The Globe and Mail (subscription)Oil shock takes bite out of Canada's economy in first quarterThe Globe and Mail (subscription)Canada's economy slumped into negative territory in the first quarter of 2015, hampered by the plunge in oil prices and a …

The Globe and Mail (subscription)Oil shock puts Canada back in Great Recession territoryThe Globe and Mail (subscription)The Canadian economy moved backward in the first quarter, its weakest quarter since the Great Recession, as the pervasive effects of th …

Wall Street JournalNigerian Oil Dispute Exposes Dysfunction Ahead of Power ShiftWall Street JournalLAGOS, Nigeria—The most oil-rich nation in Africa nearly ran out of gas this week. Airlines grounded flights because they couldn't find jet fuel in recen …

Wall Street JournalThe Oil-Export Ban Harms National SecurityWall Street JournalBlocking access to these supplies is the ban on exporting U.S. crude oil that was enacted, along with domestic price controls, after the 1973 Arab oil embargo. The price contro …

Brazil's oil capital on its knees as paymaster battles embezzlement fraud ...Yahoo Finance UKAlong the outskirts of the town are large new-build condominiums for expat and native oil workers, while foreigners form a noticeable presence in the town. A n …

Wall Street JournalVenezuela's Allies Break Oil HabitWall Street JournalRIVAS, Nicaragua—The steady breeze that spins the blades of towering white wind turbines here in southern Nicaragua is helping to shift this country further away from its dependenc …

Wall Street JournalNigeria Is a Case Study in the Curse of OilWall Street JournalAlas, similar hopes attended the rise of outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan, who initially fooled many of us watching Africa but wound up turning Nigeria into a case study i …

Kuwait Seen Missing 2020 Oil-Production TargetWall Street JournalStymied by political opposition to foreign oil companies, Kuwait oil officials have privately acknowledged the country won't meet a goal of boosting oil-production capacity 25% by 2020, p …

Wall Street JournalOil Price Drop Hurts Spending on Business InvestmentsWall Street JournalProspects for an uptick in business investment this year are facing a major drag: The collapse in oil prices is spurring significant cutbacks for the energy-producti …

Financial PostUS Energy Department to Buy Oil for Strategic ReservesWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—The Energy Department on Friday announced it was buying up to five million barrels of oil for the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, a federally owned stockpil …