The Fed Rate Rise And Oil Price ImplicationsForbesIt seems as if the Fed's increase in interest rates is almost as anticipated as the new Star Wars film (well, on Wall Street at least), and the likely impact on different markets is hotly debated. Opini …

ForbesIs Crude Oil About To Plunge Below $40?ForbesIn my last crude oil update, I discussed how the “smart money” was still betting on the lower crude oil prices, as well as the risks posed by renewed U.S. dollar strength. Since then, both WTI and Brent cr …

ForbesMaersk Oil Pays $845 Million To Buy Into East AfricaForbesMaersk Oil, the Copenhagen-based energy company, will pay up to $845 million for oil exploration licenses in Kenya and Ethiopia. The deal for Africa Oil Corp.'s shares in five onshore lice …

ForbesMaersk Oil Pays Up To $845 Million To Buy Into East AfricaForbesMaersk Oil, the Copenhagen-based energy company, will pay up to $845 million for oil exploration licenses in Kenya and Ethiopia. The deal for Africa Oil Corp.'s shares in five onshor …

Sydney Morning HeraldSantos, Quadrant Energy sell Stag oil field to Sona for $US50mSydney Morning HeraldThe sale of the mature oil field, as reported earlier in the The Australian Financial Review's Street Talk, has been in negotiation for months and i …

Business InsiderOil prices drop on China demand worriesBusiness InsiderSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early trading in Asia on Monday as analysts expected weaker demand from China in upcoming months. Benchmark U.S. crude futures were down 41 cent …

LocalNews8.comIdaho grower experiments with mineral oil on cropsWashington TimesThe Capital Press (http://bit.ly/1N2IQvr) reports that Clen Atchley sprayed mineral oil over 130 acres over his potato fields in Hawaii earlier this year. He says that he'l …

Financial TimesKazakhstan faces oil dilemma as prices plungeFinancial TimesIn Texas or the North Sea, oil companies struggling with falling prices are firing thousands of employees. In Kazakhstan, it is not so simple. The central Asian nation was a poster …

Financial TimesOil Prices Are Volatile. Get Over It.ForbesJohn Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil USA, was opining on cable TV on Friday about the rebound of the oil industry and the need for prices to stabilize, saying “the volatility is killing th …

BBC NewsIs $50 Oil The New $100?ForbesThe price of oil has seemingly stabilized near $50, raising the possibility that this is the new equilibrium or market-clearing price. At several points in the past year, prices seemed to be moving up or down, only to …