Financial TimesBullish oil bets favour Brent over US WTI contractFinancial TimesHedge funds' passion for oil trading is no longer a transatlantic affair, with a near record bet on the North Sea Brent contract standing in sharp contrast to far more mode …

RudawUPDATE 1-Iraq builds up forces south of Kurdish oil export pipeline - security sourcesReutersBAGHDAD, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Iraqi forces are deploying tanks and artillery south of a Kurdish-held area of northern Iraq where a section of a Kurdish oil expo …

ReutersTribal clashes, political void threaten oil installations in Iraq's southReutersBASRA/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Worsening clashes among tribes and a political void is threatening security at oil installations in Iraq's main southern oil prod …

Reuters UKSaudi Aramco to boost oil loading capacity with reopened terminalReuters UKBringing Muajjiz terminal online next year would boost the kingdom's total oil handling capacity to 15 million barrels per day (bpd) from 11.5 million bpd currently, M …

ABC OnlineAWB ex-chairman Trevor Flugge fined 50k over Iraq food-for-oil scandalABC OnlineFormer Australian Wheat Board (AWB) chairman Trevor Flugge has been fined $50,000 and banned from a managing a corporation for five years over the food-for-oil scanda …

The U.S. Rig Count Is An Over-Rated Indicator Of Future Oil PricesOilPrice.comThe number of U.S. rigs drilling for oil only became widely publicized after the light tight oil (LTO) revolution which put over 4 million b/d of new production on stream in the …

Financial TimesSingapore carbon tax set to squeeze oil groupsFinancial TimesThe proposed tax is the latest indication that countries in Asia, the world's biggest oil market, are moving to curb greenhouse gas emissions. China, the world's biggest em …

Arab NewsRosneft Signs Libya Oil Deal as More Investors Return to CountryBloombergRosneft PJSC signed investment and crude-purchasing agreements with Libya's National Oil Corp. as more international companies return to the North African country to gain …

MarketWatchOil prices rise as investors increase their bullish betsMarketWatchLast week, hedge funds and other big money managers increased their net long position — a bet on rising prices — in Brent crude oil to the highest level since records started in …

Economic TimesChina Wins Big With Stakes in $22 Billion Abu Dhabi Oil DealBloombergChinese companies are big winners in the competition among foreign bidders for stakes in Abu Dhabi's largest oil concession, snatching a combined 12 percent of the ventu …