BBC NewsBraer: The huge oil spill that Shetland survivedBBC NewsTwenty five years ago the Braer oil tanker ran aground off the Shetland Isles in hurricane-force winds, spilling almost 85,000 tonnes of crude oil. The captain and crew of the vessel were airl …

The Star OnlineUPDATE 1-Malaysia to suspend export tax on palm oil for 3 monthsReutersThe export tax suspension will be lifted before the three-month period if crude palm oil stocks fall to 1.6 million tonnes, Malaysia's minister of plantation industri …

The Star OnlineUPDATE 2-Demand for Malaysian palm oil set to rise following export tax suspensionReuters“We are going to see buying coming in from China ahead of the Lunar New Year. India will also restock in the first and second quarter of the year as the …

Chron.comFed survey: Texas oil execs need $60 oil to really boost drilling in 2018Chron.comU.S. oil prices rose above $60 a barrel in early trading on Friday. A little more than half (51 percent) expect the oil rig count to rise over the next six months, w …

Premium TimesNigeria loses N222 billion in one year in shady crude oil swap deals — NEITIPremium TimesNigeria recorded a net loss of over $723 million (about N221.5 billion, at N306.3 to $1) through the Offshore Processing Arrangement, OPA adopted by the F …

Seeking AlphaVenezuela To Launch Oil-Backed Petro Cryptocurrency Within DaysOilPrice.comEarlier this week, Maduro said that the 5 billion barrels of oil reserves at the Ayacucho block 1 in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt will back the cryptocurrency, accordin …

NPRSouth Korea Seizes Ship Suspected Of At-Sea Oil Transfer To Benefit North KoreaNPRThe seizure and inspection took place in November, but it was reported only after South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper published U.S. reconnaissance photos on Tuesday t …

NewsweekHong Kong–Flagged Vessel That Secretly Transferred Oil to North Korea Seized by SeoulNewsweekSouth Korea has seized a Hong Kong–flagged vessel suspected of illegally transferring oil products to North Korea, a foreign ministry official told Reuters …

U.S. News & World ReportChevron Investors Are Loving $60 OilU.S. News & World ReportFor investors looking to invest in one of the giant global oil majors, Wolfe Research analyst Paul Sankey says Chevron is a better bet than Exxon. (Getty Images). Oil inves …

XinhuaChina says reports of Chinese ships sending oil to DPRK untrueXinhuaBEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday said the reports of Chinese ships sending oil to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) "do not accord with facts.&quo …