Five factors influencing oil prices todayChron.com (blog)1) It is Nonfarm Friday, and official US employment data has just come out. It was terrible. Only 142,000 jobs were created, when 203,000 were expected. To add insult to injury, last month's numb …

Wall Street JournalRussia and Saudi Arabia to Continue Pumping OilWall Street JournalRussia and Saudi Arabia—the world's two biggest oil producers—indicated Friday they weren't pulling back from huge crude output levels that have helped send prices …

Wall Street JournalOil Bears Aren't Going AnywhereWall Street JournalBut the oil market remains unimpressed. The focus has shifted to how far, and for how long, U.S. output will fall, and how other market players will react. Iran is likely to increase …

Wall Street JournalOPEC Pumps at Three-Year High Despite Oil GlutWall Street JournalThe return of crude-oil prices below $50 a barrel is testing the unity of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which on Tuesday posted near-record levels …

New York TimesOil Prices Turn Higher As OPEC Keeps Output Ceiling UnchangedWall Street JournalBREAKING: *Saudi Oil Minister: Same OPEC Production Ceiling Will be Kept. *Brent, WTI Crude Oil Prices Turn Higher After Comments. (More to come). EARLIER: LONDON …

UPI.comOil Prices Waver After Inventory DataWall Street JournalNEW YORK—U.S. oil prices fell Wednesday, paring earlier gains, as traders weighed growing domestic crude-oil supplies against concerns about lower-than-expected refinery activity. Light, sweet …

David Cameron steps into Tullow Oil's row with Gabon governmentFinancial TimesDavid Cameron has intervened in an escalating row between UK oil companies and the government of Gabon after the petroleum ministry expropriated assets from the explorer Tull …

TIMEOPEC Says US Oil Boom Will End This YearOilPrice.comOPEC says the demand for oil – its oil – will rise during 2015 because the cartel is winning its price war against US shale producers by driving them out of business. “Higher global refinery runs, dri …