Wall Street JournalAustralia's Woodside Abandons Offer to Take Over Rival Oil SearchWall Street JournalA takeover of Oil Search promised needed growth for Woodside and a foothold in the poor nation of Papua New Guinea, which is viewed in the industry a …

Wall Street JournalAustralia's Woodside Abandons $8.4 Billion Bid to Take Over Oil SearchWall Street JournalA takeover of Oil Search promised needed growth for Woodside and a foothold in the poor nation of Papua New Guinea, which is viewed in the indus …

US Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in SyriaNew York TimesISTANBUL — Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State, United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude o …

Wall Street JournalJapanese Oil Refiners JX Holdings and Tonen General in Merger TalksWall Street JournalDespite a protracted slump in oil prices, producers in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Russia aren't cutting production, pushing global crude inventories to …

Wall Street JournalSantos Must Pray Harder for Oil's ReboundWall Street JournalThere are no easy choices for a burdened oil and gas producer when oil is cheap. But in deciding to sell new shares near the bottom of the cycle instead of selling assets, A …

Wall Street JournalShell Says BG Tie-up Still Works With Oil in mid-$60sa BarrelWall Street JournalOn Tuesday, Shell said its deal with BG still makes sense, despite increasing pessimism among the world's largest energy companies and investment banks o …

Wall Street JournalEncana to Sell Colorado Oil and Gas Assets for $900 MillionWall Street JournalEncana, which has been shedding assets to shore up its balance sheet, will sell 51,000 net acres in the DJ Basin oil and natural-gas play to a new entity owned …

Wall Street JournalSuncor Launches Unsolicited Offer for Canadian Oil SandsWall Street JournalCalgary, Alberta-based Suncor, Canada's largest crude-oil producer, said its offer of 0.25 of a share for each Canadian Oil Sands share represents a 43% premi …

Wall Street JournalOil Producers' Share Sales Get Warm ReceptionWall Street JournalConcho Resources Inc., CXO -0.09 % which drills for oil in West Texas and New Mexico, announced plans after market hours Wednesday to sell up to 8.05 million shares to p …

Wall Street JournalHuge Purchases By Chinese Oil Trader Raise Prices, ConfusionWall Street JournalSINGAPORE—A Chinese oil trading company bought record volumes of oil on a regional cash market for Middle Eastern crude last month, pushing up benchmark price …