Financial TimesLibya regime's oil group defiant after UN oil banFinancial TimesEastern Libya's self-declared National Oil Company has vowed to sell crude in defiance of the UN, which on Wednesday blacklisted a tanker bound for Malta. The Indian-fla …

The GuardianAssessment of BP's Bight oil drill plan secretive and weak, Senate toldThe GuardianRisky deepwater drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bight is being assessed under a weak and secretive regulatory regime, the Senate has heard. Senators …

ReutersAsia stocks slip with central banks in focus, oil holds gainsReutersTOKYO Asian stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday, as investors stayed cautious ahead of U.S. and Japanese central bank policy decisions, while crude oil prices hovered near 2016 hi …

ReutersAsian shares near five-and-a-half-month highs on oil rallyReutersTOKYO Asian shares reached a 5-1/2-month high on Thursday as oil prices rallied over 4 percent overnight thanks to a smaller than expected increase in U.S. crude inventories and abidin …

ReutersAsian shares near 5-1/2-month highs on oil's rallyReutersTOKYO Asian shares held near 5-1/2-month highs on Thursday as oil prices rallied over 4 percent overnight thanks to a smaller than expected increase in U.S. crude inventories and abiding h …

ReutersAsian shares near five-and-a-half-month highs as oil prices riseReutersTOKYO Asian shares hovered close to 5-1/2-month highs on Thursday as oil prices showed surprising resilience partly on hopes that oil producers may eventually agree on a measure …

ReutersMood sours as oil skids, China stocks slipReutersSYDNEY All the air was sucked out of Asian shares on Wednesday as oil prices took a fresh spill on news Kuwaiti oil workers ended a three-day strike, leaving markets suddenly directionless. Oil again …

ReutersOil turns tail, takes stocks with itReutersSYDNEY All the air was sucked out of Asian shares on Wednesday as oil prices took a fresh spill on news Kuwaiti oil workers ended a three-day strike, leaving markets suddenly directionless. The deflating mo …

ReutersOil falls on failed output freeze; Dow above 18000ReutersA recent rebound in oil and signs that the U.S. economy is slowly improving have helped stocks rally from a steep selloff earlier this year that had pushed the S&P 500 down as much as 10.5 …

ReutersOil steadies after Kuwait strike; stocks gainReutersWeighing on oil prices earlier was the failure in Doha of some 18 oil-exporting nations, including OPEC members, to agree to stabilize output at January levels until October 2016. A pact fell apart …