STAT'I've never been normal again': Indonesian women risk health to supply palm oil to the WestSTATEKANBARU, Indonesia — Much of the palm oil used to keep our ice cream smooth, our chocolate shiny, and our margarine free of trans fats comes fro …

ReutersBanned at sea: Venezuela's crude-stained oil tankersReutersThe vessel is among many that are constantly contaminated at two major export terminals where they load crude from Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA. The water here has an oil …

MarketWatchOil prices turn lower as focus returns to oversupplyMarketWatch“Crude oil remain in a very fragile state. The rally yesterday was primarily driven by short-covering with falling product inventories being used as the explanation,” said Ole Hansen …

Eni hits oil in first offshore Mexico wellFinancial TimesThe Amoca-2 well, in the shallow waters of the Bay of Campeche in southeast Mexico, “confirmed the presence of 18° API oil [light oil] in the shallower formations, while the newly discovered deeper s …

ReutersAs Trump targets energy rules, oil companies downplay their impactReutersBut the top U.S. oil and gas companies have been telling their shareholders that regulations have little impact on their business, according to a Reuters review of U.S. securit …

Wall Street Pouring Money Back Into Oil And GasOilPrice.comDespite the near record increase in U.S. oil inventories last week – an increase of 13.8 million barrels – oil prices traded up on February 8 and 9 as traders pinned their hopes on a surprise drawd …

ReutersVenezuela falls behind on oil-for-loan deals with China, RussiaReutersDuring the decade-long oil boom that ended in 2014, Venezuela borrowed nearly $50 billion from China that it agreed to pay back in crude and fuel deliveries to state-run Chinese f …

ReutersVenezuela falls behind on oil-for-loan deals with China, Russia ...ReutersVenezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA, has fallen months behind on shipments of crude and fuel under oil-for-loan deals with China and Russia, according ...and mor …

Foreign Policy (blog)Greasy Palms Dept.: Congress To Repeal Oil and Mining Anti-Corruption RegulationForeign Policy (blog)The House of Representatives geared up this week to repeal an obscure anti-corruption regulation aimed at the oil and gas industry bef …

ReutersAs oil recovers, US firms descend on the Permian Basin in West TexasReutersHere in the Permian Basin of West Texas, the largest U.S. oil patch, the industry poured more than $28 billion into land acquisitions last year - more than triple what they s …