New York TimesPast is prologue? Saudi Arabia's clumsy oil diplomacyBrookings Institution (blog)In the face of the Iranian stance, the decision to proceed with Sunday's meeting among major oil producers seemed to suggest Saudi flexibility on the que …

BloombergOil Needs Winter Freeze and Hot SummerBloombergThis past week, the oil market has been following Charlie Brown's playbook, with front-month futures rallying as much as 22 percent from last Thursday's low point. Lucy, meanwhile, has taken a …

Wall Street JournalOil Gives Up Gains as Inventories BuildWall Street JournalNEW YORK—Oil prices gave up their earlier gains Thursday, as the U.S. government's weekly oil-inventory report showed another increase in stockpiles of crude oil. U.S. crude i …

Wall Street JournalOil Prices Rise on Shrinking US Stockpiles, Hopes of Cooperation Among ProducersWall Street JournalLONDON—Oil prices rallied on Thursday, boosted by U.S. data indicating shrinking stockpiles of crude and hopes for cooperation between maj …

Financial TimesOil price forecast slashed by World BankFinancial TimesThe World Bank dramatically revised down its forecast for crude oil prices on Tuesday, predicting they would average just $37 a barrel this year and warning commodity markets to brace th …

ReutersKey Opec Members Defend Oil Output StrategyWall Street JournalKUWAIT CITY—Some of OPEC's key players defended their strategy of keeping the taps wide open, saying Tuesday that they are bracing for low oil prices to continue—perhaps until the end …

The Globe and MailOPEC Members Defend Oil Output StrategyWall Street JournalKUWAIT CITY—Some of OPEC's key players defended their strategy of keeping the taps wide open, saying Tuesday that they are bracing for low oil prices to continue—perhaps until …

Wall Street JournalPersian Gulf Region's Stock Prices Tumble on Oil Market's SlideWall Street JournalDUBAI—Prices of Persian Gulf stocks closed sharply lower on Thursday, joining a global rout of financial markets, as sliding oil prices have height …

Wall Street JournalOil Producing Countries Pummeled by $40 CrudeWall Street JournalThe fall of crude prices to six-year lows in recent weeks has pummeled oil-producing countries from Venezuela to Iraq, threatening their ability to keep pumping petroleum an …

QuartzOPEC now thinks that oil prices will stay below $50 a barrel for the rest of 2015QuartzOPEC is waving the white flag, at least for 2015—oil prices, the cartel thinks, will remain more or less at $40 to $50 a barrel for the remainder of the year, lowe …