Washington PostFalling oil prices spark a rise in kidnappings by West African piratesWashington PostThe pirates in these waters are mostly from the Niger Delta, an oil-rich part of Nigeria that has seen two decades of violence as militias fight over contro …

Washington PostT. Boone Pickens says America's oil industry is 'dead in the water'Washington PostSince 1980, he recalled in an interview, he has watched oil prices plunge five times worldwide. Four of those times, he said, Saudi Arabia stepped …

Washington PostWhat's so important about the oil meeting in DohaWashington PostThis story has been updated. The fundamental cause of turmoil in oil markets since late 2014 has been too much of the stuff. With the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting …

Washington PostThe crazy idea that higher oil prices might be good for the economy right nowWashington PostFunny things happen when interest rates are zero, but are they so funny that low oil prices might actually be hurting the economy right now? The answ …

Washington PostThe big bust in the oil fieldsWashington PostTILDEN, Tex. — He'd borrowed from banks and investors and retirement funds, all in a frenzied mission to drill for oil and gas, and by the time Terry Swift realized he'd gone too far, this …

KOKI FOX 23Gas prices jump after one of the best oil days since 2009KOKI FOX 23This is the first jump in at least a week. Some stations went up about $0.03, while others went up much higher. The jump is the result of what some say is one of the best days f …

Refinery29The Major Security Problem Almost None Of Us Are Prepared ForRefinery29A formerWIRED senior staff writer had an even more traumatic social engineering hack experience several years ago. A hacker gained access to his Amazon account, then used that …

In the late 1970s, Big Oil worried it could be held accountable for rising ...QuartzUntil relatively recently, oil industry officials were among the biggest detractors of climate science, suggesting that some research seemed frivolous. But in the late 1970 …

MoneyWeekAmerica opens the oil tapsMoneyWeekThe US has ended a 40-year ban on crude oil exports, following a U-turn by President Barack Obama and a rare case of bipartisan co-operation at the top of US politics. The deal to lift the oil ban was driven by t …

Yahoo NewsDreaming of energy security, India pumps desert oilYahoo NewsOil magnates echo Prime Minister Narendra Modi's insistence that the world's third-biggest carbon-emitter must keep polluting to power its way out of poverty. "We would all …