BBC NewsColombia's ELN rebels kidnap oil worker - BBC NewsBBC NewsThe worker was seized after peace talks with the government broke down because of other ELN attacks.and more » Read more http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=A …

ReutersVenezuela president taps general as head of state oil firmABC NewsPresident Nicolas Maduro has tapped a high-ranking member of Venezuela's military to lead the country's struggling state oil company. National Guard Major General Manuel Queve …

Seattle TimesOil company proposes Arctic drilling from artificial islandSeattle TimesThis undated illustration provided by Hilcorp Alaska Inc. shows a model of an artificial gravel island of the Liberty Project, a proposal to drill in Arctic waters from th …

Big Oil Refuses To Give Up On The Barents SeaOilPrice.com (blog)Encouraged by recently opened areas and potentially huge yet-to-be-discovered resources, oil companies launched a record exploration drilling campaign in Norway's Barents Sea this year. Bu …

MarketWatchThe world's largest oil trader sees Brent plunging to $45 in 2018MarketWatchBrent oil prices could tumble more than 20% by 2018, as U.S. output surges and adds renewed pressure on an oil market that is already battling with a persistent over …

TheStreet.comMajor Crude Oil Draw Sends Oil Prices HigherOilPrice.com (blog)A day after API's estimate of a 7.13-million-barrel draw in U.S. oil inventories led benchmark prices higher, the EIA added to bullishness by reporting inventory figures largel …

BloombergOil's Biggest Rigs Head to the Junkyard - BloombergBloombergTransocean Ltd. is finally sending Pathfinder to its grave, after two years in a Caribbean purgatory that cost about $15,000 a day. The move by the world's ...and more & …

BloombergOil's Biggest Rigs Head to the JunkyardBloombergAfter oil prices cratered in 2014, the company didn't send all of its unwanted rigs out to sea in the time-honored temporary holding pattern where engines keep running and a crew remains on b …

Hoeven, industry want study of North Dakota oil potentialSeattle TimesBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota oil drillers and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven want federal geologists to reevaluate the amount of recoverable crude oil in the state, saying a new assessment …

CNBCVenezuela state oil firm's credit woes spread to US unit CitgoCNBCWashington's recent sanctions against Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA have started to ensnare its U.S. unit, Citgo Petroleum, making it harder for the refiner to obtain th …