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Saudi Aramco's surprise increase in official selling prices to Asia, a key market for the state-owned energy giant, may signal that the country is preparing for further reductions in oil supply.

Norway's statistics agency raised its forecast for 2009 investment in the country's oil and gas sector by 9.6% to $20.34 billion, but trimmed its 2008 estimate slightly.

Nigeria will this month finish evaluating foreign and domestic energy firms to help in the exploration and production of the world's seventh-largest natural gas reserves.

ExxonMobil today published "Outlook for energy: A View to 2030" in which the corporation predicts that global energy demand will grow by 35%, or to the equivalent of 310 million barrels per day by 2030.

Gunmen attacked an oil services vessel near a rig off the coast of Nigeria's restive Niger Delta on Thursday, kidnapping two expatriates and a Nigerian.

Petrobras has signed a construction agreement worth $857 million for the Platform P-55, which will cost $1.65 billion in total to construct.

Wind River systems Inc. on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $5.9 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a loss of $100,000, or break-even per share, in the same quarter of last year. (WIND)

Ohio’s chapter of the National Kidney Foundation and five other formerly independent affiliates hope to serve thousands more people with urinary tract diseases by uniting with the national organization.

Boston Properties got the go-ahead on Thursday to build a 422,000-square-foot office building in front of the Prudential Center on Boylston Street.

Trimble Navigation systems has acquired the assets of Rawson Control systems, which manufactures hydraulic and electronic controls for the agriculture equipment industry, (TRMB)