Oil pumping from Iraq's Kirkuk fields stops as Kurdish forces search for explosivesReutersBAGHDAD Oil pumping from Iraq's northern Kirkuk fields stopped on Thursday after Kurdish forces were deployed in the area to search for explosives said to hav …

ReutersExclusive: Millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil stuck at sea in dirty tankersReutersAbout a dozen tankers are being held back because the hulls have been soiled by crude, stemming from several oil leaks in the last year at key ports of Bajo Grande …

Financial TimesOil futures curve raises doubts over Opec rallyFinancial TimesOpec's first supply cut in eight years looks set to earn the 13-member cartel an extra $5bn a month in revenues. The 15 per cent rally in oil prices since last Wednesday's …

BloombergOPEC's Historic Deal Won't Be Enough to Drain Oil StockpilesBloombergThe oil market will rebalance “toward the middle of next year," according to Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Emmanuel Kachikwu, bringing an end to more …

MarketWatchVelocityShares' risky triple-leveraged oil notes find new lifeMarketWatchThe original triple-leveraged oil notes gained prominence last year as a way to play fluctuations in the oil market. The highly volatile UWTI saw huge swings between ga …

ReutersSaudi Arabia tells oil buyers of cuts after OPEC deal, PIRA saysReutersNEW YORK Saudi Arabia is informing its customers of cuts to their January crude oil supplies to comply with the latest OPEC agreement, according to a PIRA note late on Thursday. …

BP CEO Dudley: We'll Double Our North Sea Oil Production By 2020OilPrice.comUK's oil major BP (NYSE:BP) will double its production in the North Sea to 200,000 barrels of oil per day, chief executive Bob Dudley said in an interview with Energy Voice …

Egypt IndependentEastern Libyan forces foil rival faction's advance on oil ports: officialsReutersThe violence raised the prospect of a fresh struggle for control of the oil ports and for overall power between the many armed factions in anarchic Libya …

The Daily StarArmed groups take control of Libyan town near oil ports: officialsReutersOne eastern security official said the groups approaching Libya's Oil Crescent ports were linked to the Benghazi Defence Brigades, which tried this year to launch a …

Clashes break out west of Libyan oil ports: officialReutersMohamed Qabaili, a spokesman for the Petrol Facilities Guard, said forces attacking the area had fired rockets as they tried to move east towards Libya's Oil Crescent where the ports are locate …