BloombergOil, Snow and Saudi Billions: Secret Davos Gets Down to BusinessBloombergThe second day of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting ended with bankers flocking to a dinner held by Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company. And the parties wer …

ReutersBig Oil back on the acquisition trail as outlook brightensReutersWhen crude prices collapsed in the second half of 2014, large oil firms slashed spending on exploration and production and offloaded assets to reduce debt so they could cope with lower …

Palm oil's green body comes under fire from activistsReutersAidenvironment, an Amsterdam-based green group, could become the latest to cut ties with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) over what it calls poor handling of a complaint against m …

ReutersDespite cuts, Big Oil to expand production into the 2020sReutersWhile top oil companies struggle with slumping revenues following a more than halving of prices since mid-2014 after years of spectacular growth, their production has persistently grown …

MarketWatchOil prices cruise higher on a drawdown in US crude stocksMarketWatchOil prices extended the overnight gains in early Asia trade Thursday, thanks to the continuous drawdown in U.S. crude stocks, but the increase in gasoline stocks is keeping pric …

ABC OnlineInterOil takeover: Oil Search yields to ExxonMobil, will not make counter bidABC Online"For Oil Search shareholders, the successful takeover of InterOil by ExxonMobil will deliver a major part of our original objectives in the acquisition of …

BloombergExxon in Catbird's Seat for InterOil as Oil Search Drops OutBloombergOil Search and Total had offered to buy InterOil in May in a deal that valued the company at $2.2 billion. The two companies agreed to terminate their joint effort if InterOi …

BloombergExxon Grabs Reins in InterOil Hunt as Rivals Bow Out of DealBloombergExxon Mobil Corp. is the leader in the clubhouse to buy Papua New Guinea-focused gas explorer InterOil Corp. after Oil Search Ltd. declined to submit a counteroffer. Oil Search a …

BloombergOil Search Won't Counter Exxon Bid for Gas Explorer InterOilBloombergOil Search and Total had offered to buy InterOil in May in a deal that valued the company at $2.2 billion. Exxon topped it July 18 with a $2.5 billion offer. Oil Search and T …

ABC OnlineExxon Mobil trumps Oil Search in bid for InterOilABC OnlineThe largest oil and gas company in Papua New Guinea, Oil Search, said its $US2.2 billion dollar bid for InterOil has been trumped by a "superior proposal" from Exxon Mobil. The …