Wall Street JournalOil Majors' Downstream Outlook Lacks RefinementWall Street JournalBrent crude is hovering around $50 a barrel. But in other ways for Europe's oil and gas majors, this is probably as good as it gets. Refining margins have soared i …

Wall Street JournalChevron Takes Harder Punch From Low OilWall Street JournalThe company's stock price has underperformed Exxon and Shell over the past year—during which oil prices fell sharply—after besting its two bigger competitors during the previo …

Oklahoma Acts to Limit Earthquake Risk at Oil and Gas WellsNew York TimesOklahoma regulators have told energy companies to sharply reduce underground wastewater disposal across an earthquake-prone stretch of the state, a move that ratchets up a so-far unsu …

The Detroit NewsGuest Commentary: Lift export ban on crude oilThe Denver PostAn oil tanker passes a fisherman as it enters a channel near Port Aransas, Texas, heading for the Port of Corpus Christi. The price of oil slid on Aug. 3 as traders braced for sof …

Wall Street JournalOil Companies' Spending Cuts Unlikely to Be EnoughWall Street JournalLONDON—The world's biggest oil company's have vowed to bring down the costs of big projects in the face of slumping oil prices, but the unrelenting price we …

KOIN.comEPA: Withhold permit for VXR oil-by-rail terminalKOIN.com(AP) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a plan to build the nation's largest oil-by-rail terminal does not comply with the federal Clean Water Act, and that a key permit for …

Wall Street JournalNew Oil Players Line Up to Bid on a Piece of MexicoWall Street JournalMEXICO CITY—Former Mexican finance minister Pedro Aspe has an unusual collection on the walls of his offices here: stock and bond certificates from some of the Mexican …

Wall Street JournalOil Production Shows Signs of FlaggingWall Street JournalThe U.S. and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have flooded the world with crude oil, sending prices tumbling. But the abundance has overshadowed declining prod …

Financial TimesMexico: the big oil sell-offFinancial TimesOne word is crucial to the terms of Mexico's historic first oil tender on Wednesday, but it does not appear anywhere in the bid documents. It is Ixtoc. For 30 years, until BP's Macondo disas …

Financial TimesLower oil pressures energy junk debtFinancial TimesPressure on speculative-rated energy issuers of debt will only intensify should oil prices fall further into bear market territory, say analysts, with rising defaults making it harder for co …