The GuardianMedan in the spotlight: a city on the edge of the global palm oil tradeThe GuardianIndonesia's fourth biggest city is a bona fide oil town – only, the above ground kind. Close to 4 million acres of palm oil plantations on the island of Suma …

The GuardianGreenpeace blockades IOI palm oil refinery in Rotterdam portThe GuardianGreenpeace activists have blockaded a palm oil refinery owned by IOI in the port of Rotterdam after a report linked the company's third-party suppliers in Indonesia to …

Financial TimesSaudi Arabia cuts public sector bonuses in oil slump falloutFinancial TimesApplying austerity measures to the large public sector is a politically sensitive move forced by the gaping hole in public finances and deterioration across the broad …

Four States HomepageRecord Earthquake Threatens Oil And Gas Industry In OklahomaOilPrice.com“Without studying the specifics of the wastewater injection and oil and gas production in this area, the USGS cannot currently conclude whether or not this particul …

DailyFXCrude Oil Prices Decline on Disappointing ISM DataDailyFXThe price of Crude Oil continues to decline this morning on worse than expected ISM Non-Manufacturing data. Expectations were set at 54.9 for the event, but were released at 51.4. Today's …

BloombergOil Prices Edge Lower As Output Freeze Hopes Fizzle AgainOilPrice.comAfter yesterday's accord between Saudi Arabia and Russia ignited an effervescent oil rally, we have now seen these hopes fizzle out once more. As the 'task force' agr …

Yahoo FinanceWall Street eyes the moves in oil, ahead of key data, earningsYahoo FinanceU.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Tuesday, as investors remained watchful over the recovery in U.S. crude, ahead of important economic data. …

Financial TimesIran offers cautious support to oil freezeFinancial TimesIran's oil minister Bijan Zanganeh has offered cautious backing to plans to cap production at a meeting of major producers this month, saying he wanted to see prices between $50 an …

The GuardianPalm oil firm accused of hiring men to kidnap smog inspectors in IndonesiaThe GuardianUp to 100 Indonesian men, believed to have been hired by a palm oil firm, took a team of official environmental investigators hostage on Friday and threatened …

Deutsche WellePalm oil versus paradise in PapuaDeutsche WelleBut with deforestation ravaging the landscape, driven by humanity's ravenous appetite for palm oil, that list is getting shorter. All around the tropical world, including on the island of Pap …