Wall Street JournalExpat Oil Workers Fall on Hard TimesWall Street JournalAmid the energy industry's deepest retrenchment in two decades, some oil-and-gas workers who followed the energy boom of the last decade in search of better opportunities are fin …

New York TimesWall St. Rises Along With OilNew York TimesUnited States markets were slightly higher on Wednesday as the price of oil recovered from an early slide. Investors were also weighing the latest company earnings and deal news. Consumer staples com …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Venezuelan Oil Contractor Pleads Guilty to BriberyWall Street Journal (subscription)HOUSTON—A Venezuelan oil contractor pleaded guilty to bribery in a U.S. court, the latest development in a wide-ranging Justice Department …

Oil trains sidelined by deepening slump in US shaleFinancial TimesThe amount of oil hauled on US railways has declined steeply in the past year as refineries swallow more foreign supplies in the face of falling domestic crude output. Tank cars, once feveri …

Wall Street JournalSaudi Aramco: Bigger Oil, Bigger TroubleWall Street JournalBut its proven reserves of 25 billion oil-equivalent barrels pale in comparison with Saudi Aramco, which is more than 10 times its size on that measure and pumps over one-tenth o …

Financial TimesLow oil prices deliver twin blow to United ContinentalFinancial TimesUnited Continental suffered a twin blow from weak oil prices in the third quarter when it announced that yields had fallen sharply because of falling fuel surcharges and de …

US Investigates Venezuelan Oil Giant—Energy JournalWall Street Journal (blog)As if OPEC member Venezuela doesn't have enough problems already, U.S. authorities are investigating whether the country's leaders used state oil company Petroleos de Vene …

MarketWatchWill fiscal pain of low oil prices force Saudi Arabia's handMarketWatchAn International Monetary Fund official told The Wall Street Journal that Saudi Arabia and fellow Middle Eastern oil exporters face a combined $1 trillion budget shortfal …

Wall Street JournalUS Investigates Venezuelan Oil GiantWall Street JournalUnder Mr. Ramírez, the soft-spoken son of a Marxist guerrilla, PdVSA completed a transformation from one of the world's most-efficient oil companies to an arm of the late Preside …

Present Pain Leading To Future Risks In Oil MarketsOilPrice.comIt is a dark time to be an investor in the offshore and oil services sector. Norwegian Billionaire and energy pioneer Fred Olsen told Fortune magazine this summer that when he first entered the …