Financial TimesDollar hits new 2018 highs as stocks rallyFinancial TimesEnergy stocks were leading the way globally with oil group Exxon Mobil jumping more than 2 per cent and the Stoxx 600 oil and gas sector climbing 1 per cent. Asia equities were led hig …

BloombergAlgeria Readies to Splash Cash as Oil Prices RiseBloomberg“In typical Algerian style, they are being extremely opaque about the sources of financing, but it can only be the central bank financing and the rise in oil prices,” independent North Afri …

BloombergSaudi Arabia Signals Ambition for $80 Oil PriceBloombergWhile there's little indication the Saudis are prepared to deepen their oil cuts to achieve $80, at the very least the aspiration suggests they'll keep with the current measures until …

BloombergSaudi Arabia Signals Ambition for $80 Oil Price - BloombergBloombergSaudi Arabia wants to get oil prices near $80 a barrel to pay for the government's crowded policy agenda and support the valuation of state energy giant Aramco before an initi …

BloombergAlberta Looks Beyond Oil as Crash Leaves Balanced Budget Far OffBloombergAlberta is looking beyond its oil industry as it works to end years of red ink. Still, a recovery to balanced budgets is a long ways off. Canada's top oil-producing provi …

Financial PostRose-coloured view from Alberta as province remains dependent on oil economyFinancial PostThe big theme in Alberta's 2018 budget is that thanks to NDP government leadership during the “worst recession in generations,” the provincial econo …

Journal of Petroleum TechnologyEngineering Bits for Drilling Down Close to the MagmaJournal of Petroleum TechnologyEngineering Bits for Drilling Down Close to the Magma. Stephen Rassenfoss, JPT Emerging Technology Senior Editor | 09 March 2018. Cutters sho …

BBC NewsGKN and Dana agree auto-engineering merger for $6.1bnBBC NewsUK engineering giant GKN has agreed to merge part of its business with US company Dana, as it seeks to fend off a takeover bid from Melrose Industries. The merger will combine GKN's D …

Business LineFiscal engineering is name of the gameBusiness LineThe task of borrowing is passed on to PSEs instead and included in the Budget discourse. The PSEs are strictly speaking corporate entities and run their own balance sheets and, hence, are resp …

Washington ExaminerSenate budget deal requires more sales from oil reserveWashington ExaminerLisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has called for updating the storage and pipeline hardware that maint …