List of Oil Production articles
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Photo by Safin Hamed - AFP - Getty Pushed by ISIS, Iraq and Kurds Come Closer to a Deal
After months of acrimony, Baghdad and Erbil are taking steps to sort out the oil-fueled dispute that threatened to tear Iraq to pieces.
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Photo by Stringer - AFP - Getty Putting the Islamic State Over a Barrel
The United States and its allies are ramping up efforts to strangle the terrorist group's main source of income, though it's still unclear just how much oil the Islamic State pumps and sells.
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Photo by Stacy Revere - Getty Keystone Fails in Senate (for Now)
In the end, congressional efforts to force approval of the long-delayed pipeline came up just short. That doesn't mean the battle for Keystone is over -- or that Obama is off the hook just yet.
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SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images Iraq’s Dubai Hits the Pause Button
With the Islamic State on their doorstep, Kurdish leaders have scaled back their once grandiose ambitions to focus on ensuring the survival of their enclave.
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Photo by MOHAMMED MAHJOUB/AFP/Getty Images The Only Sultan I’ve Ever Known
Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, the man who built modern, moderate Oman, may be on his deathbed. Omanis hope for the best and fear what could come next.
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Photo by Mahmud Turkia - AFP - Getty If Oil Disappears in the Desert, Does the Market Notice?
Libya's crude production is again imperiled, but an oversupplied market doesn't seem to mind.
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Photo by Randen Pedersen - Flickr A Pipeline to Somewhere
With the Keystone pipeline still in limbo, TransCanada gets the ball rolling on Plan B -- shipping tar-sands oil to Canada's eastern coast.
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Stringer - AFP - Getty Royals Flush?
Why Egypt, of all places, is keeping a wary eye on falling oil prices.
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Photo by Chip Somodevilla - Getty Treasury’s War on the Islamic State
The green-eyeshades crew is taking the lead in trying to choke off the illicit millions that fund the terrorist group. But the Islamic State's own overreach may cost it more than sanctions.
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Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images When the Petrodollars Run Out
Oil and gas prices are falling through the floor. And some countries are woefully unprepared for the drop.
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Photo by Yasser al-Zayyat - AFP - Getty Note to World: Alleged Oil Shock Isn’t All That Shocking
Oil prices have fallen sharply. But that doesn't mean that oil is cheap -- and it doesn't spell doom for everybody.
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Photo by Antonella Sinopoli - Flickr East Africa May Lose Before It Even Enters Energy Game
East African countries see oil and gas as a road to economic salvation. But are they too late to catch the boom?
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Photo by Juan Mabromata - AFP - Getty Argentina’s Brilliant, Terrible, Very Unclear Energy Future
Argentina is playing nice with foreign investors to get its energy house in order. Haven't we heard this tune before?
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AFP - Getty Has the U.S. Turned Off the Islamic State’s Oil Spigot?
Airstrikes seem to have mauled a portion of ISIS's oil operations. That could hamstring its finances -- and its war machine.