Financial TimesHow Corruption And Oil Crime Are Tearing Nigeria ApartOilPrice.comPolitical risk has always been a part of oil business, and today's situation in Nigeria is no exception. Over the past several months the insurgency in the Niger River del …

The Globe and Mail (subscription)Is Canada ready for a world awash in $0 oil?The Globe and Mail (subscription)Is Canada prepared for $0 oil? We have had a hard enough time with the post-2014 plunge in fossil-fuel prices, which has weakened the dollar and i …

24/7 Wall St.Oil Rig Count Slips by 3; Natural Gas Rigs Decline by 624/7 Wall St.In the period ended December 23, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 538, compared with 541 in the prior week and 1,499 a year ago. Including 162 …

New York TimesAs Oil Money Melts, Alaska Mulls First Income Tax in 35 YearsNew York TimesThis is the least-taxed state in the nation, where oil royalties and energy taxes once paid for 90 percent of state functions. Oil money was so plentiful that resident …

Wall Street JournalSubsidies for Cooking OilWall Street JournalThe Journal reports that Solazyme, which in 2009 received more than $20 million in grants to build a refinery for automotive fuel, is now selling an algae-derived oil for cooking. Readers may r …

Wall Street JournalGasoline for January Delivery Surges; Oil Moves LittleWall Street JournalGasoline for January delivery surged as it became the front-month contract Tuesday, boosted by new ethanol requirements that have traders betting prices may rise, a …

Wall Street JournalOil Prices Rise But Energy Markets Remain NervousWall Street JournalOil prices were slightly higher on Tuesday with the market remaining jittery about oversupply and the strengthening dollar ahead of an Organization of the Petroleum Expo …

Will Obama's 'No' on Keystone Curtail Canada's Oil Boom?National GeographicEnding an eight-year saga, Obama announced Friday that his administration would not give Calgary-based TransCanada a U.S. permit to build the Keystone XL's north …

24/7 Wall St.Oil Rig Count Falls by 4; Hedge Funds Bet on Rising Prices24/7 Wall St.In the week ended September 25, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 640, compared with 644 in the prior week and 1,592 a year ago. Including 19 …

Wall Street JournalOil Patch Braces for Financial ReckoningWall Street JournalU.S. energy companies have defied financial gravity for more than a year, borrowing and spending billions of dollars to pump oil, even as crude prices plummeted. Until now. The o …