By pushing for a reduction in oil production, Saudi Arabia has strained its relationship with the United States.

Negotiations on the exploitation of hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean are taking place between Egypt, the Palestinians and the Hebrew state.

Romania will supply electricity to neighboring Moldova, which is suffering from supply difficulties, at a capped price.

Tensions have risen again between Saudi Arabia and the United States over oil production.

After having tried a rapprochement, Joe Biden, scalded by Riyadh's decisions on oil, clearly raised his tone on Tuesday against the kingdom.

"Lebanon got all its rights" in the final draft of the agreement on the delimitation of its maritime border with Israel.

The United States has announced economic sanctions in connection with the illegal export of oil to North Korea.

By supporting the price of crude oil on the world markets, the Gulf oil countries spare their Russian partner.

France "took note" on Friday of the hydrocarbon exploration agreement in Libyan waters signed with Turkey.

The British group Energean has announced the start of tests to connect the Karish offshore gas platform to Israeli territory.

The Egyptian and Greek foreign ministers have deemed "illegal" the memorandum of exploration for hydrocarbons in Libyan waters.

The German Minister of the Economy deplored on Wednesday the "astronomical" prices demanded by the countries "friends" of Germany, the United States in the lead.

The head of the Libyan government based in Tripoli, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, has defended his agreement to explore for hydrocarbons in Libyan waters signed with Turkey and criticized by his political rivals and countries in the region.

Despite Hezbolla's threats, the Israeli government is staying the course and asserting its rights to exploit Karish in its territorial waters.

Lebanon is close to reaching an agreement with Israel over their disputed waters containing offshore oil deposits

The Ugandan Minister of Energy described on Tuesday as "inappropriate" a resolution of the European Parliament against a mega-project of TotalEnergies.

Lebanon is expected to give its response on Tuesday to a US proposal to settle its maritime border dispute with Israel.

Libya and Turkey have signed an agreement for hydrocarbon exploration in Libyan waters three years a maritime delimitation agreement.

Germany will form a joint team with Denmark and Sweden to investigate leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines.

The protection of the EU's critical infrastructure after the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines will be discussed next week.

Norway has accepted French, German and British military contributions to secure its oil sector.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid welcomed the proposal of the American mediator for maritime demarcation between Lebanon and Israel.

The French and German governments want to "combine all efforts to bring down energy prices" in Europe.

Following the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Kremlin suspects "the involvement" of a foreign state but does not name a particular country.

NATO on Thursday denounced "deliberate, reckless and irresponsible" acts of sabotage committed against the Nord Stream gas pipelines.