U.S. oil benchmark ends at a more than 2-week high after a big fall in crude inventories  MarketWatchOil futures build on gains a day after data showed a large drop in domestic inventories, with U.S. prices settling at their highest in over two w …

Oil moves higher on trade war optimism  Yahoo FinanceChinese negotiator Liu He is calling for calm discussion with the U.S. in the ongoing trade war. This call is causing oil to move higher. Yahoo Finance's Jared ... Read more https://finance.yah …

Energy Companies Set to Get Reprieve on Methane Rules  The Wall Street JournalThe Trump administration is moving to erase Obama-era rules on methane emissions from the oil-and-gas business, saying the federal government overstepped ... Read more …

Conclusions of oil-by-rail study encourages North Dakota officials seeking to overturn Washington law  Jamestown SunA federal study examining the volatility of Bakken oil is giving North Dakota officials encouragement in their petition to overtur …

Climate Change Dies in Texas Oil Region  Streetsblog San FranciscoAn oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump crude oil and frack natural gas out of ... Read more …

Oil on the rise as US inventories fall, BP sells Alaska operations to Hillcorp  Yahoo FinanceCrude is up after API reports an 11 million-barrel drop ahead of the Department of Energy's report. Within the oil space, BP is selling its operations in …

BP's Selling Off Its Alaska Oil Assets. The Buyer Has a History of Safety Violations.  InsideClimate NewsOne of Alaska's biggest oil producers—BP—announced Tuesday that it is selling all of its Alaska operations to Hilcorp, a privately-owned comp …

Environmentalists Slam Chevron, State Regulators Over Kern County Oil Releases  KQEDOne group calls uncontrolled releases a sign of 'poor, sloppy practices' that should be stopped. Another says Gov. Newsom should launch independent investi. Read …

BP's Alaska Exit Is a Sign of Oil's Times  ChronThere goes the other pipeline. Back in the day, BP Plc was sometimes dismissed as a “two-pipelines company.” This referred to two of its biggest positions: The ... Read more https://www.chron.com/bu …

Oil climbs on OPEC output cuts, expectations for a drop in U.S. supplies  MarketWatchOil futures climb on Tuesday, with U.S. prices up by more than 2% on the back of significant output cuts by major oil producers in July and expectations for... R …