US oil prices give up earlier gains to settle with a lossMarketWatchU.S. oil prices settled lower Monday, giving up earlier gains as the market played down the impact of rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. "There's a lot of uncertainty in o …

Wall Street JournalBoom Times Really Are Coming for Oil-Field Service GiantsWall Street JournalYou can never be too rich or too thin, but is it possible for business to be too good? That appears to be the case, at least temporarily, for the world's thr …

Wall Street JournalBoom Times Really Are Coming for Oil-Field Service Giants - WSJWall Street JournalHalliburton, Baker Hughes a GE Company and Schlumberger rolled out results that once again disappointed investors, but tightness in the right markets may&n …

BloombergSchlumberger CEO Gets $20.8 Million Pay as Oil Markets ReboundBloombergSchlumberger Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Paal Kibsgaard received $20.8 million in reported pay for 2017, a 12 percent boost from the prior year as the global oil market reboun …

TransCanada Requests Suspension Of Oil PipelineOilPrice.comTransCanada has asked for a 30-day suspension of its application for the Energy East pipeline that should transport crude oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to the eastern part of Canada. According …

ReutersThe next oil major? Service firm Schlumberger's big bet on productionReutersThe model can supercharge profits on a given job but also ramps up risk, giving the firm more exposure to global oil price swings and potentially big losses if individua …

Oil tops $48 as sources say API data show big drop in US crude supplyMarketWatchOil prices topped $48 a barrel late Tuesday after the American Petroleum Institute reported that U.S. crude supplies dropped 10.2 million barrels for the week ended July 21, ac …

The Coming Squeeze for Shale Oil DrillersWall Street Journal (subscription)Rising profits for oil-service companies usually means oil producers are making money, too. But when the producers are drilling high-cost oil from shale, rising expenses could squee …

Financial PostEncana and Husky post diverging results amid oil price slumpFinancial PostThe company's margins improved 25 per cent in the quarter despite the drop in oil prices, Encana president and CEO Doug Suttles said during an earnings call. “We do …

Barron'sOil Prices Slip On Falling OPEC ComplianceOilPrice.comOil prices posted more gains this week, as the EIA reported deeper inventory reductions with Brent briefly traded above $50 per barrel for the first time in nearly two months on Thursday. There …