Wall Street JournalOil Majors' Dividends Survive Plunge in Oil PricesOil Majors' Dividends SurviveWall Street JournalThe world's biggest energy companies have doubled down on their promise to protect dividends, despite a precipitous drop in pro …

Wall Street JournalOil Majors' Dividends Survive Plunge in Oil PricesWall Street JournalThe world's biggest energy companies have doubled down on their promise to protect dividends, despite a precipitous drop in profits this year, driven by a steep …

Wall Street JournalOil Subsidies Mean Alaska Is Losing Hundreds of Millions of DollarsWall Street JournalFor its entire history as a state, Alaska has made money, sometimes billions of dollars a year, by taxing the oil pumped from its wells. That 56-year w …

Wall Street JournalChevron Takes Harder Punch From Low OilWall Street JournalThe company's stock price has underperformed Exxon and Shell over the past year—during which oil prices fell sharply—after besting its two bigger competitors during the previo …

Aljazeera.com (blog)Gold, oil and copper: Is the commodity boom over?Aljazeera.com (blog)Everything from copper to oil, cotton to sugar has been hit. And unlike stock markets, commodities have an impact on everyday lives. From farmers to miners to consumer …

Wall Street JournalPain Worsens for Oil Giants Exxon and ChevronWall Street JournalThe energy giant's division that pumps oil and gas accounted for just $2 billion of that, the lowest level since 2002. Chevron eked out a quarterly profit of $571 millio …

Wall Street JournalOil Firms' Refining Business Softens Blow From Crude DropWall Street JournalBut refiners have benefited from the lower cost of the oil they turn into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. American refiners in particular have prospered becau …

Wall Street JournalMajors' Quandary: Why Drill for Oil When They Can Buy Somebody Else's?Wall Street JournalHe expects the most likely takeover candidates would be oil companies with a stock-market value between $10 billion and $40 billion—relative …