Wall Street JournalVenezuela Oil Loans Go Awry for ChinaWall Street JournalHONG KONG—As Venezuela's economy totters thanks to low oil prices and years of mismanagement, a Chinese government-owned bank is badly on the hook. China Development Bank has le …

Business Insider AustraliaISIS is using oil as a weapon against SyriansBusiness Insider AustraliaISIS has begun to use oil in an attempt to spread its influence and counter rival Syrian opposition groups, Erika Solomon reports for the Financial Times. ISIS …

Wall Street JournalPemex Finds Large Oil Fields in Shallow Waters of Gulf of MexicoWall Street JournalMEXICO CITY—Mexico's national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos has discovered significant oil fields in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and ex …

Wall Street JournalOil Companies Show Active Interest in Mexican Energy TractsWall Street JournalMEXICO CITY—More than 40 oil companies have sought access to geological data under Mexico's first oil auction in eight decades, showing interest in the pro …

FuelFix (blog)Warburg Pincus to Invest $500 Million in Oil and Gas Firm IRMNew York TimesBy deploying money from its new energy fund, along with its 11th private equity fund, Warburg Pincus has become one of the few private equity firms to strike into an o …

Wall Street JournalAsian Buyers Seize on Oil-Price SpreadWall Street JournalIt isn't just the sharp drop in crude prices since last summer that has roiled the global oil industry. It is the way they have fallen. During the slump, U.S. oil prices have d …

Mexico Tenders Nine Shallow-Water Oil FieldsWall Street JournalMEXICO CITY—Mexico launched the second phase of an oil bid round Friday, tendering nine shallow-water fields that have proven and probable reserves of 355 million barrels and lie in an area of …