The Star OnlineEngineering a better MalaysiaThe Star OnlineMALAYSIA, and Perak in particular, needs more engineering expertise to solve specific problems, says state Investment and Corridor Development Committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddi …

BloombergOil Money Might Help Mahathir Fund Malaysia's Budget Without GSTBloombergThe Pakatan Harapan alliance pledged to set up a sovereign wealth fund using profits from state-owned oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. to provide future welfare for th …

BloombergMalaysia Aided by Good Timing as Oil Cushions Election ShockBloombergThe fact that the ringgit, which often moves in tandem with oil prices, decoupled from crude in the weeks preceding the election is also helping to prevent a more severe selloff, …

Financial TimesTrump Iran sanctions just gave Saudi Arabia and Russia more clout in the oil market, so watch for higher pricesCNBCBrent, the international benchmark crude, was up 3 percent Wednesday, on Trump's sanctions announcement and as new weekly …

Macleans.caThe Alberta-BC pipeline fight: 'It might be easier to hate oil companies if they didn't hire so many people'Macleans.caStephen Maher could have just stopped at “let the process work” and “try not to be mean to BC.” I get that. I beli …

Wall Street JournalSaudis Move to Push Oil Prices Higher, in Break From Past PolicyWall Street JournalThe Saudis already have helped drive oil prices up nearly 50% in the past year—to nearly $74 a barrel on Friday for Brent crude—by engineering a large out …

CNBCAudit finds Aramco oil reserves slightly higher than reportedCNBCAn audit of Saudi Aramco's oil reserves—an essential part of the preparatory work for its planned initial public offering—has found the state oil giant to have higher reserves than it …

Financial TimesOil at $75: five factors driving the priceFinancial TimesSo if oil inventories are back to near normal levels will Opec and Russia look to end their supply cuts, which have removed at least 1.8m b/d from the market since the start of 2017? M …

BloombergStrong Demand, Not OPEC, Is Pushing Oil Prices HigherOilPrice.comThe rally in oil prices over the past year likely had more to do with higher demand rather than merely the supply taken off of the market by the OPEC/non-OPEC cuts. That suggests tha …

The Oil Eating Bacteria That Can Clean Up Crude SpillsOilPrice.comIt's not a widely known fact that the 2010 oil spill caused by the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon platform could have been even worse were it not for bacteria. Several species o …