NBCNews.comTop Oil Companies Join Firms Opposing Texas 'Bathroom Bill'NBCNews.comAUSTIN, Texas — More than 50 Houston business leaders, including the heads of some of the nation's top oil companies, are opposing a Texas "bathroom bill&quot …

ReutersBP sees oil prices below $55 a barrel in 2018ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - BP expects global oil prices to hold within a range of $45-$55 a barrel next year as U.S. shale production grows, the British company's chief financial officer said on Tuesda …

ReutersChina urges halt to oil drilling in disputed South China SeaReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry has urged a halt to oil drilling in a disputed part of the South China Sea, where Spanish oil company Repsol had been operating in co …

ReutersAfter false dawn, Big Oil to double down on cost cutsReutersLONDON (Reuters) - After a brief respite at the start of the year, the world's top oil and gas companies are set to double down on cost cutting as a recovery in crude prices after a thr …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)US shale makes 'rapid' return, global oil market on the mend: SchlumbergerFox BusinessOil and natural gas producers flooded back to U.S. shale plays after oil prices returned to healthier levels. Energy firms have …

VanguardExpert urges FG to unlock oil, gas potentialVanguardMr James Okereke, General Manager, Downstream Gas, Chevron Nigeria/Mid-Africa, has urged the Federal Government to unlock the oil and gas industry's production potential to improve Nigeria&#39 …

ReutersUS uncompleted well backlog hangs over oil market: KempReutersLONDON (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas exploration and production companies are drilling new wells faster than they can be fractured and hooked up to gathering systems, creating a growing ba …

ReutersOil majors face downgrades if crude prices don't pick up: S&PReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Big oil firms would face increased credit rating downgrade pressures if crude prices stayed below $50 a barrel on average until the end of 2018 and they d …

ReutersENI pumps first oil from Ghana's Sankofa fieldReutersACCRA Italian oil company ENI started oil production from the 45,000 barrel-per-day Sankofa field offshore Ghana on Thursday, company and government officials said. The Sankofa field forms the …

ReutersUS drillers add oil rigs for 18th week in a row: Baker HughesReutersU.S. energy companies added oil rigs for an 18th week in a row, the second-longest such streak on record, as expectations of higher crude prices have motivated drillers to boost mon …