Seeking AlphaSaudi Arabia Optimistic about Oil Prices in 2017Asharq Al-awsat EnglishKhobar – The Saudi Arabian budget was expected to be more clear this year concerning the announcement of oil prices rates used to calculate the budget's estimations, ye …

Wall Street JournalSovereign-Wealth Funds Threatened by Government SpendingWall Street JournalKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev says the country's sovereign-wealth fund has the money to help wean the central Asian nation off its dependence on oil r …

MarketWatchOil prices stabilize as investors watch for China dataMarketWatchTraders continued to assess the market impact of last week's decision to cut output by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. After rallying sharply in the days …

Wall Street JournalMexico Collects $2.65 Billion from 2016 Oil HedgesWall Street JournalMEXICO CITY—The Mexican government collected $2.65 billion from oil-price hedges taken out to protect the 2016 budget from a drop in prices, the Finance Ministry said W …

NBCNews.comOil And Gas Industry Ensnarled in Spate of Oklahoma EarthquakesNBCNews.comThe rise in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been a boom for Oklahoma's economy in extracting previously untapped sources of oil and gas. However, scientists say …

Wall Street JournalDoes the Oil-and-Gas Industry Still Need Tax Breaks?Wall Street JournalU.S. oil-and-gas companies receive billions of dollars in federal tax incentives annually linked to activities such as tapping new wells. Do these incentives benefit …

CBS NewsOkla. schools make tough cuts amid oil slump, budget cutsCBS NewsBut critics say that's in part due to years of giving tax breaks to oil companies; Rates as low as one percent during the boom, while the going rate in North Dakota was 11.5 perce …

Hindustan TimesEngineering students create earphones that detects pain, sends SOSHindustan TimesA group of four engineering students may have found the answer to women's security problem in the country after one of their friends faced sexual harassment …

Hindustan TimesEngineering students create earphones that detects pain, sends ...Hindustan TimesA group of four engineering students may have found the answer to women's security problem in the country after one of their friends faced sexual harassment …

ReutersRussia sees oil output slightly up in 2017-18: draft budgetReutersMOSCOW Russia expects to increase its oil output by 0.7 percent next year and a further 0.9 percent in 2018, the draft federal budget showed. Crude production is seen at a record-high …