Oil

A Utah family is making headlines after being arrested and indicted on federal charges in connection with a scheme to smuggle crude oil from Mexico

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reaffirmed the United States' commitment to Guyana's security as tensions with Venezuela have continued to escalate

President Donald Trump said any country purchasing oil or gas from Venezuela will "be forced to pay a Tariff of 25% to the United States on any Trade they do with our Country"

The Trump administration is reportedly set to extend Chevron's deadline to cease operations in Venezuela after lobbying from the company

Chevron contractors are still working in Venezuela despite the Trump administration telling the company to cease all operations by early April

President Trump stated it's up to Greenland to decide if it wants to join the U.S. after claiming during his Congress address that it will happen "one way or another."

Venezuela condemned Trump's reinstated oil sanctions, warning the move is "inflicting harm on the United States, its population, and its companies."

Trump announced he is reversing Biden-era oil concessions to Venezuela, citing Maduro's failure to meet electoral promises and deport migrants.

Harry Sargeant III, who has long sought to expand his energy dealings in Venezuela, was allegedly a key figure in facilitating negotiations

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the license should be reconsidered

Trump's agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins assures senators her family's oil investments won't influence her policy decisions.

Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session; just two companies spent more than $30 million to strike down the "polluter pay" bill.

The aftermath of a Russian oil tanker splitting in half because of a storm was caught on camera as the ship began to sink and oil spilt into the Black Sea.

Canada, Mexico and the United States remain among the top four countries in oil production in the Americas alongside Brazil

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev slammed the West's hypocrisy around emissions while hailing oil and gas as a "gift of God" during his opening remarks at COP29.

Last month, an oil storage tank explosion in the country's biggest oil producing state left at least 18 people with minor injuries

Long the country's only notable export and foreign currency earner, oil became a doorway to political and economic power.

Venezuela threatened to halt deportation flights after sanctions were reimposed by the United States on its oil and gas sector.

The easing of sanctions in Venezuela has renewed interest in Venezuela

The United States will ease some oil and gas sanctions against Venezuela after the South American country's government and opposition agreed to hold elections next year, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.

Russia's response to a US-led price cap plan threatens to tighten the global crude oil market supply.

A woman has been accused of pouring hot cooking oil on her husband after an argument ensued between them over his extramarital affair at Kulsumpura, Hyderabad, India on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

A Jordanian man allegedly forced his wife's face into a pan of boiling oil following a dispute over fryied potatoes.

A Wendy's drive-thru customer who complained that his order was cold was reportedly doused with hot oil by the restaurant manager.

Two former Shell Eastern Petroleum employees have been hit with more than 15 years behind bars on Monday following their involvement in the theft of nearly $150 million worth of gas oil, the largest heist of such kind Singapore has ever seen. 

Lawmakers in Florida have pushed the Obama administration to punish the Venezuelan government for violence against demonstrators.

Lawmakers from the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the conservative National Action Party (PAN) plan to push through Mexican Congress a bill which would allow foreign oil firms to exploit Mexican petroleum. The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and a coalition of smaller left-wing parties say it betrays the country in favor of foreign interests.

Republicans in the House of Representatives have slowed the passage of a US-Mexico treaty over a provision which would make oil and gas companies disclose their payments to foreign countries.

Paleontologists have found fossils in a Venezuelan oil field, including that of a giant armadillo, crocodile and a saber-toothed tiger.

In a Twitter comment earlier this week, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa struck back against press outlets which had criticized his lifting of a ban on oil drilling in the country’s Yasuni National Park, mocking their pro-environmental stance and threatening to propose legislation making newspapers “all-digital” to save paper.