Global Stocks, Oil Edge up as OPEC Weighs Output DealABC NewsGlobal stocks and the price of oil edged higher Thursday as OPEC countries discussed ways to control production and re-assert their influence over energy markets. Investors were also keeping an e …

DesMoinesRegister.comConstruction Underway in 3 States on $3.8B Oil PipelineABC NewsThe pipeline will carry nearly half a million barrels of crude from western North Dakota's Bakken oil fields each day to a tank storage facility in southern Illinois. I …

Nigeria Oil Output, Naira Slump _ Attack and Strike ThreatsABC NewsMilitant attacks on oil installations and a threatened nationwide strike are driving Nigeria's petroleum production and its naira currency to new lows. Angola has become Africa's bi …

Oil, Gas Industry Challenges Efforts to Protect Western BirdABC NewsThe oil and gas industry on Thursday challenged in federal court drilling restrictions imposed by the Obama administration to protect a struggling bird that ranges across 11 Western states …

Trade ArabiaIraq Says Oil Exports, Revenues Increase in AprilABC NewsIraq says April crude oil exports have increased by 2.3 percent from the previous month, filling cash-strapped coffers amid an acute economic crisis. Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad, s …

'Hard Choices' in Texas as Oil Bust, Costly Lawsuits CollideABC NewsThe oil bust already shrinking Texas' coffers is colliding with the possibility of the state getting socked with multibillion-dollar verdicts in major lawsuits, budget official …

USA TODAYAir campaign shifts to ISIL's cash and oilUSA TODAYWASHINGTON — The U.S.-led coalition has ramped up its air campaign on the Islamic State's finances, launching 15 strikes against cash depots and more than 125 attacks on oil infrastructure …

Financial TimesSaudi opposition collapses oil freeze talksFinancial TimesAttempts by some of the world's biggest oil producers to freeze output ended without a deal on Sunday night, after Saudi Arabia insisted Iran should be part of any agreement. Talk …

Financial TimesKuwait forced to temporarily cut oil output by public sector strikeFinancial TimesA strike on Sunday by public sector workers in Kuwait has forced the Gulf state to temporarily reduce its oil output, in a rare outbreak of industrial action t …

Oil Island Draws Heat for 'Disrepair and Dysfunction'ABC NewsOne of California's early offshore oil drilling operations is under fire from state regulators to clean up its act after severely corroded and unsafe wells and other equipment were fo …