Cameroon gunmen lift hostage threat
16.17 Sat Nov 01 2008
The death threat against six French hostages seized from an oil vessel off Cameroon has been lifted.
PM urges Gulf states to stablise oil prices
13.49 Sat Nov 01 2008
Gordon Brown will urge Gulf states to do more to stabilise oil prices as he kicks off a visit to the region on Saturday.
Gunmen threaten to kill French hostages
14.36 Fri Oct 31 2008
Gunmen in speedboats have seized ten mostly French crew members in an attack on an oil vessel off Cameroon.
Shell announces huge profit
16.16 Thu Oct 30 2008
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has annouced a 71 per cent jump in third-quarter earnings.
Brown scales down oil summit
12.54 Wed Oct 29 2008
Gordon Brown has scaled down his meeting in London with leaders of the major oil-producing and consuming countries.
Lowest petrol prices since April
07.22 Sun Oct 05 2008
Supermarket chains Asda and Morrisons have cut the price of fuel to its lowest level since April.
Further credit squeeze over coming months
10.14 Thu Oct 02 2008
Banks and building societies will cut lending further to households and businesses in the coming three months, the Bank of England says.
Recovery signs after bail-out setback
14.02 Tue Sep 30 2008
Oil prices and the sterling have bounced back slightly after suffering heavy falls in the wake of congress rejecting the banking bail-out.
Oil prices rocket upwards
09.07 Tue Sep 23 2008
Oil prices have risen well above $100 a barrel in the biggest one-day gain in history after worries about American bank bail-outs.
Oil rises after US bail-out
11.44 Mon Sep 22 2008
Oil prices continued their upward path as investors digested the implications of the $700 billion (£383 billion) banking sector bail-out.
Petrol prices 'should follow oil'
10.53 Wed Sep 17 2008
Falls in the world price of oil have not been reflected at the petrol pumps, the AA has said.
Energy bills push inflation to 4.7%
15.58 Tue Sep 16 2008
August inflation hit 4.7 per cent on the back of huge utility bills and means the Bank of England Governor has to write to the Chancellor.
Briton 'kidnapped in Nigeria'
11.28 Tue Sep 16 2008
The Foreign Office is investigating reports that a Briton has been kidnapped in southern Nigeria.
Oil falls to below $100 a barrel
17.06 Mon Sep 15 2008
Oil prices have tumbled to below $100 for the first time in nearly six months with news of the latest financial crisis.
Oil nears $100 a barrel
12.45 Tue Sep 09 2008
Oil prices slid towards the $100 a barrel mark amid signs that production cartel Opec is planning to keep supply levels steady.
MPC mulls interest rate move
14.17 Wed Sep 03 2008
The Bank of England's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is holding two days of talks on interest rates as recession looms.
'Russia mulls oil cut over sanctions'
12.37 Fri Aug 29 2008
Russia is reportedly preparing to cut oil supplies to Poland and Germany in response to threatened EU sanctions over the Georgia conflict.
FTSE closes at 5450.2
17.31 Mon Aug 18 2008
A weaker dollar and fluctuating oil prices tainted trading as the London market slipped into the red.
Oil prices fall to lowest levels
11.57 Fri Aug 15 2008
Oil prices fell to their lowest level for about four months amid expectations that slower world growth would reduce demand.
Report warns of $200 oil price
14.50 Fri Aug 08 2008
A think tank has warned that oil prices could hit $200 a barrel because of a supply "crunch" in five years time.
Oil price fall 'not reflected at pump'
14.54 Tue Aug 05 2008
The dip in world oil prices has so far not been reflected in petrol pump charges being paid by hard-up UK motorists.
Shell announces £7.92bn profits
07.58 Thu Jul 31 2008
Royal Dutch Shell has announced half-year profits of £7.92 billion, an increase of 8 per cent on a year earlier.
World news on July 23, 2008
16.39 Wed Jul 23 2008
Karadzic 'plans to conduct his own defence' - Obama pledges support for Israel - Militant group threatens oil companies.
Cost of living continues to soar
23.03 Tue Jul 15 2008
Soaring food and petrol prices pushed inflation to a new record of 3.8 per cent in June from 3.3 per cent in May, official figures show.
Middle East tensions fuel oil price
14.40 Fri Jul 11 2008
Oil prices have set a new high above $147 a barrel amid fears over growing tension in the Middle East.
Oil surges to a new high
12.30 Thu Jul 03 2008
Stock markets are expected to come under more pressure after oil prices surged to a new record above $145 a barrel.
Oil hits new peak
15.33 Mon Jun 30 2008
The cost of oil has surged to a record high as oil company bosses gather in Madrid to discuss soaring prices.
Oil prices surge to record high
08.28 Fri Jun 27 2008
Oil prices have eased slightly after hitting a record high thanks to a near 4 per cent surge overnight.
World News (Evening) for June 22nd, 2008
15.58 Sun Jun 22 2008
Tsvangirai pulls out of election - Over 100 dead in typhoon - Clashes in Kashmir
Brown to fly to Saudi oil talks
15.39 Fri Jun 20 2008
Gordon Brown is to fly to Saudi Arabia to try to broker a deal to tackle soaring oil prices.
