Norway risks oil, gas output cut if wage talks failReutersThe shutdown would affect fields operated by Statoil, Shell and Eni and would cut output by 443,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day, the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOG) said in a statement …

Exxon Seeks US Waiver to Resume Russia Oil VentureWall Street Journal (subscription)WASHINGTON—Exxon Mobil Corp. has applied to the Treasury Department for a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Russia in a bid to resume its joint venture with state oil giant PAO …

Congressmen Warn Venezuela Default Could Lead to Russian Control of US Oil InfrastructureWall Street Journal (subscription)The prospect of a default by the Venezuelan government or Petróleos de Venezuela SA, the state-owned oil company known as PdVSA, has …

BloombergSaudi Arabia Drops Tax Rates for Oil Firms Ahead of Aramco IPOWall Street Journal (subscription)Saudi Arabia on Monday dropped the tax rate on its oil industry, laying the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering of its state-ow …

USA TODAYPhilanthropist, oil heir, banker David Rockefeller dies at 101USA TODAY542 CONNECTTWEET 1 LINKEDIN 9 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Bank executive, philanthropist and oil fortune heir David Rockefeller died Monday morning. He was 101. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Lin …

Plenty of Cash Lies Buried on Canada's Oil SandsWall Street Journal (subscription)Earlier this month, Marathon Oil agreed to spend more than $1 billion on acreage in the Permian Basin, the very hottest place on the planet to drill for oil. On the same …

City A.M.Wood Group to Acquire Amec in Oil-Services DealWall Street Journal (subscription)LONDON—Oil-field services company John Wood Group PLC said Monday it will acquire rival Amec Foster Wheeler PLC in a £2.23 billion ($2.73 billion) all-share deal, the …

City A.M.Wood Group to Acquire Amec in $2.7 Billion Oil-Services DealWall Street Journal (subscription)LONDON—Oil-field services company John Wood Group PLC said Monday it will acquire rival Amec Foster Wheeler PLC in a £2.23 billion ($2.73 billion) all-sh …

BBC NewsHealth warning over palm oil beach find at StranraerBBC NewsPolice have issued a health warning after solid palm oil was found washed up on a beach in south west Scotland. The substance was reported close to Agnew Park in Stranraer over the weekend …

ReutersKirkuk oil flows in jeopardy again as Kurdish tensions growReutersBAGHDAD Iraq's Kurdistan is facing growing tensions between its government and the key opposition faction, which briefly disrupted oil flows from the semi-autonomous region this w …