The Globe and MailOil companies facing forced asset sales as banks assess fundingThe Globe and MailStarting in earnest after Labour Day, oil and natural gas companies will begin the twice-yearly pilgrimage to their banks to discuss funding. It's not go …

The Globe and MailOil giants try to stay afloat with hundreds of job cuts, slashed spendingThe Globe and MailMajor companies in Canada's energy industry are making another round of deep staff cuts and further shrinking their spending plans as oil and g …

The Globe and MailPenn West to cut 35% of work force, suspend dividend on oil slumpThe Globe and MailCanada's Penn West Petroleum Ltd cut its 2015 capital budget and said it would suspend its dividend and reduce its work force by 35 per cent, helping i …

Bloomberg$40 Oil May Force Russia Into an Emergency Rate Hike, Economists SayBloombergWhen asked about the central bank's own analysis of the $40-per-barrel oil scenario, which found a roughly 600 billion ruble capital deficit and two-fold increase in …

Wall Street JournalPalm-Oil Migrant Workers Tell of Abuses on Malaysian Plantations - WSJ - Wall ...Wall Street JournalJEMPOL, Malaysia—On a sun-scorched hillside, bulldozers clear land to plant more of the trees that yield palm oil, which is used in every …

USA TODAYCrude oil futures - weekly outlook: July 27 - 31 By Investing.comInvesting.comInvesting.com - U.S. oil futures fell to the lowest level in almost four months on Friday, after data showed that rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. rose last week, under …

Wall Street JournalA Brief History of the Iranian Oil IndustryWall Street JournalIn 1908, the Anglo-Persian oil company struck oil at Masjid-i-Suleiman in the southwest of modern day Iran, the end of a seven-year odyssey of dry holes, disease and mounting …

USA TODAY4 dead, 16 hurt in oil platform fire in Gulf of MexicoUSA TODAYAt least four people were killed and 16 workers injured when a fire erupted early Wednesday on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico belonging to Mexico's state petroleum giant Pem …

Wall Street JournalOil Prices Slip as US-Iran Nuclear Talks Continue Past DeadlineWall Street JournalLONDON—U.S. oil prices fell on Wednesday as investors tracked the Iranian nuclear talks and a buildup in U.S. oil supplies. On the New York Mercantile Exch …

Wall Street JournalOil Prices Rise to Largest One-Day Gain in Two MonthsWall Street JournalNEW YORK—The benchmark U.S. oil price jumped to its largest one-day gain in nearly two months on Wednesday as traders seized on a sign that U.S. crude production cou …