CBC.caOil price forecaster declares crude at a 'turning point'CBC.caA Calgary oil forecaster has a positive message to a beaten down oilpatch, as he expects prices to start recovering in the next year. However, the recovery will be subdued, with on …

Wall Street JournalIn Canada, Miniature Heavy-Oil Sites Overcome Slump in Crude PricesWall Street JournalEDAM, Saskatchewan—In a muddy field where rows of canola stood just three months ago, a miniature oil-sands plant is rapidly being assembled by a small …

Yahoo NewsFired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.Yahoo NewsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The state's fired former top oil regulator says Gov. Jerry Brown's administration pressured him to break federal and state law on oilfield permitting. De …

Wall Street JournalPrivate-Equity Firms Plunge Back Into the Oil PatchWall Street JournalPrivate-equity firms are doubling down on energy, despite heavy damage from their last adventure in the oil patch. These firms' stakes in a dozen publicly traded e …

Wall Street JournalOil Futures Signal Weak Prices Could Last YearsWall Street JournalThe oil market is signaling that prices could stay lower for longer, delivering a fresh blow to hard-hit energy exploration-and-production companies. Benchmark U.S. oil fu …

Wall Street JournalOil-and-Gas Debt Deals Sting InvestorsWall Street JournalThe investments may still hold advantages for the funds, despite the sharp declines in oil-related securities in July. The deals generally were struck at terms advantageous to the …

FortuneA massive solar farm will help produce oil in OmanFortuneThe project called Miraah (mirror in Arabic) will be built across more than a square mile — 360 soccer fields — at the Amal oil field. When completed the solar plant will produce 6,000 tons of …

Financial TimesCNPC settles China oil spill lawsuitFinancial TimesChina National Petroleum Corp has agreed a $32m environmental settlement in the nation's largest public interest lawsuit, five years after China's worst-ever crude oil spill fouled t …

Wall Street JournalOil Tankers Are Filling Up and Raking It InWall Street JournalThe oil-tanker market is heating up, a development some analysts say is a warning flare that signals further price declines for crude. The Baltic Dirty Tanker Index, which tra …

Irish IndependentTullow Oil to Settle Uganda Tax Dispute for $250 MillionBloombergTullow Oil Plc settled a capital gains tax dispute with the government of Uganda after agreeing to pay $250 million related to a 2012 deal with Total SA and Cnooc Ltd. The co …