Bloomberg OPEC member Algeria is looking to boost spending outlined in its 2018 budget by 6 percent, capitalizing on high oil prices ahead of presidential elections next year. A proposed amendment to the 2018 budget law would raise spending to almost 9.13 trillion dinars ($79 billion). The additional funds would be directed to the investment budget, which will rise 12 …

Bloomberg Crescent Point Energy Corp. triumphed over activist investor Cation Capital Inc., with all of the oil producer’s board nominees winning approval from shareholders after a rancorous proxy battle. Cation nominees Dallas Howe and Herbert Pinder each garnered more than 100 million votes but still fell about 30 million votes shy of the nearest company nominees, Calgary-based Crescent Point said …

Bloomberg Buyers from Germany, Japan, India and beyond are kicking the tires on Vietnam’s great state asset sale. The government’s hunt for overseas investment in some of the nation’s biggest energy companies has yielded interest from firms including Siemens AG, Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Indian Oil Corp., among others, according to Deputy Minister of Industry & Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong. …