Energy in America

IMF: Mideast oil producers buoyed by higher prices, for now

A new report by the International Monetary Fund says higher oil prices are helping to offset increases in public spending by the Middle East's oil exporting heavyweights like Saudi Arabia, helping these countries narrow their budget deficit by $77 billion.

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Turkish Cypriot leader: mix region's gas, send via Turkey

An accord reunifying ethnically split Cyprus could unlock a deal to convey gas discovered in fields off Israel, Egypt and Cyprus to markets through neighboring Turkey's existing pipeline network, the leader of the island's breakaway Turkish Cypriots said Monday.