Wall Street JournalOil Retreats as Total Stockpiles Keep GrowingWall Street JournalOil prices shot up more than $1 in about two minutes late Wednesday morning after U.S. government data showed domestic crude stockpiles unexpectedly shrank last week. But to …

Wall Street JournalOil Retreats Despite Surprise Drop in InventoriesWall Street JournalOil prices pulled back Wednesday even as weekly data from the U.S. Energy Department showed a surprise decrease in crude-oil stockpiles. The U.S. Energy Information Admi …

Wall Street JournalFormer Chinese Oil Executive Jiang Jiemin Sentenced to 16 Years in PrisonWall Street JournalBEIJING— Jiang Jiemin, the former chief of China's biggest oil company and a onetime top official overseeing its biggest state-owned enterpri …

Wall Street JournalHuge Purchases By Chinese Oil Trader Raise Prices, ConfusionWall Street JournalSINGAPORE—A Chinese oil trading company bought record volumes of oil on a regional cash market for Middle Eastern crude last month, pushing up benchmark price …

Wall Street JournalOil Producers Sound Retreat From ChinaWall Street JournalBEIJING—Global oil companies are unwinding some big bets they made on China—and that is bad news for the Chinese companies, which need their know-how. Falling oil prices have force …

Wall Street JournalChina Considering Mergers Among Its Big State Oil CompaniesWall Street JournalBEIJING—China is considering forging megamergers among its big state oil companies, seeking to create new national champions able to take on the likes of Exxon …