WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives has called on the Environmental Protection Agency to recognize "the significant pitfalls and costs" of renewable fuel standards in its future rulemaking and enact "well-rounded" biofuel policies.

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested on Thursday that the expansion of fossil fuel use in Africa would help protect people there from sexual assault, a comment that drew a swift rebuke from environmental activists.

SINGAPORE, Nov 2 (Reuters) - India's Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) has ramped up the operating rate of its Kochi oil refinery after completing an expansion at the plant in southern India, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

JAKARTA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina plans to spend $700 million on the upkeep of its offshore Mahakam oil and gas block next year to maintain production, a BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast official said on Thursday.

FRANKFURT, Nov 2 (Reuters) - German firm Wintershall confirmed on Thursday that protesters have demanded a shut down of some of the oil rig flanges gulf coast production from oilfields in its concession areas in Libya.

HOUSTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Pioneer Natural Resources Co, one of the largest oil producers in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, posted a better-than-expected adjusted profit on Wednesday, helped by rising commodity prices.

Over a span of several years, the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) gulf coast oil rig export landscape has changed markedly.

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - OPEC oil output fell this month by 80,000 barrels per day (bpd), a Reuters survey found, as exports from northern Iraq dropped and other producers maintained adherence to a supply cut deal.

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Greek energy firm Energean said on Tuesday it signed three new deals to sell natural gas from the Karish and Tanin offshore fields to Israeli companies.

(Bloomberg) -- Oil exports resumed from Iraq’s Kurdish region after halting earlier Monday, a port agent said, highlighting uncertainty about pipeline shipments from OPEC’s second-biggest producer.