BBC NewsIs crude oil killing children in Nigeria? - BBC News - BBC.comBBC NewsNew research suggest a link between oil spills and increased infant mortality in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta region.and more » Read more http://news.google.com/n …

Oil prices end at a 2-week low, up more than 4% for the weekMarketWatchOil prices finished at their highest level in two weeks on Friday, scoring a gain of roughly 4.4% for the week as uncertainty surrounds Iran's nuclear deal and amid strong Chinese c …

Adulterated oil seizedThe HinduAmong the arrested was Syamsunder Loya, owning Sarwo Nataraj Agro India oil factory in Bahadurpura. He had been procuring palm oil from different parts of the country. “He would mix small portions of groundnut oil with it and …

Trump's Iran move and oilPetroleum EconomistBut no one in the oil market should discount the alternative scenario—that new US sanctions complicate Iranian oil exports, worsen the Middle East's geopolitics, and increase the risk of more regional con …

The GuardianChevron drops oil push in Great Australian BightMarketWatchMELBOURNE, Australia-- Chevron Corp. has abandoned plans for deep-water exploration wells off Australia's southern coast, the second oil major to be squeezed out of the Great Austra …

MarketWatchOil slips despite larger draw in US stocksReutersOil has strengthened in recent weeks, but it is unclear whether U.S. crude prices will regain the high of nearly $53 a barrel reached in late September. A surprise build in gasoline inventories fe …

ReutersOPEC meets to extend oil output cut, fight global glutReutersVIENNA OPEC and non-member oil producers began talks in Vienna on Thursday to extend output cuts, most likely by nine months, in an effort to clear a global stocks overhang and prop up cru …

ReutersOPEC, non-OPEC debating one-year oil cut extensionReutersThe Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is to discuss in Vienna whether to prolong an accord reached in December in which it and 11 non-members agreed to cut oil output by about …

Foreign Policy (blog)Greasy Palms Dept.: Congress To Repeal Oil and Mining Anti-Corruption RegulationForeign Policy (blog)The House of Representatives geared up this week to repeal an obscure anti-corruption regulation aimed at the oil and gas industry bef …

ReutersAs oil recovers, US firms descend on the Permian Basin in West TexasReutersHere in the Permian Basin of West Texas, the largest U.S. oil patch, the industry poured more than $28 billion into land acquisitions last year - more than triple what they s …