Wall Street JournalBritish Police Arrest Former Nigerian Oil MinisterWall Street JournalLONDON—British police on Friday arrested Nigeria's former petroleum minister, one of Africa's most prominent politicians, on allegations of bribery, according t …

Judge Poised to Sign off on Oil Train Disaster SettlementABC NewsA $338 million settlement fund for victims of a fiery train derailment that claimed 47 lives in Canada is poised for final approval, but payments could be held up by a legal challenge from on …

Wall Street JournalCrime Soars in Oil Region of Southern IraqWall Street JournalBASRA, Iraq—Just past midnight, a chain-smoking Hussein al-Rashid, head of a local oil services company, received the phone call he had been waiting for all day. “We've got …

Wall Street JournalUS Set to Approve Crude-Oil Trade to MexicoWall Street JournalOil companies eager to export American crude-oil despite a long-standing legal ban have scored a major victory, winning the right to trade U.S. oil with Mexico in a further er …

Wall Street JournalBP Agrees to Pay $18.7 Billion to Settle Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ClaimsWall Street JournalLONDON— BP BP 4.91 % PLC on Thursday agreed to pay $18.7 billion to settle all federal and state claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon …

Judge to Consider Request to Suspend Federal Oil, Gas RulesABC NewsFour states and two petroleum industry groups are suing the U.S. Interior Department, saying the rules announced in March are unnecessarily burdensome for oil and gas developers. The rules …

Wall Street JournalOil Firms Agree to Pay Millions in Compensation for Quebec Train BlastWall Street JournalOil companies have quietly agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars into a compensation fund for deaths and damage caused by a 2013 oil-train explo …

Wall Street JournalBig Oil Firms Put Millions Into Compensation Fund for Train BlastWall Street JournalOil companies have quietly agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars into a compensation fund for deaths and damage caused by a 2013 oil-train explosion …

Santa Barbara IndependentFisherman Sues Pipeline Owner Over Santa Barbara Oil SpillABC NewsA commercial fisherman sued the owner of the oil pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast, alleging the environmental disaster …

ABC NewsMan Who Smuggled Oil Into US in Wine Bottles Gets ProbationABC NewsA German citizen who lives in Hawaii was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation for smuggling oil that's commonly used to make ecstasy. Wolfgang Hans Langlois put safrol …