Financial TimesFive things that will shape the price of Brent crude oilFinancial TimesWhile the protests have so far had no impact on crude oil output and are broadly seen as unlikely to directly unless they result in greater political upheaval in the coun …

BloombergOil Trades Near 3-Year High After Best Start to Year Since 2012Bloomberg“The year has started very, very well for OPEC,” Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at consultants Energy Aspects Ltd., said in a Bloomberg television interview. “The inventory ove …

The Intercept“This Is Not A Symbolic Action” — Indigenous Protesters Occupy Oil Platforms in Radicalized Fight Against Pollution ...The InterceptAfter striking oil in Loreto in 1972, the Houston-based Occidental Petroleum, and later its successor, the shad …

Financial TimesPremier Oil has success from flagship North Sea developmentFinancial TimesPremier Oil has produced first oil from its flagship development in the North Sea, a milestone that will help the UK explorer and producer start repaying its significa …

BloombergAll That New Shale Oil May Not Be Enough as Big Discoveries DropBloombergThat's primarily because fracking of North American shale formations in places like Texas and North Dakota has transformed the industry. Companies like Royal Dutch Shell …

BloombergSaudis Expect Oil Revenue to Jump 80% by 2023BloombergSaudi Arabia expects oil revenue to jump about 80 percent by 2023 to help the kingdom record its first budget surplus in a decade, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Under a six- …

BloombergQ4 2017: Crude Oil Is Black Gold, With Some NuancesSeeking AlphaSo far in the quarter, the S&P GSCI Crude Oil is up 9.8%, and the S&P GSCI Brent Crude is up 12.7%. The difference in return is an indication of the level of availability of t …

BloombergOil Prices in 2018: Once Again Its All About US Shale OutputBloombergKuwait's new oil minister Bakheet Al-Rashidi expects “healthy” crude demand next year, and sees consumption growing by 1.5 million barrels a day next year. That's in line …

China Orders Big Oil Firms to Cut Own Gas Use to Ease ShortfallBloombergChina National Petroleum Corp., China Petrochemical Corp. and China National Offshore Oil Corp. should reduce the consumption of natural gas in their refineries, oil drilling and lique …

The Globe and MailOil holds below two-year highs as focus turns to US outputThe Globe and MailIn the previous week, drillers added two oil rigs.Oil prices remained little changed, lingering below two-year highs on Friday as the continuing outage of a North …