BloombergWhy Oil ETFs Can't Catch a BreakBloombergSince you don't have the billion-dollar backing of a commodities-trading house, you acted in the only way you could and bought into an oil exchange-traded fund. Nice work, you'd think. Crude is …

BBC NewsAustralia row hampers East Timor's oil ambitionsBBC NewsNear Suai on East Timor's south coast, a rusty old oil pump sits near a beach, some mangroves and the ruins of an old prison from the Portuguese era. It's not good for much, but it …

Wall Street JournalIran Shakes Up Leadership of State Oil CompanyWall Street JournalIran replaced the head of its state-oil company on Sunday amid tension within the government over how to handle the return of foreign investment after Western sanctions lif …

Wall Street Journal (blog)Energy Sector Rally Not Keeping Up With Oil's SurgeWall Street Journal (blog)The energy sector has been getting a big boost the past few months, with the price of U.S. oil rising steadily, and hitting $50 a barrel this morning …

Wall Street JournalIran's Oil Deals Hit Banking SnagWall Street JournalTEHRAN—Even after the lifting of international sanctions against Iran, long-standing U.S. banking limitations are impeding the country's oil resurgence by forcing energy compani …

Wall Street JournalRussia Opens Up New Oil Front: IndiaWall Street JournalRussia is opening a new front in its battle for a bigger share of the global oil market: India. Later this year, Russian state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft plans to start sending …

Al-ArabiyaFires put out at major Libyan oil terminalAl-ArabiyaFirefighters have put out fires started by an attack by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants at the major Libyan oil terminal of Ras Lanuf, a spokesman for guards at the terminal sai …

Aljazeera.comDavos 2016: Tackling oil challenge and inequality trapAljazeera.comLast week, world leaders met in Davos to discuss the biggest challenges facing the global economy in 2016: Crushing markets and currencies, the falling price of oil, global ine …

Wall Street JournalIran Makes First Post-Sanctions Sale of Oil to EuropeWall Street JournalHellenic Petroleum is estimated to owe Iran around €500 million to €600 million ($541 million-$650 million), analysts say, for oil it bought before sanctions were im …

Wall Street JournalIranian Oil Set to Return to Europe Next Month, Say OfficialsWall Street JournalTEHRAN—Iran is preparing to restart regular crude-oil shipments to the European Union possibly as early as February, Iranian officials said this week, despit …