Seeking AlphaVenezuela's Crisis: Is It The Long Awaited Catalyst For Higher OilSeeking AlphaMaduro's creation of a super assembly more powerful than congress has sparked further U.S. sanctions. There are signs the country could be moving towards ci …

Telegraph.co.ukGreen tide is turning against oil giantsTelegraph.co.ukRemember “peak oil”? It's had many iterations over the years. I remember sitting in a café just four years ago, while the executive of a small oil exploration firm explained to me th …

BloombergWill Putin and Trump Bond Over Oil?BloombergThe obvious place to start was the oil industry. The U.S. was importing almost twice as much crude as it produced and wanted to diversify away from Middle Eastern suppliers. Russia's vast, untapped r …

mySanAntonio.comOil Discoveries To Rebound From Rock BottomOilPrice.comThe tough couple of years that oil companies had to go through with the oil price crash has forced many of them to slash exploration investment. Significantly reduced capital expenditur …

Huffington PostRex Tillerson Says Oil Companies Don't Take Handouts. Exxon Mobil Gets $1 Billion A Year.Huffington PostYet Exxon Mobil Corp., the oil giant Tillerson worked at for 41 years and led for 10, receives between $700 million and $1 billion pe …

CNBCOil Price Will Rise Less Than Forecast, Says OPEC — Energy JournalWall Street Journal (blog)OPEC SAYS OIL PRICE WILL RISE LESS THAN FORECAST. Oil prices won't rise as much as was previously forecast, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Coun …

Telegraph.co.ukRecord fall in global coal consumption driven by low oil priceTelegraph.co.ukGlobal consumption of coal fell by a record amount last year thanks to waning Chinese demand and increasing use of cheaper gas and oil, according to data from BP. T …

Business InsiderDon't count on this oil 'wild card' coming back anytime soonBusiness InsiderREUTERSFirefighters try to put out a fire in an oil tank in Es Sider port December 26, 2014. Libya has been the big supply "wild card" this ye …

CNNMoneyDoes Donald Trump's plan to drill more oil make sense?CNNMoneyDonald Trump wants to help the slumping oil and gas industry by cutting regulation and encouraging a lot more drilling. He even promised to "save" the coal industry. Trump …

ObserverWhy Are Renewables Buoyant Even as Oil Sinks?ObserverFirst, most oil is used for transportation and for heating, while most renewable energy generates electricity used for lighting, computers, and appliances. In fact, only 4 percent of power global …