ForbesOil Slump Sets Scene for MergersWall Street JournalA year-and-a-half on from the start of the worst crude-oil price crash in a generation, the biggest U.S. and European energy companies have delayed projects and made such deep budget cuts that they w …

New York TimesMarketsOil leaps as Russia says may meet Saudi on cutFinancial TimesOil prices jumped 5 per cent to near $35 a barrel on Thursday after reports said Russia's energy minister was ready to meet with Opec and Saudi Arabia to discuss a produc …

BBC NewsBP boss: Oil price will riseBBC NewsThe boss of BP has predicted that the oil price will rise in the second half of the year as demand increases from America and China and supply begins to ease as the US shuts down production. As the oil price fell …

Telegraph.co.ukShell Profit Tumbles Amid Oil Price SlumpWall Street JournalIf approved, the merger would give Shell a stake in highly-prized oil fields offshore Brazil and bolster its already sizable position in the growing liquefied natural-gas market, bu …

Wall Street JournalCommodities Rout Forces Resource Firms to Cut FurtherWall Street JournalLONDON—Struggling resource companies are facing renewed pressure to cut spending and investor payouts in the early days of 2016, after a deepening commodities rout e …

MarketWatch3 key reasons oil's caught in a death spiralMarketWatchOn Wednesday, Brent oil LCOG6, -2.83% —the international benchmark—and its U.S. counterpart West Texas Intermediate trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange CLG6, -3.06% settled at th …

Wall Street JournalOil and Mining Stocks Drag FTSE 100 LowerWall Street JournalLONDON—Oil and mining company stocks were hammered on Thursday, dragging the entire U.K. FTSE 100 blue-chip index lower, as prices for commodities such as crude oil and copper t …

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Wall Street JournalEnergy Company Assets on the Block as Oil Plunge BitesWall Street JournalDuring past oil market slumps, big energy companies went on merger-and-acquisition sprees to consolidate. This time around, they are turning to decidedly less sexy …

Wall Street JournalShell Says BG Tie-up Still Works With Oil in mid-$60sa BarrelWall Street JournalOn Tuesday, Shell said its deal with BG still makes sense, despite increasing pessimism among the world's largest energy companies and investment banks o …