Wall Street JournalAustralia's Woodside Abandons $8.4 Billion Bid to Take Over Oil SearchWall Street JournalA takeover of Oil Search promised needed growth for Woodside and a foothold in the poor nation of Papua New Guinea, which is viewed in the indus …

Wall Street JournalBritish Oil-Deals Maven John Browne Returns to the FieldWall Street JournalIt marks a return to the oil patch for the man who transformed BP from a medium-size British oil company into one of the world's largest following the acquisi …

Wall Street JournalCanadian Oil Sands Cites Potential Suitors in Effort to Fend Off SuncorWall Street JournalCanadian Oil Sands last month rejected Suncor's bid as too low and asked securities authorities in its home province of Alberta to uphold a “po …

Plunging Oil Prices Force Producers To Lay Off Skilled WorkersNPRGasoline prices have been plunging this fall, which is great for consumers. But it has been very hard on oil producers, who have been laying off legions of skilled workers. To hang on to thei …

US Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in SyriaNew York TimesISTANBUL — Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State, United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude o …

Wall Street JournalJapanese Oil Refiners JX Holdings and Tonen General in Merger TalksWall Street JournalDespite a protracted slump in oil prices, producers in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Russia aren't cutting production, pushing global crude inventories to …

Wall Street JournalSantos Must Pray Harder for Oil's ReboundWall Street JournalThere are no easy choices for a burdened oil and gas producer when oil is cheap. But in deciding to sell new shares near the bottom of the cycle instead of selling assets, A …

Wall Street JournalShell Says BG Tie-up Still Works With Oil in mid-$60sa BarrelWall Street JournalOn Tuesday, Shell said its deal with BG still makes sense, despite increasing pessimism among the world's largest energy companies and investment banks o …

Wall Street JournalThis Oil Takeover Target Has a Hollywood PedigreeWall Street JournalAnd its key Papua gas field, called Elk Antelope, has attracted notable partners: French giant Total, which operates the field, and Oil Search, another Australian firm. …

Wall Street JournalOil Bargain Hunting Remains Elusive GameWall Street JournalThere's a welcome whiff of oil industry consolidation in the air. But a gap between buyers and sellers shows there's hardly a consensus that petroleum prices have hit bot …