BloombergA Flash of Silver in Oil PayrollsBloombergAmid the jubilation about June payrolls, spare a thought for those employed -- or previously employed -- in America's oil and gas fields. The "mining and logging" sector -- which encompasses …

MarketWatchOil futures set to book weekly loss of 8%MarketWatch“Trouble was brewing in the oil trade [with] poor support for prices in much of the session,” said Richard Hastings, macro strategist at Seaport Global Securities, referencing Thursday's tr …

CNBCOil and gas industry could hire 100000 workers – if it can find themCNBCThe question is whether workers flushed out of the industry and into a resurgent U.S. labor market will head back to the oil patch. On Friday, government data showed the United Sta …

RTRussia overtakes Saudi Arabia as China's top oil supplierRTThe kingdom has increased oil exports to China by 3.9 percent in the five months to May. China's third major crude supplier is Angola, which exported 18.5 million tons to the country. Bei …

Financial TimesJapan oil family descendants put merger on slippery slopeFinancial TimesThe attempt to block the merger between Idemitsu Kosan and Showa Shell Sekiyu, which comes some seven months after the deal was mooted, cited a “water and oil” incompati …

Brexit Could Shave a Buck or Two Off Oil PricesWall Street Journal (blog)PIRA Energy Group expects global oil demand to be unaffected by Brexit in 2016 and reduced by 100,000-200,000 barrels a day at most in 2017 due to slower economic growth in Europe, sa …

CNBC (subscription)A multibillion-dollar budget crisis in the US no one is talking aboutCNBC (subscription)Some — including oil states Louisiana and Alaska — are facing a full-blown budget crisis. Even after painful cuts, budget gaps in those two states al …

ScotsmanUK Sees Net Loss on Tax Revenues from North Sea OilYahoo Finance UKThe United Kingdom's net revenues from taxes levied on oil and gas companies operating on or near the North Sea turned negative “for the first time since records began in 1968,” …

CNBCAnalyst: I'm not a believer in this oil rally, here's whyCNBCThis week, oil broke above the key $50 level for the first time since October 2015. Yet rather than interpret the move as a sign to buy, one top technician is warning investors not to …

CNBCOil 'maestro' al-Naimi exits, signaling an end to the 'Saudi put'CNBCThe end of Ali al-Naimi's more than two-decade tenure as Saudi Arabia's oil minister signals a new era for crude markets, analysts said on Saturday, and appear …