ReutersVenezuela to open criminal probe of ex oil czar Ramirez: prosecutorReuters“We have decided to open a criminal investigation ... of Rafael Ramirez, ex Oil Minister and (ex) President of PDVSA,” said Prosecutor Tarek Saab in a televised address. He sa …

Jakarta PostState-owned plantation holding company establishes cooking oil factoryJakarta PostState-owned plantation holding company PTPN III has established a cooking oil factory that will process palm oil produced by the company, said PTPN III corporate …

ReutersVenezuela Maduro gains control over oil contracts amid purgeReutersVenezuela's Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo talks to journalists at the beginning of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader. The most recent …

Chron.comMIT study suggests US vastly overstates oil output forecastsChron.comMargaret Coleman, the EIA's leader of oil, gas and biofuels exploration and production analysis, said in an email "the study raises valid points" and the administra …

Markets InsiderVenezuela arrests relative of powerful ex-oil boss Ramirez in graft probeReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has arrested Diego Salazar, a relative of former oil czar Rafael Ramirez, as part of an investigation into a money laundering scand …

ReutersPleas to flee, a desperate video: Inside Venezuela's oil industry purgeReutersThat trust, the product of three years in which Del Pino held the top two jobs in Venezuela's oil ministry, now appears alarmingly misplaced. Maduro is charging De …

Chron.comOPEC's easy win masks tough oil-market choices aheadChron.comOn the surface, Thursday's OPEC meeting was a no-drama success. The group of oil nations agreed to extend year-old production cuts through the end of 2018 to help boost prices, n …

MarketWatchWill fiscal pain of low oil prices force Saudi Arabia's handMarketWatchAn International Monetary Fund official told The Wall Street Journal that Saudi Arabia and fellow Middle Eastern oil exporters face a combined $1 trillion budget shortfal …

Wall Street JournalUS Investigates Venezuelan Oil GiantWall Street JournalUnder Mr. Ramírez, the soft-spoken son of a Marxist guerrilla, PdVSA completed a transformation from one of the world's most-efficient oil companies to an arm of the late Preside …

Present Pain Leading To Future Risks In Oil MarketsOilPrice.comIt is a dark time to be an investor in the offshore and oil services sector. Norwegian Billionaire and energy pioneer Fred Olsen told Fortune magazine this summer that when he first entered the …