Price-Moving China Oil Trades Fan ConcernsWall Street JournalThe growing clout of state-backed Chinese oil traders is raising concerns over their influence on the price of crude as trade increasingly flows into markets with little regulatory oversight. Las …

ReutersShell calls for tougher regulation of Dubai oil benchmarkReutersAnglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSa.L) on Thursday called for tougher regulation of the Dubai crude benchmark, the Middle East's most important oil-pricing mechanism …

USA TODAYGood riddance to oil export ban: Our viewUSA TODAYAs part of the budget deal to keep the government running for another year, the 40-year-old ban on exporting U.S. crude oil is finally set to be lifted. It's about time. The ban, imposed in res …

Wall Street JournalPreparing for a Brent Benchmark With No Brent OilWall Street JournalLONDON—It was once a behemoth, a massive North Sea oil field whose importance to the world crude market was summed up by its name atop the global benchmark price: Brent. …

The CourierBudget 2015: UK chancellor announces 'bold and immediate' oil and gas tax reformOut-Law.comOil and gas industry expert Bob Ruddiman of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that the new tax reliefs would be welcomed by fi …