Financial TimesOil majors return to deepwater drillingFinancial TimesHelped by higher oil prices, deepwater drilling is back — but with a difference. Newly approved projects are cheaper, simpler and often smaller than those sanctioned previously. Schlumber …

ForbesOil Majors Are Stepping Up Their Natural Gas GameForbesSome of the world's biggest oil and gas companies are turning to the latter hydrocarbon in order to top up their earnings, according to new research. Energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie reckons …

The HillCould oil prices skyrocket to $200 a barrel … or more? | TheHillThe HillIt's summer. It's hot. We all want to go on vacation. But for those of us who watch the oil market, there's a nagging feeling that we won't get to read that tra …

ReutersFor Big Oil, reserve size matters less than everReutersThe largest publicly-traded oil companies — Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, France's Total, BP, Equinor (formerly Statoil) and Italy's Eni — have adapted. They s …

Wall Street JournalBig Oil Is Rewarding Investors AgainWall Street JournalLONDON—Big oil companies are rewarding investors again, using boosted profits from the fragile crude-market recovery to shower shareholders with larger dividends and stock buyback pr …

ReutersInvestors sense opportunities in Big Oil - but mind the gapReutersOptimists point to developments like Shell's (RDSa.L) raising in November of its cash flow outlook to $30 billion from $25 billion by 2020, assuming prices at $60 a barrel. “Annus …

Seeking AlphaNew Mexico Is Now Third-Largest US Oil ProducerOilPrice.comFor the month of October, New Mexico's total crude oil production was 16.367 million barrels. New Mexico is now on track to set an annual oil production record in 2017, the New Mex …

Huffington Post CanadaBella Bella, BC Oil Spill Likely Caused By Sleeping Crew On Tugboat: ReportHuffington Post CanadaOil is seen on the water in Seaforth Channel following an oil spill near Bella Bella, B.C., in this undated handout photo. BELLA BELLA, B …

Nikkei Asian ReviewJapan oil majors on track to beat profit forecastsNikkei Asian ReviewMost believe oil prices will remain firm for the time being thanks to the resulting tight market. Japan's largest oil major, JXTG Holdings, assumed a price of $50 p …

NewsweekUnlikely Friends: ISIS and The Italian Mafia Working Together to Bring Oil Into Europe, Report SaysNewsweekThe police force has discovered quantities of oil in the country that exceed the amount some Italian refineries can hold, according to an art …