.'

Further unrest in Turkey could destabilize its pivotal position as a transit state for oil and gas.

The greenhouse gas hasn't gotten the attention such a potent carbon-polluter deserves. But that's about to change.

"Saudi Arabia is not purposefully letting oil prices drop."

At $30 a barrel, shale oil is no longer profitable, causing cutbacks in the U.S. oil and gas industry.

With a global climate change summit looming, so are fights over Obama proposals.

"The Arctic is a unique treasure," Clinton tweeted. "Given what we know, it's not worth the risk of drilling."

American taxpayers are not receiving a fair return from the development of their valuable resources.

Norwegian boss, who started in February, set to "move along" when takeover deal closes around early 2016.