Wall Street JournalOil Driller Taps Different Well of FinancingWall Street JournalBanks have been reducing their exposure to energy companies since oil prices started to collapse in 2014. Now, one oil producer, weary of its lenders cutting its credit line, …

This Year's Biggest IPO Is a Blank Check for Oil BusinessWall Street JournalThe biggest U.S. IPO so far this year isn't a profitable household name, it's a blank check to go bargain hunting in the oil patch. Amid an otherwise frozen market for …

Yahoo NewsFired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.Yahoo NewsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The state's fired former top oil regulator says Gov. Jerry Brown's administration pressured him to break federal and state law on oilfield permitting. De …

Wall Street JournalPrivate-Equity Firms Plunge Back Into the Oil PatchWall Street JournalPrivate-equity firms are doubling down on energy, despite heavy damage from their last adventure in the oil patch. These firms' stakes in a dozen publicly traded e …

Wall Street JournalWhat the Future of Oil Drilling Will Look LikeWall Street JournalTIOGA, N.D.—The future of the U.S. oil industry may well be taking shape north of this town on 15 square miles of windswept prairie above the Bakken Shale. It's about a …