MarketWatchAsian companies fill void left by oil-giant pullback - MarketWatchMarketWatchFor the international oil giants, shedding assets and cutting costs is a way placate shareholders as the oil-price downturn drags on.and more » Read more htt …

Financial TimesSouth Korea economy pays price for China slowdown and cheap oilFinancial TimesA slowing China and cheap oil — which has slashed the spending power of South Korea's major emerging markets customers — are taking a toll on an economy seen a …

NewsweekLow Oil Prices Are Making Iraq's Political Crisis WorseNewsweekIraq is exporting around 3.3 million barrels of oil a day from Basrah in the south and around 500,000 barrels from the Kurdish region through Turkey. However, despite the record lev …

The InterceptTop Democrats Ally With Oil and Gas Industry to Fight Colorado Anti-Fracking Ballot MeasuresThe InterceptOil and gas companies are spending heavily to crush three Colorado ballot initiatives that would limit fracking. And some of the state&#39 …

Telegraph.co.ukYukos oil battle flares up 13 years after Putin's Kremlin crushed critic KhodorkovskyTelegraph.co.ukHe was free at last to spend Christmas with his family, but in the media scrum that surrounded Mikhail Khodorkovsky nobody believed this …

MarketWatchStock futures dip as oil is pressured ahead of Doha meeting; Citi to reportMarketWatchStock futures signaled a nervous day of trading on Friday, as oil prices slipped after reports that Iran's oil minister will not be attending the weekend m …

CBC.caAlberta spends and NL taxes, on different paths after oil price crunchCBC.caThe oil price shock was a theme in both budgets. When oil prices were high two years ago, Newfoundland and Labrador earned nearly a third of its revenue from energy royalties …

The GuardianMossack Fonseca worked with oil firms owned by Iranian state despite sanctionsThe GuardianThe law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak acted for an Iranian oil company that had been blacklisted by the US, the documents reveal. Mossack F …

Business InsiderCrude oil futures jump on hopes of an output freezeBusiness InsiderSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Crude oil futures jumped on Wednesday, lifted by growing expectations that exporters will agree to freeze their output amid global oversupply, although …

The GuardianFTSE falls amid mixed data as oil slips ahead of Opec meetingThe GuardianTalk that Opec would not sanction production cuts at its meeting on Friday, a move which would do nothing to halt fears of oversupply amid weakening global demand, saw Bre …