Wall Street JournalShell Under Investigation in Italy Over Nigerian Oil DealWall Street JournalThe prosecutors are investigating whether Shell's piece of a $1.3 billion payment to acquire a rich oil field off the coast of Nigeria constituted a bribe, a …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Venezuelan Oil Contractor Pleads Guilty to BriberyWall Street Journal (subscription)HOUSTON—A Venezuelan oil contractor pleaded guilty to bribery in a U.S. court, the latest development in a wide-ranging Justice Department …

Seeking AlphaAn Empirical Model For Oil Prices And Some ImplicationsSeeking AlphaThere are many people reading this blog who are directly affected by oil prices and who have to make decisions based on future oil prices. Having a model to understand the dyn …

MoneyWeekWhat to expect as oil gets dearerMoneyWeekWas that the shortest bear market in history? A few weeks ago the oil price was said to be heading down to $20 a barrel, or even less. The glut of oil would only increase as Iran rejoined the global econom …

Jury Says Vegas Man Bilked Investors With Nigerian Oil ScamABC NewsAnton Paul Drago passed himself off as an heir to a Shell Oil fortune, a disabled former U.S. Marine, and an engineer and oil industry expert with 30 years of experience and a plan to ship …

BBC NewsJump in oil prices gives a boost to Asia's marketsBBC NewsA jump in oil prices overnight has given stock markets across Asia a boost at the start of trading on Thursday. Brent crude, which is seen as the international benchmark, climbed 3.3% to …

Financial TimesIran seeks to reassure oil investorsFinancial TimesIran's oil ministry cancelled a long-awaited conference to publicise a new contract for international oil companies in London last month after it was attacked by Mr Rouhani's opponen …

Wall Street JournalWhy Ailing Oil Producers Should Love This Court DecisionWall Street JournalThe U.S. oil-and-gas industry is bracing for a game of monkey in the middle. Even as prices have plunged over the past 20 months or so, the one part of the indust …

Wall Street JournalWhy Ailing Oil Producers Should Love This Court Decision - WSJWall Street JournalA bankruptcy-court ruling may set a precedent that disadvantages pipeline operators and possibly helps companies such as Chesapeake Energy.and more &ra …

Wall Street JournalNigeria to Split Up National Oil CompanyWall Street Journal“For the first time we are unbundling the subset of the NNPC to 30 independent companies with their own managing directors,” said Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria's oil ministe …