RTE.ieStocks off lows, oil rallies after US missile strike on SyriaRTE.ieOil prices held near one-month highs today after the US attacked a Syrian air base but stocks and the dollar recovered early falls when a US official played down the risks of an escal …

Riverstone, Retired Energy Executive Raise Nearly $1 Billion to Shop in Oil PatchWall Street Journal (subscription)Investors Thursday handed a blank check for nearly $1 billion to a New York investment firm and a retired energy CEO turned theology student …

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 …

Only Crisis Or Cuts Will Move Oil MarketsOilPrice.comOil prices fell slightly this week as more signs emerged that the market is still oversupplied. OPEC officials said that they were considering extending the production cut deal for another six months, a …

Yahoo FinanceUS oil rig count climbs for 5th straight weekYahoo FinanceThe US oil rig count increased by six this week to 597, according to oil driller Baker Hughes. The gas rig count rose four to 153. One miscellaneous rig remained in use, taking the tota …

Norway's Oil Jobs Prospects RecoverOilPrice.comThe number of job openings in mining and quarrying – an industry dominated by the production of oil and gas – increased to 600 in Q4 2016 from just 200 in Q4 2015, Statistics Norway said on Thursday. Howev …