Financial TimesOil futures lose grip on gains after Fed minutesMarketWatchOil futures settled with a narrow loss on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar gained after minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting suggested the central bank might still raise …

Financial TimesCentrica and Tullow Oil win Arctic drilling licencesTelegraph.co.ukTwo UK oil explorers have got the green light to drill for oil in newly opened fields within the Arctic circle. Both Centrica and mid-cap explorer Tullow Oil have snapped up …

New York TimesPalm Oil Company Is Accused of Exploiting Liberia's Ebola CrisisNew York TimesBut last year, during the height of the Ebola outbreak, his community signed an agreement turning over large swaths of land to Golden Veroleum Liberia, a palm o …

Financial TimesOil posts worst decline in 2015 as rig count riseMarketWatchBrent posted a monthly decline of 18%. Oil futures extended a decline in the wake of the data, with September WTI crude on Nymex CLU5, -1.96% down $1.22, or 2.5%, at $47.30 a barrel …

CNBCOil prices could be as low as $50 by 2020: GoldmanCNBCThe price of oil could be stuck firmly at around $50 a barrel by 2020, a Goldman Sachs analyst told CNBC, raising new fears about the energy companies that have already started to cut costs, project …

Wall Street JournalCentrica to Shrink Oil Business, Slash JobsWall Street JournalLONDON—U.K. utility Centrica PLC said Thursday it would shrink its oil and gas exploration and production business, exit wind ventures, slash costs and cut thousands of jobs i …