Wall Street JournalOil Prices Kick Off Week Higher, Helped by Chinese Demand DataWall Street JournalLONDON—Oil prices kicked off the week higher, helped by data indicating China's appetite for crude oil remains strong and a further fall in U.S. drillin …

Chron.com (blog)US oil drillers idle six rigs as oil cycle hovers near lowsWorldOil (subscription)HOUSTON (Bloomberg) -- U.S. crude explorers pulled back drilling rigs for a 10th straight week as conviction grows that the worst oil downturn in decades is n …

Wall Street JournalUS Oil Rig Count Slides AgainWall Street JournalThe number of U.S. oil-drilling rigs, which is viewed as a proxy for activity in the oil industry, has fallen sharply since oil prices started falling last year. After a streak of modest gr …

Financial TimesOil price plunge forces Norway to cut rates to record lowFinancial TimesNorway's central bank cut interest rates to a fresh record low as it battled to overcome a slump in oil prices that has hit the economy of western Europe's bigge …

Wall Street JournalFracking Firms That Drove Oil Boom Struggle to SurviveWall Street JournalA wave of bankruptcies and closures is sweeping across the oil patch, with dozens of hydraulic-fracturing companies at risk, industry experts say. Most of the compa …

CBC.ca'Three Stooges' of sentiment continue to rile oilMarketWatchThe oil market is concerned that once a deal is reached, Iran may add millions of barrels of oil into an already oversupplied global market. Data Friday from Baker Hughes BHI, -0.22% …

Wall Street JournalUS Oil-Rig Count Rises for Second Straight WeekWall Street JournalIn late May, several U.S. shale-oil companies said they were ready to bring rigs back into service, setting up the first big test of their ability to quickly react to risi …

Financial TimesOil price could fall further, warns International Energy AgencyFinancial TimesThe rebalancing of the oil market that started last year has yet to run its course and a bottom in prices “may still be ahead”, according to the world's leadin …

De Smog Blog (blog)Discover The Hidden Oil Wells of Los AngelesDe Smog Blog (blog)Big Oil will stop at nothing to pump every last drop of oil out of the ground, from paying scientists to say that oil spills, fracking and other routine matters of oil develo …

KING5.comShell arctic oil rig leaves Seattle, met by protestersKING5.comSEATTLE – The Shell Oil arctic drilling rig Polar Pioneer headed out of Seattle Monday on its way to Alaska but not before an attempted blockade by protesters in kayaks. Several protes …