The annual CERAWeek energy conference by IHS Markit opens on Monday in Houston, Texas to discuss "new world of rivalries" in the energy sector due to geopolitical and trade wars, price volatility, and environmental concerns with over 4,500 delegates from more than 70 countries, including 35 ministers, as well as US State Secretary Mike Pompeo

US President Donald Trump's criticism of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) over influencing crude prices is "unfair," Equatorial Guinea's Energy Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima told Sputnik in an interview

A planned US bill targeting the output coordination by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is not on the agenda of the meeting of US and OPEC shale producers in Houston in March, Equatorial Guinea's Energy Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima told Sputnik in an interview

The ongoing political crisis in Venezuela will have a long-term impact on the oil market, and OPEC producers might discuss its implications for hydrocarbons at April meeting, Equatorial Guinea's Energy Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima told Sputnik in an interview

Nigeria's lack of compliance with the agreement on oil output cuts will be discussed by OPEC and non-cartel producers in April, Equatorial Guinea's Energy Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima told Sputnik in an interview

Equatorial Guinea's President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will visit Moscow in October to officially invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to November summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), the African country's Energy Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima told Sputnik in an interview

A major Russian energy company is "90-percent confirmed" to start exploration in Equatorial Guinea before the end of 2019, the African country's Energy Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang ima told Sputnik in an interview