Energy in America

The tiny, energy-rich Gulf Arab nation of Qatar says it will withdraw from OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in January.

Oil prices surge on expectations that Russia and Saudi Arabia will cut output.

Asian markets were broadly higher on Monday after the U.S. and China reached a 90-day truce in a trade dispute that has dampened global growth and rattled investors worldwide.

China and the United States agreed during a weekend meeting in Argentina of the Group of 20 leading economies not to impose additional trade tariffs for at least 90 days while they hold talks to resolve existing disputes.

Doha, one of OPEC's smallest oil producers but the world's biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, is embroiled in a protracted diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia and some other Arab states.

The Latest on the U.N. climate talks taking place in Katowice, Poland (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Dozens of environmentalists have picketed the site of a former coal mine in Poland that is located near to where a global climate summit is being held.

Energy-rich Qatar says it'll withdraw from OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in January.

Shares are advancing in Asia after Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met and agreed to moderate tensions over trade.

Alberta's premier is imposing industrywide oil production cuts in the Canadian province.

Negotiators from around the world began two weeks of talks on curbing climate change Sunday, three years after sealing a landmark deal in Paris that set a goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

Alberta's premier plans to announce Sunday whether her government will impose industrywide oil production cuts in the Canadian province.

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled Alaska's largest city cracked roads and collapsed highway ramps, but there were no reports of widespread catastrophic damage or collapsed buildings.

Thousands are marching in Berlin to demand that Germany make a quick exit from using coal-fired energy, a day before a U.N. climate summit opens in neighboring Poland.

A major coal mine expansion in southeastern Montana received a preliminary green light from state and federal officials on Friday even as the mine's owner remains tied up in bankruptcy proceedings with plans to sell the property.

The Trump administration is authorizing use of seismic air guns to find oil and gas formations deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean floor, prompting outrage from critics who say the practice can disturb or injure whales, sea turtles and other marine life.

Key Venezuelan opposition leaders are urging the Bank of England not to hand over $550 million worth of gold reserves requested by President Nicolas Maduro.

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