African and Mideast Business

Little room to manoeuvre as Saudi slows drive to cut deficit

Libya’s state oil company declares force majeure on El Sharara oil field

Qatar Petroleum to invest US$20-billion in major expansion in U.S.

Libya’s state oil company against paying ransom to reopen oil field seized by militia

Saudi plans lend credibility to OPEC’s latest vague oil-cut pledge

Leaving OPEC frees Qatar to pursue U.S. ambitions

Iraq increases production at Halfaya oil field

Qatar dispute overshadows Gulf Arab summit as emir stays away

Workers’ discontent threatens Libyan oil output surge

Saudi Arabia nabs new China oil demand, challenges Russia’s top spot

ABB, Siemens CEOs to visit Saudi Arabia despite backlash over killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Airbnb to remove listings at Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank

Iran intends to continue exporting oil despite U.S. sanctions

Saudis pushing OPEC for deep output cut in response to Trump’s Iran waivers

IMF official says the fund won’t change Saudi forecasts over Khashoggi furor

OPEC makes the case for a supply cut, risking the wrath of Trump

Saudi Arabia to cut oil output by half-a-million barrels per day

Iran’s economy to suffer but likely survive U.S. sanctions

Saudi crown prince launches project for first nuclear research reactor in kingdom: report

Erdogan says other countries cannot drill for gas reserves off Turkish, north Cyprus coasts

Israel announces new round of bidding for oil and gas exploration rights off its Mediterranean coast

Thousands of Iranians remember 1979 U.S. embassy takeover, protest Trump’s new sanctions

Iran’s president tells citizens to prepare for hard times under new U.S. sanctions

Rio Tinto’s sale of Guinea iron ore project falls through

Iran starts oil sales to private exporters to beat U.S. sanctions

Saudi crown prince proclaims investment conference a success despite boycott

Siemens chief executive Joe Kaeser pulls out of Saudi investment conference

Foreign investors sell more than $1.4-billion net in Saudi stocks in wake of Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia’s economic overhaul was troubled before the grisly Khashoggi affair

With few buyers, Iranian oil armada heads to China ahead of U.S. sanctions

Glencore chair Tony Hayward won’t attend Saudi investment conference

Blackstone and BlackRock executives withdraw from Saudi conference