Energy in America

US lawmaker: east Med cooperation to counter Russia

A senior U.S. lawmaker says the U.S. wants to work with Cyprus and ally Israel to buttress peace in the eastern Mediterranean and to head off Russian influence over the region's energy reserves.

Mexico official says former Pemex chief was sanctioned

The head of Mexico's financial intelligence unit says that a former executive at the state-owned oil company who was sanctioned this week by the comptroller's office is Pemex's former director Emilio Lozoya.