Wall Street JournalI Was an Oil Spill ScapegoatWall Street JournalLost in the aftermath of recriminations and lawsuits is the fact that the team charged with stopping the biggest offshore oil disaster in history did its job as fast and effectively as it kn …

The Straits TimesSEC to start certifying palm oil products from FebThe Straits TimesThe Singapore Environment Council (SEC) is expected to start certifying palm oil-based products in February next year. In response to queries from The Straits Times, SEC ex …

Billings Gazette'Significant' oil, brine spill affects North Dakota riverBillings GazetteWHITE EARTH, N.D. -- An oil well in Mountrail County that has been out of control since late Saturday night leaked oil and brine water into the nearby White Ea …

Wall Street JournalChina Probes Graft in Angola Oil DealsWall Street JournalBEIJING—Chinese anticorruption investigators are zeroing in on oil deals in Angola by one of China's biggest energy companies, part of President Xi Jinping's nearly three-y …

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 …

The Japan TimesU.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spillThe Japan TimesWASHINGTON – The Justice Department and five U.S. states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil …

Wall Street JournalBritish Police Arrest Former Nigerian Oil MinisterWall Street JournalLONDON—British police on Friday arrested Nigeria's former petroleum minister, one of Africa's most prominent politicians, on allegations of bribery, according t …

Wall Street JournalNigeria President's Bid to Rev Economy Hits an Oil ShockWall Street JournalWARRI, Nigeria—Newly elected Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's plans to overhaul the world's most populous petrostate include pushing people like …

Wall Street JournalCrime Soars in Oil Region of Southern IraqWall Street JournalBASRA, Iraq—Just past midnight, a chain-smoking Hussein al-Rashid, head of a local oil services company, received the phone call he had been waiting for all day. “We've got …

TIMEArctic-Bound Ship Leaves Portland After Oil Drilling ProtestABC NewsAuthorities used boats, personal watercraft, poles and their bare hands to remove protesters in kayaks and hanging from bridges who had tried to block a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker bo …