Financial TimesKazakhstan reassures US oil producers over new sanctionsFinancial TimesUS oil producers have been given assurances that their projects in Kazakhstan will not be affected by the new round of sanctions against Moscow, easing fears in the energ …

Can We Expect Oil Demand To Slow Anytime Soon?OilPrice.comSince global oil demand results from a number of different segments of the global economy, each of which is impacted by different trends, current oil demand first needs to broken down to its main co …

Oil Prices Fall As Libya's Biggest Oil Field Comes Back OnlineOilPrice.comMore drama in embattled oil producer Libya this week. With reports suggesting the country's largest oil field has once again been endangered by local fighting. Reuters report …

In political storm, Venezuela state-run oil company PDVSA drifts furtherReutersCARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) - To survive months of street protests and an economy in tailspin, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is trying to turn state oil company PDVSA into a …

Oil Prices Fall As OPEC Output Hits ''Year-To-Date High''OilPrice.comLibya and Nigeria pushed OPEC's crude oil output in July to the highest this year, at 32.82 million barrels daily, a survey by S&P Platts has revealed. The cartel …

ReutersVenezuela names economy czar, oil minister in cabinet shuffleReutersCARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday shuffled his cabinet by naming a new economy czar to oversee the OPEC country's decaying socialist system and a new oil …

NBCNews.comDonald Trump Picks GOP Oil Industry Ally, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, to Lead EPANBCNews.comDonald Trump intends to select Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a senior transition offici …

Politico (blog)Trump picks oil ally Pruitt to head EPAPolitico (blog)As attorney general for a state that is one of the nation's biggest oil, natural gas and grain producers, Pruitt has been at the forefront of lawsuits challenging EPA regulations on c …

ReutersOPEC, US begin 'cat and mouse' oil game as producers pounce on hedgesReutersThe collapse in the premium of longer-dated oil futures contracts in both the Brent LCOc1 and U.S. crude futures markets CLc1 shows how investors and producers alike …

ReutersOPEC wants oil price to be moderate, not too high: TASS quotes Venezuela's...ReutersVenezuela's Oil Minister and President of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA Eulogio del Pino speaks during an agreement signing ceremony with representa …