Wall Street JournalPlanned $4 Billion Japan Oil Merger Faces Family ChallengeWall Street JournalTOKYO—Saudi Arabia and Iran's battle for hegemony in the Middle East threatens to upend a $4 billion merger in faraway Japan. The family of the late founder …

US Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in SyriaNew York TimesISTANBUL — Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State, United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude o …

Wall Street JournalJapanese Oil Refiners JX Holdings and Tonen General in Merger TalksWall Street JournalDespite a protracted slump in oil prices, producers in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Russia aren't cutting production, pushing global crude inventories to …