ReutersForbidden fruit: Indonesia palm oil plantations boost security to stop thievesReutersJAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian security companies have seen a surge in demand for guards to protect palm oil plantations from fruit thieves and land grabbers, amid …

Financial TimesOpec's purple patch does not mean the oil battle is wonFinancial TimesAfter promising earlier this year to do “whatever it takes” to rebalance the oil market, Saudi Arabia, Opec's de facto leader, said this week it would cut oil expo …

Nigeria To Shake Off The Shackles Of OilOilPrice.comNigeria is now saying that “era of oil booms” may be over—for good. According to its national petroleum policy approved this week by the federal executive council, the country plans to cut its oil explora …

ReutersOil jumps to near eight-week high after big draw in US crude stocksReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose to near eight-week highs on Wednesday, with Brent crude futures at over $50 a barrel, as a fall in U.S. inventories bolstered expectations …

ReutersOil prices rise as falling US inventories stoke rebalancing hopesReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices firmed on Wednesday, holding near eight-week highs, as a fall in U.S. inventories bolstered expectations that the long-oversupplied market was movi …

Phys.OrgResearchers develop new way to measure fluid-rock interaction in oil reservoirPhys.OrgThe University of Calgary team studied three different methods to measure the wettability, or fluid-rock interaction, at the micro-scale in rock core samples from …

ReutersPalm oil demand up as dry US weather seen hurting rival soy cropsReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Palm oil demand is seen rising on a widening price differential with its rival oilseed soy, spurred by dry weather in the United States, prompting buyer …

ReutersOil nudges higher; Brent crude below $50 ahead of OPEC meetingReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Friday ahead of a key meeting of major oil producing nations next week, but Brent held below the $50 per barrel level that was briefly …

ReutersOil steady as Brent crude hovers below $50 ahead of OPEC meetingReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed on Friday ahead of a key meeting of major oil producing nations next week, with Brent sitting below the $50 per barrel level …

ReutersMalaysia, Indonesia may take EU plan to curb palm oil imports to WTOReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia and Indonesia plan to raise the prospect of European Union curbs on the imports of palm oil with the World Trade Organization, both countrie …