Business InsiderBP's oil search strategy shrinks with budget cutsBusiness InsiderLONDON (Reuters) - The surprise departure of BP's exploration boss has turned the spotlight on an oil search strategy that, after years of spending cuts, is focusing m …

Wall Street JournalBig Oil Deals: Don't Hold Your BreathWall Street JournalWhen the drill bits slow down, the checkbooks come out. Or so it used to go in the oil patch. Heading into the current energy bust, investors were on the lookout for takeovers o …

OilPrice.comHow Soon Could A Sustained Oil Price Rally Occur?OilPrice.comThere's an old saying in journalism that goes, “Never let the facts ruin a good story.” This accurately describes what should be called The Incredible Shrinking Oil Price. Combine …

Telegraph.co.ukOil price collapse likely to propel M&A surge in services sectorTelegraph.co.ukNearly 90pc of respondents to a survey conducted by law firm Pinsent Mason expect M&A to increase this year, with 30pc predicting a “major surge” in deals …

Wall Street JournalAustralia's Woodside Abandons Offer to Take Over Rival Oil SearchWall Street JournalA takeover of Oil Search promised needed growth for Woodside and a foothold in the poor nation of Papua New Guinea, which is viewed in the industry a …

Wall Street JournalAustralia's Woodside Abandons $8.4 Billion Bid to Take Over Oil SearchWall Street JournalA takeover of Oil Search promised needed growth for Woodside and a foothold in the poor nation of Papua New Guinea, which is viewed in the indus …

Phys.OrgStudy: Dispersants did not help oil degrade in BP spillPhys.OrgSo Joye and colleagues recreated the application in a lab, with the dispersant, BP oil and water from the gulf, and found that it didn't help the microbes at all and even hurt one k …

Wall Street JournalWhy an Apache Deal Wouldn't Open the Oil FloodgatesWall Street JournalNearly two-thirds of Apache's proved reserves are liquids and realized prices per barrel of oil equivalent remain two to three times as high as that of natural …

Telegraph.co.ukDragon Oil attracts new takeover bid from Dubai-owned ENOCTelegraph.co.ukThis is the second approach for Dragon from ENOC, after it failed with a previous takeover attempt in 2009. Then, ENOC offered 455p-a-share, which valued Dragon at £1.1 …

CNBCAnother wild day for oilCNBCAnother wild day for oil. West Texas Intermediate has swung in a nearly $3 range Thursday. Oil and oil stocks started broadly weaker on EOG's announcement that it will cut 2015 capital expenditures even more than expecte …