BERLIN, June 29 (Reuters) - Germany has been assured by the United States that any sanctions imposed on Russia will not affect the building of pipelines from Russia, a spokeswoman for Germany's economy ministry said.

June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. shale oil producer SandRidge Energy Inc said on Friday it plans a strategic review of its business that could include a sale of the BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast or some of its assets.

NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday, rallying on concerns that U.S. sanctions against Iran would remove a substantial volume of crude oil from world markets at a time of rising global demand.

NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil rig flanges gulf coast production fell marginally by 2,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 10.467 million bpd in April from the highest on record in March, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a monthly report on Friday.

LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil on Thursday raised its 2018 oil rig flanges gulf coast production outlook to 86,000-92,000 barrels of oil per day from 82,000-90,000 bopd, boosted by its offshore fields in Ghana.

CAIRO, June 28 (Reuters) - Italian oil BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast Eni will begin drilling an exploratory well at its Noor field in Egypt's North Sinai in two months, Egyptian oil ministry spokesman Hamdi Abel Aziz told Reuters on Thursday.

Serica Energy plc announced Thursday that a Field Development Plan (FDP) has been submitted for the Columbus development in the central North Sea.

The business activity index rose to its highest level since 2016, fueled by the expansion of the energy sector, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas Fed) 2Q Energy Survey.