BHP announces special dividend after ditching US oil and gas assets  The Sydney Morning HeraldMining giant BHP will pay shareholders a special dividend of $1.42 a share next month after finalising the sale of its onshore oil and gas assets in the …

ForbesWhat To Make Of Oil Giant BP's $10B Swoop For BHP Billiton's US Shale AssetsForbesIt is official – oil giant BP – is buying $10.5 billion worth of U.S. shale assets from mining company BHP Billiton. The miner has had a troubling time managing …

The Globe and MailCentrica sells Canadian oil assets to Hong Kong-listed firmThe Globe and MailBritain's Centrica PLC has struck a deal to sell its entire Canadian oil and gas exploration and production business to Hong Kong-listed MIE Holdings Corp., …

Is Another Bust Looming Over The Oil Industry?OilPrice.comNotable authorities such as the EIA, the IEA, OPEC and BP forecast growth of demand for oil in their base case scenarios through the end of their forecast periods. These same organizations failed to …

ReutersIs Another Bust Looming Over The Oil Industry? | OilPrice.comOilPrice.comGlobal demand growth has been slowing over the last decades, which could spell trouble in the coming years if the oil industry does not plan for the change.Oil surplus or scarc …

Seeking AlphaOil Production Isn't As High As You ThinkSeeking AlphaIn this article, I decided to take the advice of one of my readers and look at some production figures provided by the EIA. In particular, I am interested in looking at the divergence b …

Investor's Business DailyBHP Billiton Rejects Activist Investor's Call To Spin Off Oil AssetsInvestor's Business DailyOil prices are on the rise but an activist investor is advocating that BHP Billiton (BHP) spin off its U.S. crude assets. On Monday, E …

Business Day (registration)Nigeria will sell some oil assets to boost growth, economic plan proposesBusiness Day (registration)Nigeria plans to sell portions of its oil assets to help fund President Muhammadu Buhari's four-year programme to lift the ec …

UPI.comStatoil boasts of endurance at legacy oil assetsUPI.com20 (UPI) -- An oil field on the Norwegian continental shelf reached its 1 billionth barrel and has at least eight years left for production, energy company Statoil said. Statoil canceled a contr …

MarketWatchOil crash spooks investors out of Africa, but here's the silver liningMarketWatchGathering for the FundForum Africa conference in London this week, top money managers covering the region acknowledged that their African investments have suffe …