Wall Street JournalOil Bull Andrew Hall Stands His GroundWall Street JournalAndrew Hall's faith in an oil-market rebound isn't shaken, but it isn't paying off, either. The main fund at Mr. Hall's Astenbeck Capital Management LLC lost 7% in …

Yahoo NewsFired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.Yahoo NewsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The state's fired former top oil regulator says Gov. Jerry Brown's administration pressured him to break federal and state law on oilfield permitting. De …

Wall Street JournalPrivate-Equity Firms Plunge Back Into the Oil PatchWall Street JournalPrivate-equity firms are doubling down on energy, despite heavy damage from their last adventure in the oil patch. These firms' stakes in a dozen publicly traded e …

Wall Street JournalOil-and-Gas Debt Deals Sting InvestorsWall Street JournalThe investments may still hold advantages for the funds, despite the sharp declines in oil-related securities in July. The deals generally were struck at terms advantageous to the …

Wall Street Journal (blog)For Some Investors, the Pipeline for Oil Deals Is Still BlockedWall Street Journal (blog)The widely anticipated wave of bargain-basement deals in the oil patch hasn't quite panned out. Sellers are asking for prices that leave …

Is Big Oil getting its groove back?Yahoo7 NewsThough the oil giants saw lower revenue and profit compared to the previous year, the results suggested they may not have been in as bad a situation as previously believed. Meanwhile, timing may also work in th …

Blackstone Brings New Fund to Oil PatchWall Street JournalFalling oil prices are drawing bargain hunters to the oil patch, and few are arriving with more to spend than Blackstone Group LP. The world's largest private-equity firm has finished raising it …