BloombergOil Outpaces Ruble Giving Russian Drillers Cause to Be CheerfulBloombergWhile an investor favorite, Russia's oil and gas industry still faces the risk of headwinds. The first may blow at the end of January, should the U.S. Treasury publish a r …

New York TimesUS Stock Indexes Mostly Lower in Afternoon Trade; Oil SlidesNew York TimesA slide in health care and industrial companies helped nudge U.S. stock indexes mostly lower in afternoon trading Thursday as the market pulled back slightly from its l …

BloombergVenezuela Has Some Bad News and Some Really Bad NewsBloombergIn late November, Major General Manuel Quevedo was suddenly appointed both oil minister and head of state-oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA. This tightening of government control ove …

BloombergBP Signs Iraq Deal to Help Increase Oil Output at Kirkuk FieldsBloombergBP Plc agreed to help increase crude production at northern Iraq's Kirkuk fields as part of government push to restore output and exports capacity after recapturing the oi …

$60 Oil Will Not Last LongOilPrice.comState-owned enterprises are unable to pay their 'social dividends'. On the consumption side, conservation and efficiency lose meaning; consumers revert to guzzling oil like free refills of coffee. So, simplisti …

BloombergOil Rigs Off Florida's Coast? Depends on How You Define 'Florida'BloombergAlthough Zinke last week opened the door to selling offshore drilling rights in more than 90 percent of U.S. waters -- from the California coast to the Atlantic …

BloombergIran Awaits Trump Verdict on Oil Sanctions Deal: What's at StakeBloombergSince U.S. and international sanctions were eased in January 2016, Iran has regained its position as one of the world's biggest oil exporters, shipping more than 2 mi …

The Globe and MailUS crude inventory fall buoys oil, worries about rally persistThe Globe and MailThe oil market has been buoyant for weeks, with U.S. crude futures at highs not seen since late 2014, and Brent crude less than $1 per barrel away from a simi …

BloombergOPEC Doesn't Want Brent Over $60 a Barrel, Says Iran's Oil MinisterBloombergRussia took its time to join the extension, with officials and oil bosses in Moscow undecided 15 days before their meeting in Vienna on Nov. 30. Wording in the pac …

BloombergTrump Proposes Opening Almost All US Coastal Waters to Oil DrillingBloomberg“The administration's backward-looking approach puts oil and gas profits first -- and will place our coastal communities and all they support at risk of the next BP-st …