Sudan and South Sudan agreed March 8 to withdraw forces from the demilitarized buffer zone separating the two countries by March 14, former South African President Thabo Mbeki said, Reuters reported.

Natural gas exports from Libya's Mellitah complex to Italy have been halted since March 2 after rival militias clashed in the region, Libya's National Oil Corp. and Italy's ENI said March 3, Reuters reported.

Ukrainian authorities have reached an understanding with regional councils in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regarding a production-sharing agreement with Chevron on the development of shale gas in the Oleske field, Interfax-Ukraine reported Feb. 26.

Russian state-owned company Rosneft may increase oil supplies to China by more than 9 million metric tons, Deputy Prime Minister Arkadi Dvorkovich said Feb. 25, RIA Novosti reported.

Tens of thousands of people marched in roughly 40 cities across Bulgaria on Feb. 24 to protest high utility bills and new voting rules, Reuters reported.

Russia's Gazprom Neft has signed a new oil agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani said Feb. 19, Reuters reported, citing Interfax news agency.

Gazprom board chairman Viktor Zubkov traveled to Qatar on Feb. 12 to mark the opening of Gazprom's office in the country, UPI reported.