ReutersEnter the 'petro': Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrencyReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked to the world of digital currency to circumvent U.S.-led financial sanctions, announcing on Sunday the launc …

Chron.comMIT study suggests US vastly overstates oil output forecastsChron.comMargaret Coleman, the EIA's leader of oil, gas and biofuels exploration and production analysis, said in an email "the study raises valid points" and the administra …

Markets InsiderVenezuela arrests relative of powerful ex-oil boss Ramirez in graft probeReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has arrested Diego Salazar, a relative of former oil czar Rafael Ramirez, as part of an investigation into a money laundering scand …

ReutersPleas to flee, a desperate video: Inside Venezuela's oil industry purgeReutersThat trust, the product of three years in which Del Pino held the top two jobs in Venezuela's oil ministry, now appears alarmingly misplaced. Maduro is charging De …

Chron.comOPEC's easy win masks tough oil-market choices aheadChron.comOn the surface, Thursday's OPEC meeting was a no-drama success. The group of oil nations agreed to extend year-old production cuts through the end of 2018 to help boost prices, n …

InsideClimate News12 House Republicans Urge Senate to Cut ANWR Oil Drilling from Tax BillInsideClimate NewsTucked into both bills is a provision that would allow for the opening of a 1.5 million-acre section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil an …

Norway reduces oil riskIPE.comI don't think anyone expected the fund to ever reach a trillion dollars when the first transfer of oil revenue was made in May 1996,” Yngve Slyngstad, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, wrote following the announcem …

WLRNMaduro Hands Control Of Venezuela's Wrecked Oil Industry To The GeneralsWLRNThey say oil is as much a curse to Venezuela as it is a blessing. The South American country has the world's largest oil reserves. But its oil wealth has long been loot …

XinhuaCNPC reports new oil field discovery in northwestern ChinaFinancial TimesChina's largest energy group has discovered a new oil field in the country's northwestern reaches with more than 500m tonnes of crude reserves after more than a decade o …

Reuters.comVenezuela arrests ex-oil bosses for graft in widening purgeReuters.comMaduro has promised a vast anti-corruption purge to cleanse the oil industry of “mafias.” Some 65 executives have been detained so far, panicking PDVSA workers, depriving Vene …