What's Pushing Up The Price Of Oil?WPSUA pumpjack sits on the outskirts of town at dawn in the Permian Basin oil field on January 21, 2016 in the oil town of Midland, Texas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images). Originally published on May 4, 2018 2:14 pm. The …

BloombergMan Who Ran Venezuelan Oil Giant for Decade Predicts Fast DemiseBloombergDuring Ramirez's time as head of the company, output dropped about 10 percent. It has slumped more than 30 percent since he left, especially over the past two years as th …

BloombergMan Who Ran Venezuelan Oil Giant for Decade Predicts Fast ...BloombergRafael Ramirez, the once all-powerful Venezuelan oil czar, says the state producer he ran for almost 10 years is on the brink of collapse.Platts: Venezuela's Oil Production …

ReutersVenezuela to open criminal probe of ex oil czar Ramirez: prosecutorReuters“We have decided to open a criminal investigation ... of Rafael Ramirez, ex Oil Minister and (ex) President of PDVSA,” said Prosecutor Tarek Saab in a televised address. He sa …

Jakarta PostState-owned plantation holding company establishes cooking oil factoryJakarta PostState-owned plantation holding company PTPN III has established a cooking oil factory that will process palm oil produced by the company, said PTPN III corporate …

ReutersVenezuela Maduro gains control over oil contracts amid purgeReutersVenezuela's Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo talks to journalists at the beginning of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader. The most recent …

Chron.comMIT study suggests US vastly overstates oil output forecastsChron.comMargaret Coleman, the EIA's leader of oil, gas and biofuels exploration and production analysis, said in an email "the study raises valid points" and the administra …

Markets InsiderVenezuela arrests relative of powerful ex-oil boss Ramirez in graft probeReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has arrested Diego Salazar, a relative of former oil czar Rafael Ramirez, as part of an investigation into a money laundering scand …

ReutersPleas to flee, a desperate video: Inside Venezuela's oil industry purgeReutersThat trust, the product of three years in which Del Pino held the top two jobs in Venezuela's oil ministry, now appears alarmingly misplaced. Maduro is charging De …

Chron.comOPEC's easy win masks tough oil-market choices aheadChron.comOn the surface, Thursday's OPEC meeting was a no-drama success. The group of oil nations agreed to extend year-old production cuts through the end of 2018 to help boost prices, n …