Energy

Syria–Iraq oil pipeline revival
Syria and Iraq plan to revive the Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline, restoring oil exports and regional energy ties.
The Leviathan gas field
Benjamin Netanyahu said he approved on Wednesday Israel's largest ever gas deal, striking an agreement worth nearly $35 billion with Egypt
A picture taken on September 24, 2020 shows the Brega oil port in Marsa Brega, some 270kms west of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi.
Libya will unveil early next year which foreign firms win its first oil and gas exploration licences in nearly 20 years, the NOC says.
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a plenary session of the India-Russia trade forum in New Delhi on December 5, 2025.
Putin pledges uninterrupted fuel supplies to India as New Delhi faces US pressure and steep tariffs over its Russian oil purchases.
ISRAEL-ENERGY-GAS
US pressure has reportedly caused Tel Aviv to get back on track with its $35 billion gas export deal with Egypt, following months of uncertainty.
Natural gas production and processing in Russia
The EU will ban Russian gas imports by 2027 to end reliance on Moscow, boost energy security, and support Ukraine.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (off frame) during the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025.
Syria’s President al-Sharaa met delegations from Chevron and the Syrian Petroleum Company to discuss oil and gas exploration on Syria’s shores, state media says
Lukoil has operated Iraq's West Qurna oil field since 2009 [Getty]
Iraq is planning to transfer an oil field run by the Russian company Lukoil - sanctioned by the US - to an American firm
: In this photo illustration, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says OPEC+’s new mechanism for assessing members’ maximum output capacity will help stabilise oil markets.
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Mark Savaya, the US president's special envoy to Iraq, blamed "armed groups operating illegally and driven by hostile foreign agendas" for the strike.