The Maritime ExecutiveChina Surpasses US as Largest Crude Oil ImporterThe Maritime ExecutiveChina surpassed the U.S. in annual gross crude oil imports in 2017 by importing 8.4 million barrels per day (b/d) compared with 7.9 million b/d of U.S. crude oil im …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Deepening Gasoline Glut Pushes Oil to a Five-Month LowWall Street Journal (subscription)Oil prices fell to a five-month low Thursday, as investors have become increasingly skeptical of OPEC's abilities to ease a global …

Wall Street JournalOil Price Jumps as US Inventories DropWall Street JournalOil prices shot upward on Thursday, with their largest day of gains since April, after weekly data showed a sharp and surprising decline in U.S. stockpiles of crude oil and fuel. C …

NBCNews.comTrump Said 'Take the Oil.' Can He?NBCNews.comAt Wednesday night's Commander-In-Chief Forum, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that the United States should "take the oil" out of Iraq, an idea he's expr …

Wall Street JournalOil and China: 'Teapots' Mean Real Demand Not So StoutWall Street JournalChina's rising crude oil imports may be nothing more than a tempest in a teapot. China's so-called teapot refineries—smaller, private outfits that o …

Business InsiderECONOMIST: OPEC is no longer a cartel — it's become 'the central bank of oil'Business InsiderWith oil hitting prices lower than it has been in over a decade, everyone's been eagerly watching for signs that OPEC might (finall …

CNNMoneySaudi Arabia is trying to steal Iran's biggest oil customer: ChinaCNNMoneySaudi shipments of oil into China jumped by 36% in February to the highest level in at least three years, according to ClipperData, a firm that tracks global crude shipme …

China Slowdown Stokes Fears of Peak Oil DemandWall Street JournalA bedrock belief among oil forecasters has been that China's voracious appetite for fossil fuels would stoke global energy demand for decades to come. That assumption now appears increasi …

Wall Street JournalOil Prices Retreat as Cushing Stockpiles GrowWall Street JournalChina, one of the world's biggest oil demand drivers, reported Sunday that its October crude imports dropped 5.7% from a month earlier but were up 9.4% from a year earli …

Wall Street JournalOil Prices Kick Off Week Higher, Helped by Chinese Demand DataWall Street JournalLONDON—Oil prices kicked off the week higher, helped by data indicating China's appetite for crude oil remains strong and a further fall in U.S. drillin …