Wall Street JournalBig Oil's New Focus on Natural GasWall Street JournalShell is the most active of the international oil companies in LNG for transportation fuel. But all the big oil companies are focusing more on natural gas, jockeying for market pos …

Wall Street JournalShell Under Investigation in Italy Over Nigerian Oil DealWall Street JournalThe prosecutors are investigating whether Shell's piece of a $1.3 billion payment to acquire a rich oil field off the coast of Nigeria constituted a bribe, a …

Wall Street JournalFrom Oil Glut to Shortage? Some Say It Could HappenWall Street JournalWith the world awash in crude, the oil industry is contemplating a new problem the oversupply could tee up: an oil shortage. As the oil glut has sent prices to decade …

Bidness ETCUPDATE 1-Tight oil is here to stay, Conoco CEO tells OPECReuters"So the message - unconventional production is here to stay," Lance told an audience packed with OPEC officials, including Saudi Arabia's influential oil minister Ali …

New York TimesGoldman Sachs Executive Says Falling Oil Prices Will Help Consumers, and Firm ...New York TimesGoldman, already a top adviser on mergers and acquisitions, is positioned to advise on deals this year if the oil industry consolidates. Companies …

ReutersOil majors to preserve dividends despite oil collapse, tap debtReutersLONDON/DAVOS (Reuters) - Europe's oil majors will strike a sober note in their fourth-quarter results and investors will focus on companies' plans to maintain cherished di …

Wall Street JournalOil's Crash Makes for Crazy Logic at DavosWall Street JournalYet at a World Economic Forum panel discussing energy and geopolitics this week, Claudio Descalzi, head of Italian oil major Eni SpA, called on the Organization of the Petr …

BBC NewsOPEC, oil companies clash at Davos over price collapseReutersThe strain the halving of oil prices since June is putting on producers was laid bare when non-member Oman voiced its first direct, public criticism of the Organization of the Petroleum E …