Russia's tax period, rising oil prices help rouble recover  Reuters AfricaThe Russian rouble strengthened on Thursday, moving away from a six-month low against the U.S. dollar reached earlier this week, as oil prices edged up and ... Read more ht …

U.S. oil firms challenge pipeline surcharge for steel tariff  Metro USU.S. oil firms challenge pipeline surcharge for steel tariff. Read more https://www.metro.us/news/the-big-stories/us-oil-firms-challenge-pipeline-surcharge-steel-tariff

New Microbe Produces Methane From Crude Oil  SciTechDailyMicroscopy suggests that the recently discovered microbe Methanoliparia produces methane from crude oil all by themselves. The tiny organisms cling to oil ... Read more https://scitechdaily …

Rosneft intake restrictions bring quarterly oil production dip  ReutersRosneft's daily oil output fell 2.7% in the second quarter from the previous three months, the Russian oil company said on Tuesday, mainly because of ... Read more https://ww …

UPDATE 1-Rosneft intake restrictions bring quarterly oil production...  ReutersRosneft's daily oil output fell 2.7% in the second quarter from the previous three months, the Russian oil company said on Tuesday, mainly because of ... Read more htt …

UPDATE 1-Rosneft intake restrictions bring quarterly oil production dip  ReutersRosneft's daily oil output fell 2.7% in the second quarter from the previous three months, the Russian oil company said on Tuesday, mainly because of ... Read more ht …

Proposal would allow oil companies keep injecting wastewater into Kern County aquifers  The Desert SunCalifornia regulators are negotiating an agreement with two major oil companies that would allow them to keep injecting millions of gallons of w …

South Sudan Discovers New Oil in Adar; Plans Output by Year-End  BloombergSouth Sudan has made a new crude find in the northern oilfields of Adar and plans production by the end of the year, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth ... Read more …

U.K. Oil Refineries Would Face Severe Pressure in No-Deal Brexit  BloombergThe U.K.'s oil refineries would be at a severe competitive disadvantage if Britain exits the European Union without a deal and tariffs were imposed on its ... Read more ht …

UPDATE 1-Russia may give Transneft control of all oil intake terminals  Reuters(Adds detail, background). MOSCOW, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Russia may transfer the running of oil intake terminals to state-owned pipeline company Transneft, ... Read more …