Investors Hedge Bets on Crude-Oil RevivalWall Street JournalHow bad is the oil bust? Even the big believers in an inevitable rebound are hedging their bets. Avenue Capital Group, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, Carlson Capital LP and Blackstone Grou …

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 …

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Business InsiderOil prices dip on U.S. gasoline stock buildBusiness InsiderSEOUL (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Thursday after U.S. government data showed that gasoline stocks and distillate inventories rose last week, although falls were checked by con …

MarketWatchOil takes a dive after supply data, then mostly recoversMarketWatchOn Nymex, July gasoline RBN5, +0.09% shed 2.4 cents, or 1.1%, to $2.10 a gallon, while July heating oil HON5, -0.04% added 2.5 cents, or 1.3%, to $1.91 a gallon, paring some of i …

MarketWatchOil falls as data hint at end of supply declinesMarketWatchMeanwhile, the Federal Reserve will conclude it is two-day meeting, with a statement due out shortly before the regular trading session for Nymex oil ends. “While it will not be raising …

Wall Street JournalPrivate Equity Hunts for Oil Deals Outside USWall Street JournalLONDON—Private-equity funds that once profited from energy deals in North American shale have found a new bargain basement for cut-price oil-and-gas fields: almost everywher …

RTFormer BP exec found not guilty of lying in oil spill probeRTThe Discoverer Enterprise drill ship uses a flare to burn natural gas and oil from an insertion pipe connected to the broken oil well under the surface at the BP oil spill site, approximately 4 …

UPI.comCrude oil export ban: Outdated energy policy, inconsistent foreign policyThe Hill (blog)The ban on the export of domestic crude oil dates back to a time when members of Congress did not have computers and Richard Nixon was president. Much has change …