Oil prices buoyed by persistent Middle East tensionsMarketWatchGeopolitics and specifically geopolitical tensions have returned to the fore after being fanned by unrest in Iraq and rising hostility between the U.S. and Iran,” Stephen Brennock, an analyst a …

BloombergRepublicans May Use Budget to Open Arctic, Atlantic to Oil RigsBloombergMoney from selling drilling rights and royalties from oil and gas production would be a revenue-raiser that could help offset some of the tax cuts Republicans are proposing. T …

New York TimesProtect Alaska's Last Great Wilderness From Oil DrillingNew York TimesRepublicans are using the budget reconciliation process to allow oil drilling in the refuge in order to generate revenue to offset the cost of tax reform. This expedite …

MarketWatchOil reverses some losses as investors get ready for OPEC meetingMarketWatchOil prices rebounded on the heels of the first losing session in six on Thursday as investors undertake their last positioning ahead of later Thursday's meeting of th …

MarketWatchOPEC, Caught in Pincers of Price and Technology, Tries to Control the Oil MarketNew York TimesVIENNA — As officials from oil exporting countries arrived in the Austrian capital for a meeting, there was a certain sense of nostalgia in the air. A …

NPRBoom Time Again For US Oil Industry, Thanks To OPECNPROil producers across the country are watching to see what OPEC does at its meeting in Vienna this week, since the cartel of oil-exporting countries has recently played a big role in turning around a …

Is China's Oil Demand Growth About To Plummet?OilPrice.comA much bigger one, literally, is the problem that led to this week's OPEC meeting in the first place, and years of headache for OPEC and non-OPEC nations: a record global oil inventory glut. …

Norway's Disgruntled Oil Workers Settle On 2017 WagesOilPrice.comThe great majority of oil workers in Norway, or 87 percent,, have agreed on wages for this year with the companies that employ them. The workers are represented by the two largest industr …

CNBCTrump wants to stop sharing Gulf of Mexico oil money with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and TexasCNBCThe White House proposed ending payments to four states under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas stand …

Dramatically different views emerge on the future of oilMarketplace.orgOPEC nations meet this week to discuss cuts to oil production, as prices for crude remain in a slump. Price volatility, changes to car technology, and other major uncertainties are lead …