The Seattle TimesA shortsighted attempt to turn Arctic refuge into oil fieldThe Seattle TimesLisa Murkowski, has declared that they want to drill on public lands — lands that belong to all Americans — to prop up Alaska's oil-dependent economy so Alaska …

Investor's Business DailySaudis Up Oil Price Outlook, See Budget Deficit ShrinkOilPrice.comAfter suffering two record budgets shortfalls in 2015 and 2016 as a result of plunging oil prices, which nearly brought both Saudi Arabia's economy and banking s …

The Sydney Morning HeraldSaudis see oil trading between $US50-$US100 a barrelThe Sydney Morning HeraldOil prices are set to recover next year as OPEC fulfils its agreement to cut output, halting the slump that battered the global oil industry, Saudi Arabia …

BloombergImperial Oil, BP in Limbo After Canada Freezes Arctic DrillingBloombergEnergy firms including Imperial Oil Ltd. and BP Plc will get a year of consultations to hash out the fate of their rights in Canada's Arctic after Prime Minister Justin Tru …

Wall Street JournalAn Obscure Oil Bet Takes OffWall Street JournalTraders often turn to plain-vanilla options on oil futures to wager on crude prices, which recently have been whipsawed by oil producers' efforts to curtail global output. But a less-pop …

Financial TimesOil and metals outlook emboldens commodity bullsFinancial TimesIn oil, the most widely traded commodity, the Opec cartel has agreed to curtail supply in the first half of next year after it tired of letting prices ration output. If Opec memb …

Financial TimesSaudi Arabia warns Trump on blocking oil importsFinancial TimesIn a sign of the difficulties Mr Trump faces over his campaign pledges to create “complete American energy independence” from “our foes and the oil cartels”, Saudi Arabia's e …

Wall Street JournalUS Refiners Feel the Squeeze as Crude Oil Discount DisappearsWall Street JournalPhiladelphia Energy Solutions, operator of the largest oil refinery on the Atlantic coast, felt confident enough about its prospects last year that it filed …

Wall Street JournalU.S. Refiners Feel the Squeeze as Crude Oil Discount Disappears ...Wall Street JournalAmerican refiners had benefited for years from the supply of oil coming from U.S. shale fields, but the recent drop in such output has sharply narrowed …

ReutersOil investor impatience grows over global surplusReutersLONDON Oil investors are growing increasingly disgruntled with the pace at which supply and demand are rebalancing, cutting their bullish bets and pushing the benchmark price to its biggest dis …