MarketWatchOil settles above $46 for the first time in nearly six monthsMarketWatchOil futures settled above $46 a barrel Thursday, as seven straight weeks of declines in U.S. crude production as well as weakness in the dollar helped lift prices to their b …

Financial TimesLibya regime's oil group defiant after UN oil banFinancial TimesEastern Libya's self-declared National Oil Company has vowed to sell crude in defiance of the UN, which on Wednesday blacklisted a tanker bound for Malta. The Indian-fla …

The GuardianAssessment of BP's Bight oil drill plan secretive and weak, Senate toldThe GuardianRisky deepwater drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bight is being assessed under a weak and secretive regulatory regime, the Senate has heard. Senators …

ReutersAsia shares rally with oil, wary of China trade dataReutersAfter a barnstorming performance on Tuesday, oil pulled back a little as concern over a larger-than-expected build in U.S. crude stocks offset reports that Russia and Saudi Arabia may have r …

New York TimesWhen the Oil Fields BurnedNew York TimesTwenty-five years ago, as the United States-led coalition started driving out Iraqi forces from Kuwait, Saddam Hussein's troops responded by setting ablaze hundreds of oil wells, creating one of the …

CNBCUS oil surges to $39.72, up about 8 pct for weekCNBCOil prices jumped 6 percent on Friday, heading for the largest weekly gain in a month, as drawdowns in U.S. crude stockpiles fed hopes that a punishing global oversupply may be nearing tipping point. …

CNBCOil prices surge on US stocks drop, freeze hopeCNBCOil prices jumped 6 percent on Friday, heading for the largest weekly gain in a month, as drawdowns in U.S. crude stockpiles fed hopes that a punishing global oversupply may be nearing tipping point. U …

CNBCOil surges 6% on freeze hopes, economic growthCNBCOil prices rose on Friday, lifted by hopes that a punishing global excess of crude oil could be nearing a tipping point and firm economic indicators from the United States and Germany that cast a positi …

CNBCOil surges more than 6%; US oil rig count falls by 8 to 354CNBCOil prices rose on Friday, lifted by hopes that a punishing global excess of crude oil could be nearing a tipping point and firm economic indicators from the United States and Germany that …

CNBCOil surges 5% on freeze hopes, economic growthCNBCOil prices rose as much as 4 percent on Friday, lifted by fresh hopes over a proposed freeze in oil production and firm economic indicators from the United States and Germany that cast a positive light …