Woodside mum on Oil Search sweetenerBusiness SpectatorThe likelihood of Woodside Petroleum sweetening its Oil Search offer in the near future is weakening, even though Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill indicated he would not stand in the wa …

Russian Oil Producers Head for Tax Showdown Amid Output WarningsBloombergRussia's oil industry begins a critical battle over taxes this week. Losing may result in the first decline in crude production at the world's largest energy exporter since 20 …

MarketsOil prices 'could sink to near $20', warns GoldmanFinancial TimesThe oil market is even more oversupplied than we had expected and we now forecast this surplus to persist in 2016 on further OPEC production growth, resilient non-OPEC supply a …

BloombergWhy Vladimir Putin Won't Be Helping OPEC to Cut Oil ProductionBloombergFew things have more potential to spook the oil market than the prospect of Russia joining forces with OPEC. Speculation that such a move was afoot last month drove crude t …

BloombergDormant Saudi Bond Market Stirs as Oil Kingdom Seeks $27 BillionBloombergThe desert kingdom that's home to both the world's second-biggest oil reserves and Islam's holiest sites plans to auction as much as 20 billion riyals ($5.3 billi …

MarketWatchOil retreats from year's high, settles 1% lowerMarketWatchOil futures settled with a loss of 1% on Thursday, as a stronger dollar helped fuel a pullback in the U.S. benchmark from its highest level of the year. Traders assessed a report Thur …

The GuardianBlow to aim of Scotland fiscal autonomy as North Sea oil tax forecast slashedThe GuardianScottish Labour's deputy leader, Kezia Dugdale, said that making Scotland totally dependent on taxes raised within the country – the central purpose of …

BloombergThe Cost of Oil's Slump: Saudi Economy Shows Slowdown SignsBloombergSaudi Arabia's oil-fueled economic boom is showing signs of losing steam. Official data released last week showed demand for loans growing at the slowest pace since 2011 a …

BloombergThe Cost of Oil's Slump: Saudi Economy Shows Signs of SlowdownBloombergSaudi Arabia's oil-fueled economic boom is showing signs of losing steam. Official data released last week showed demand for loans growing at the slowest pace since 201 …

Toronto StarOttawa faces deficit with low oil prices, budget watchdog saysToronto StarLiberal Leader Justin Trudeau hammered the Tories for their reaction to plummeting oil prices as the House of Commons resumed Monday. But Finance Minister Joe Oliver says …