Bush praises Brown on terror fight
22.57 Mon Jun 16 2008
US President George W Bush has praised Gordon Brown for being "tough on terrorism".
Brown to attend oil price summit
11.30 Thu Jun 12 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is flying to the Middle East to help broker a deal to tackle soaring oil prices.
Preparations for tanker strike
22.40 Tue Jun 10 2008
Contingency plans have been finalised to cope with a planned four-day strike by oil tanker drivers.
Silver lining for Silverjet?
12.00 Mon Jun 09 2008
A Swiss investment company has made an offer for collapsed business-class airline Silverjet.
World News (Morning) for June 8th, 2008
06.23 Sun Jun 08 2008
Clinton ends presidential campaign - Bush wants more military funding - Iraq's PM visits Tehran
Fears over rising oil prices
12.50 Sat Jun 07 2008
Group of Eight energy officials are discussing the impact of rising oil prices on the global economy, in the wake of a new record high.
Silverjet calls in administrators
17.08 Fri May 30 2008
Business class airline Silverjet has called in administrators after thousands of air passengers had their travel plans wrecked.
BA passengers face higher fuel surcharges
07.45 Fri May 30 2008
British Airways is to increase its fuel surcharge on all tickets from next week.
Government urged to intervene over Grangemouth
23.46 Sat Apr 26 2008
The Government has been urged to intervene in the industrial dispute at the Grangemouth refinery.
Oil prices set another record
08.23 Mon Apr 21 2008
Oil prices have reached a new high of more than $117 dollars a barrel as fears grow over supply.
World News
16.22 Fri Mar 21 2008
Cyprus talks to resume - Thousands of Christians flock to Jerusalem- US lawmaker meets Dalai Lama.
Bush arrives in Africa for five-nation tour
15.30 Sat Feb 16 2008
George W. Bush has arrived in Africa as part of a five-nation tour.
Venezuela threatens to cut US oil supply
12.40 Mon Feb 11 2008
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut off oil supplies to the United States unless a lawsuit is dropped.
World news for February 11th, 2008
08.03 Mon Feb 11 2008
Hillary Clinton gets new campaign manager - US praises political efforts by Iraq - Venezuela threatens US oil supply
BP to axe 1,500 jobs in UK
16.18 Tue Feb 05 2008
British Petroleum is set to axe 1,500 of its 16,000 UK staff under cost-cutting plans announced in the wake of a huge plunge in profits.
Shell reports record £13.9bn profits
14.23 Thu Jan 31 2008
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported record UK company profits of £13.9 billion, an increase of 9 per cent on a year ago.
Npower increases suggest rises for all
20.10 Fri Jan 04 2008
All energy bills look set to rise following npower's price increases of 17 per cent for gas and 13 per cent for electricity.
Oil prices ease back
12.09 Tue Oct 30 2007
Oil prices have eased back from record highs as fears over major disruption to Mexico's production began to fade.
Britain joins Antarctic land-grab
15.07 Wed Oct 17 2007
Antarctica may be shrinking - but its precious natural resources have led to increased interest in the seabed around it.
Petrol prices eye £1-a-litre mark
08.18 Fri Sep 28 2007
Motorists are bracing themselves for more pain at the pumps with petrol prices set to break through the £1-a-litre mark.
Greenspan: 'Iraq war all about the oil'
10.00 Sun Sep 16 2007
The White House has been rocked by the former US Federal Reserve chairman's claim that the war in Iraq is mostly about oil.
Fire on oil rig off Scottish coast
22.04 Tue Aug 14 2007
Workers have put out a fire on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland.
Nigerian abductors 'will kill British child'
13.51 Fri Jul 06 2007
Kidnappers in Nigeria have threatened to kill a three-year-old British girl unless her father takes her place, the child's mother said.
Ex-pat's child abducted in Nigeria
16.25 Thu Jul 05 2007
The Foreign Office has called for the "immediate safe release" of a three-year-old British girl kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria.
Car bomb kills ten in Baghdad
19.59 Tue Jul 03 2007
A car bomb has killed ten people and wounded 20 near an outdoor market in a Shi'ite neighbourhood of Baghdad.
BP to resume Libyan oil production
14.36 Tue May 29 2007
Oil giant BP is returning to Libya's oil and gas fields for the first time in more than 30 years.
British oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
13.10 Fri May 25 2007
Four Britons were among a group of oil workers kidnapped from a pipe-laying vessel off Nigeria's coast.
BP appoints watchdog in wake of US explosions
15.45 Tue May 08 2007
Oil giant BP has appointed a watchdog to monitor safety improvements at its five US refineries.
British hostage freed in Nigeria
11.28 Wed Apr 04 2007
A British oil worker and a Dutch security manager who were kidnapped in Nigeria have been released.
Kidnapped pair released
10.06 Sun Feb 18 2007
An American engineer and his Nigerian driver kidnapped along with a Briton have been released.