BloombergFor Oil Investors, This May Be as Good as It Gets for Bumpy 2018BloombergThe new year's $60-plus crude prices may be as good as it gets for oil traders if Moody's Investors Service has it right. Brent and West Texas Intermediate oil prices …

ReutersTitans of oil world meet in Houston after two-year price warReutersOil prices are about 70 percent higher than they were the last time oil ministers and the chief executives of Big Oil met in Houston a year ago at CERAWeek, the largest annual indust …

Wall Street JournalAs the Oil-Sands Industry Declines, Its Biggest Champion BoltsWall Street JournalCALGARY—Billionaire Canadian oil man N. Murray Edwards made a prediction two years ago that shocked many industry players: He forecast that oil prices would …

BloombergFor Oil Companies $110 Billion Debt Wall Looms Over Next 5 YearsBloombergThe worst may be yet to come for some strained oil services companies as $110 billion in debt, most of it junk rated, creeps closer to maturity. More than $21 billion of debt …

Wall Street JournalOil Pay Plans Could Be Bad for BondholdersWall Street JournalMost oil-company executives derive part of their annual cash bonuses by hitting production and reserve growth targets. These bonuses, which can amount to millions of dollars, h …

Business InsiderThere was an unexpected winner from the US oil export banBusiness InsiderCrude Oil Refinery Texas Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesAn oil refinery is shown on March 25, 2015 in Houston, Texas. Texas, which in just the last five years has tripled i …

Wall Street JournalSaudi Arabia, Gulf Neighbors Suffer Ratings Downgrades on Oil SlumpWall Street JournalDUBAI—Saudi Arabia and two of its oil-exporting neighbors in the Persian Gulf had their debt ratings cut by Moody's Investors Service, as the slide …

BloombergMoody's Downgrades Saudi Arabia on Lower Oil PricesABC NewsSaudi Arabia's credit rating has been downgraded by Moody's because of the long and deep slump in oil prices. Moody's Investors Service said Saturday that it also downgrade …

RTShame on Shell: Ecocide by oil extraction in the Niger DeltaRTIn 2009, while not admitting guilt, Shell Oil settled the case brought by the family members of the Ogoni Nine just before going to trial under the Alien Tort Claims Act, which allows foreigne …

BloombergSaudi Arabia and Bahrain See Low Oil Price Prompt Ratings CutBloombergThe long-term issuer rating on Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, was downgraded to A1 from Aa3 as lower oil prices may lead to a "material deterioration&q …