Wall Street JournalBlackstone Ends Southeast Asia Venture as Oil Deals Dry UpWall Street JournalPrivate-equity investors have struggled to find oil and gas deals across Asia as few sizable assets have become available at attractive prices. The region's …

Wall Street JournalBlackstone Ends Southeast Asia Venture as Oil Deals Dry Up - WSJWall Street JournalBlackstone Group scrapped Southeast Asian venture Tamarind Energy after it couldn't find attractive deals in the region.and more » Read mor …

Wall Street JournalFinancial Engineers Take On New Rule With More EngineeringWall Street JournalMany of them are already engineering ways to keep it to a nibble. Starting Christmas Eve, the 2010 Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul will require companies that pa …

Wall Street JournalLand Buyers Stampede Into Texas Oil PatchWall Street JournalOne came about after the New York investment firm early this year lost out to a big oil company bidding on about 12,000 acres south of New Mexico. Blackstone didn't walk awa …

OilPrice.comOil Won't Stage A Serious Rebound Until This HappensOilPrice.comOil prices have shown signs of life over the past few weeks, as production declines in the U.S. raise expectations that the market is starting to adjust. As a result, Brent cru …

OilPrice.comOil Falls As Short Covering Seems To Have Run Its Course ...OilPrice.comSeventy-eight years after oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom continues to wield its influence as much as ever. As oil prices charge lower today ...and …

Wall Street JournalShorting Oil to Hedge CreditWall Street JournalMr. Thomas said in a recent note to clients that investment firms hedging by betting on falling oil prices could be undermining their own bond positions by keeping a lid on the market, which …

Wall Street JournalShorting Oil to Hedge Credit - WSJWall Street JournalSome of the biggest bears in the oil market this year have been investors who are actually hoping to see the market recover. Hedge funds that own ...and more » Read mor …

Wall Street JournalSome Oil Bears Want a ReboundWall Street JournalMr. Thomas said in a recent note to clients that investment firms hedging by betting on falling oil prices could be undermining their own bond positions by keeping a lid on the market, whic …

Investors Hedge Bets on Crude-Oil RevivalWall Street JournalHow bad is the oil bust? Even the big believers in an inevitable rebound are hedging their bets. Avenue Capital Group, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, Carlson Capital LP and Blackstone Grou …