MOSCOW, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia will create a monitoring group to ensure oil output reduction following the newly-clinched output cut pact between Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers, Russian E...

BRAZZAVILLE, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Congo Republic expects oil output to rise to some 300,000 barrels per day in 2018, up from around 250,000 bpd now, partly due to a new deep offshore field due to come online next year, the oil minister said on...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Total (TOTF.PA) : * Total has been awarded exploration licenses on 3 Blocks in offshore Mexico, following the countrys first competitive deep water bid round * Total will be operator of Block 2 in the Perdido basin with a 5...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have decided to halt an underwater pipeline project in North Dakota that environmentalists warn may damage local water qualities. The decision was made after a long standing pr...

* Boeing top drag on Dow on Trumps tweet * Intralinks jumps on deal to be bought by Synchronoss * Dow down 0.1 pct, SP down 0.05 pct, Nasdaq flat (Updates to open) By Yashaswini Swamynathan Dec 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street was slightly lower on...

* Futures up: Dow 91 pts, SP 9.75 pts, Nasdaq 24.75 pts By Yashaswini Swamynathan Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were higher on Monday as oil prices topped $55 a barrel for the first time in 16 months, and investors shrugged off...

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Some 23,000 Argentine oil and gas workers will go on a 48-hour strike beginning on Monday to protest state-owned oil company YPF SAs (YPFD.BA) decision to lay off at least 1,600 workers, a union leader said on...

MAPUTO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Mozambiques National Petroleum (INP) expects to sign new oil and gas prospecting contracts by early next year with the companies awarded rights to test for hydrocarbons across the country, an official said on Thursd...

OPEC members will meet in Vienna on Wednesday, November 30 to discuss apotential output cut. The latest headlines suggest that while there is a broadagreement on the rationale for a cut, political considerations and country level quotanegoti...

* Third-quarter GDP growth revised up to 3.2 pct rate * Oil prices fall ahead of Wednesdays OPEC meeting * Tiffany rises after first rise in sales in eight quarters * Futures up: Dow 11 pts, SP 1.25 pts, Nasdaq 2.5 pts By Tanya Agrawal and A...