Wall Street Journal (blog)Russia Opens Up New Oil Front in IndiaWall Street Journal (blog)Later this year, Russian state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft plans to start sending its first regular deliveries of crude to India's second largest oil refiner …

Science DailyNovel polymeric materials from palm oil derivativesScience DailyPalm oil is not a polymer; but through chemical reactions it can be converted to intermediates with different functional groups that could interact with other monomers, either thr …

ForbesBernie Sanders' Energy Policy: Import A Lot More OilForbesThe technique of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” had been around since the late 1940s and has been used extensively to promote higher production rates from oil and gas wells. Fracking …

ForbesAn Oil-Price Recovery? We're Not There YetForbesThe Oil Glut Worsens But Prices Reach 2016 Highs. Although oil prices reached the highest levels so far in 2016 during the past few days, the global over-supply of oil worsened in March. EIA data re …

ForbesCheap Oil Prompts Fitch To Slash Saudi Arabia's Credit RatingForbesSaudi Arabia's credit rating was downgraded by rating agency Fitch on Tuesday, as cheap oil continues to cause problems for the country. Saudi Arabia, which is one of the worl …

Oil's Pyrrhic VictoryBloombergThis week, the oil market risks this on two fronts. The first concerns the upcoming Doha meeting of major oil-exporting countries. Expectations of a supply freeze have run hot and cold ever since the idea was first mooted …

ForbesGold, Silver & Oil Rally As US Dollar SinksForbes(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices posted solid gains Monday, amid bullish “outside markets” that saw the U.S. dollar index lower and crude oil prices higher. Both precious metals markets hit ne …

ForbesWhere America Gets Its Oil: The Top 10 Suppliers Of US Oil ImportsForbesThe past decade has seen a major shift in the U.S. crude oil market. As a result of the surge in domestic production that was largely enabled by hydraulic fracturing — a practice …

ForbesWhere America Gets Its Oil: The Top 10 Foreign Suppliers Of Crude To The USForbesThe past decade has seen a major shift in the U.S. crude oil market. As a result of the surge in domestic production that was largely enabled by hydraulic fracturing — a …

Wall Street Journal (blog)Cheap Oil Means Record US Trade Surplus With OPECWall Street Journal (blog)OPEC has felt the full force of rising U.S. oil production and a slowdown in many overseas markets that have translated into a global energy glut. A strong …