Iraq produced 4.33 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude in January, down by 100,000 bpd from the previous month, data from state-owned marketer SOMO seen by Reuters showed on Monday.
Oil prices rose on Monday from an 8% drop last week on supply concerns, but was still trading near three-week lows, driven by worries that slower growth in major economies may limit fuel use.
Norway's prime minister proposed on Monday that his country, a major petroleum exporter, should provide some 75 billion crowns ($7.3 billion) in aid to Ukraine over five years.
Energy companies operating in Colombia, including majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol, on Monday raised concerns about a roadblock in the country's Meta province, which led to prodcution cuts of more than 49,500 barrels of oil per day.
Bangladesh will buy 10-12 spot LNG cargoes between February and June if prices soften further, an energy adviser to the prime minister told Reuters on Monday, in a reversal of a government decision last year to halt spot purchases after prices spiked.
Trading Hub Europe (THE), the body tasked with filling Germany's gas caverns, said on Monday it had contracted substantial storage capacity for next winter to help build a supply buffer for Europe's biggest economy.
Iraq's Kurdish region temporarily halted on the flow of its oil through the Turkish port of Ceyhan port after a major earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, the region's ministry of natural resources said on Monday.
Linde,, the world's largest industrial gases company, said on Monday it will invest $1.8 billion to supply clean hydrogen to OCI's blue ammonia plant in the U.S. state of Texas.
Bhutan will add around 300 to 400 megawatts (MW) of solar energy generation capacity in the next two to three years to reduce its dependency on electricity imports from India, the Himalayan kingdom's minister for economic affairs said on Monday.
Chevron Corp has opened talks with Algeria to allow the U.S. oil firm to undertake energy exploration in the North African country, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved President Joe Biden's shakeup of the party's 2024 primary calendar, giving Black voters a greater say in the nominating process and carving an easier path for Biden's expected re-election bid.