Oil

The United States moves towards imposing further sanctions on Iran in a bid to stymie any nuclear ambitions the country may have – days before the “moderate” Hassan Rouhani is sworn in as president.

A new survey reveals far greater shale gas reserves in the UK. But as the government announces financial benefits for “fracking” communities, will the controversial method be approved?

A British oil worker kidnapped in Indonesia is released and reunites with family after two day ordeal.

BP and Shell offices are raided by inspectors after allegations of collusion over price-fixing, which regulators say may have pushed up the price of petrol over the last ten years.

The cost of living goes up from 2.7 to 2.8 per cent in February, as Chancellor George Osborne adds the finishing touches to tomorrow’s budget.

As the UK awaits a government decision on a new nuclear power plant in Somerset, Jon Snow asks Lord Browne, former BP boss, whether the country can embrace new energy forms – and when.

The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure – someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.

In this report from March 2006, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks at the growing tensions between Venezuela, led by the populist Hugo Chavez, and the US.

The sticky substance which has killed seabirds on the south coast is an oil additive according to academics, writes Jane Deith.

As the prime minister rues the kidnapping of British gas workers in “one of the most remote places in the world”, Channel 4 News looks at the life of a typical expat oil and gas executive.

A North Sea oil pipeline is shut after a leak was discovered at a drilling platform, all non-essential workers have been airlifted out as experts work to get the major supply line re-opened.

An influential committee of MPs calls for a moratorium on drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic until companies can operate there without harming the fragile polar environment.

Police confirm the body found in a southwest London lock-up garage is the missing millionairess Carole Waugh. Ms Waugh, who has been missing for two months, had died from a single stab wound.

Police say missing millionairess Carole Waugh is presumed dead, and a man arrested at Luton Airport yesterday is suspected of posing as her brother to sell her £650,000 mews flat.

The UK economic forecast is cut and the global recovery shows further signs of weakness, the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook today.